Those of you who read our teardowns know that we commonly are tearing down Canon or Nikon mount lenses. The reasons are pretty simple and it basically comes down to the fact that we have a lot more of those lenses. If we have a...
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Perspective correction, or "tilt–shift" as it is often called, encompasses two different types of movements: rotation of the lens plane relative to the image plane, called tilt, and movement of the lens parallel to the image plane, called shift. Tilt is used to control the orientation of the plane of focus...
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The new Olympus 40-150mm F2.8 telephoto is the longest, fastest zoom at F2.8 available for a mirrorless camera. The Panasonic 35-100 F2.8 is incredibly compact and regarded by many as one of the best mid range telephoto zooms on the market for the M43 format. Neither...
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Dog Schidt In The Park from Andrew Reid on Vimeo. Shot on Schidt. An experimental test of Schidt Optics FF58 PL mount on Olympus OM-D E-M1, entirely handheld. Full review of the Dog Schidt Optiks Flare Factory 58 (PL Mount) is here: http://www.eoshd.com/2015/02/dog-schidt-optiks-ff58-flare-factory-58-pl-mount-review/ As Andrew Reid says in his excellent review linked above, "In...
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Yesterday, just in time for tomorrow's start of the CP+ Camera and Photo Imaging Show 2015 in Yokohama, Japan, Sigma Corporation of America announced the new Sigma 24mm F1.4 DG HSM Art lens, the ninth Global Vision lens to join the company’s excellent Art lens line-up. [caption id="attachment_49993" align="aligncenter" width="950"] Sigma 24mm F/1.4 DG HSM...
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In days of old when men were bold, and DSLR video was not yet invented, to record video you would turn to a dedicated video camera. If you wanted to be a hybrid storyteller you wanted both photos and videos. So you’d need to bring two cameras with you, a "still"...
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Life At A Snail's Pace - Final from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. It is amazing what inspirational stories you can find to tell right from your own backyard. This short film actually started life as a macro still lens test, not a video. I wanted a macro still of...
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For regular all around shooting, I find the Contax Zeiss 85mm f1.4 Planar to be a bit too long for my video tastes. I have not spent nearly the time shooting this tight of a lens as I have with wider angle lenses. On my other hybrid storyteller hand,...
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Cousin Kate & The Light In The Darkness from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. We're working on another music video project, this time for LA's hot new Pop music sensations, Cousin Kate. These gals and guys are always so much fun to work with! We decided to film some...
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Want the full story on what 5-Axis IS does? Play this movie above and in two minutes find out. Only have thirty seconds to spend? Play the quick marketing overview piece below. The Sony juggernaut just never rests. First came the groundbreaking Sony A7, packing twenty...
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The gentleman who will be making the final decision on what comes next from Sony in the Alpha series of interchangeable lens cameras is Sony Product Manager for Interchangeable Lens Cameras, Mr. Kenta Honjo. Mr. Honjo was interviewed for this Creative Live video segment published on...
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Matt Granger, from ThatNikonGuy.Com digs into the difference between F Stops and T Stops in this short presentation. Just what is that difference, and is that difference important to us, you mite ask? [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320"] Diagram of decreasing apertures, that is, increasing f-numbers, in one-stop increments;...
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Canon 16-35mm f/4L IS USM test from Jon Roemer on Vimeo. From my good friend Jon Roemer; some interesting video samples shot with the new Canon 16-35mm F4L zoom lens. Commenting on the canon 16-35mm f4l, Jon had this to say, "Testing the sharpness and image stabilization (IS) of the...
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I try to avoid switching lenses when walking places unless the focal length needed is predictable. On the other hand I am not a big fan of slow lenses with variable apertures. The Fuji 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 offers an amazingly useful range (27 to about 200mm)...
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Duo Flammenspuk - Kobold Streit & Schabernack from Hacky on Vimeo. Kathy & Caro from Hamburg, Germany bring us enchanting fire-artistry with "Duo Flammenspuk." Flammenspuk is a word creation composed of the German words for flames and haunting. This medieval show is called "Kobold-Streit" (goblin hassle)...
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Leica Summilux-C Prime Cine Lenses. Otto Nemenz, Leica, and Band Pro got together and said, "Let's make some cinema lenses, baby" [caption id="attachment_6884" align="aligncenter" width="950"] Leica Summilux-C 35mm[/caption] And so they did, which proved very interesting to cinematographers always looking for alternative looks. At nearly $200,000 per...
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