Macro photography in the field is not always easy or comfortable, often requiring long hours outdoors in the heat. So now more than ever, I’m seeing the benefits of lightweight lenses and bodies. Something as simple as being less burdened by a heavy camera in the field can help you brave the heat just a […]
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Is it too good to be true? A cheap M mount lens that goes all the way to f/1.1? Does the $369 7artisans 50mm f/1.1 lens belongs in the bargain bin or on your camera? From what I have been reading on forums and reviews sites, people either think this lens is brilliant OR the […] petapixel.com »
2018-12-07 21:43
Christopher Frost tested the 7Artisans 50mm f/1. 1 M-mount lens on the Sony A6500. This lens will be available soon in ative E-mount too so it might be interesting for you to check out his video review: Also Casey Cavanaugh tested this lens: The Chinese company 7Artisans listed four new E-mount manual focusing lenses on Amazon. sonyalpharumors.com »
2017-08-04 15:45
Light Lens Lab (LLL) has released a re-creation of Leica’s first generation 28mm f2. 8 Elmarit lens introduced in 1965. The Leica lens has become a collector's item known as the 28mm 9 Element.
Small drones aren’t a new concept, but when they’re dependable in creating content, they change perceptions, which describes the DJI Neo in a nutshell. As much as DJI has captured so much of the consumer drone market, the Neo also feels like a response to what others have done. [Read More]
The latest-generation Mac mini sports a fresh and improved design and Apple's newest M4-series processors. The facelift and performance bump close the gap between the Mac mini and Apple's fantastic Mac Studio desktop in multiple ways, making the new Mac mini an extremely compelling choice for photographers and video editors alike. [Read More]
Apple has steadily been improving the performance of its M-series chip generation over generation and if you're just comparing results versus the previous iteration, "steadily" would be the key word.
Dpreview has completed its review of the Canon EOS R5 Mark II and gave it a glowing review. Just in case you were hibernating, here's the rough key features of the R5 Mark II; I found this sentence from the review to be excellent, and wrapping up in one sentence on just how good the [...] Source
The Razer Blade 16 is a big laptop in size and capability, though it also comes with some compromises. However, Razer frames its Blade laptops, and they cater to gamers first, a subset of consumers notoriously fickle about performance.
As with any laptop review at PetaPixel, we run through various benchmarks to gauge overall performance. The Razer Blade 16 (2024) and Lightroom Classic proved to be something of a mystery in the process, yielding unsatisfactory results that required further investigation. [Read More]