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Alik Griffin

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A professional video editor, and photographer with a Bachelors in Film studies from UCSD. Based in Los Angeles, I have created commercials, trailers, and other video content for various clients and platforms since 2005. I also love to write about my passions and share my insights on my blog.

HDR DJI Spark Fukuoka Japan

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Is The DJI Spark Good Enough For Photography?

I've owned the DJI Spark for close to a year and it's been a great little toy. It's allowed me to get a view of areas I could have never seen before and it's all around very fun to fly around. In this last year, I never really been able to reliably get nice shots out of the Spark unless the conditions, both weather and light, were absolutely perfect. This leads me to the question - Is the DJI Spark Good Enough For Photography?

Best Accessories EOS M50 / Kiss M

Memory Card Buffer Tests

Best Memory Cards Canon M50 / Canon Kiss M

We tested all the most popular memory cards in the Canon M50. While the Canon M50 has some incredible memory card write speeds for a UHS-I camera, not all cards are going to give you the best performance even if they are fast in the camera. We found a few brands had a few hiccups or problems when filming in 4k. Use this guide to find the best memory cards for the Canon M50 / Canon Kiss M.

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Nikon Announces Z6 / Z7 – Full Frame Mirrorless

Nikon has announced their new Z Series full frame mirrorless cameras. The Z6 and the Z7. These two cameras will be very important to the mirrorless full frame industry after Sony has for five years completely owned the full frame mirrorless camera market.

Rokinon 50mm f1.2 Review & Sample Photos

The Rokinon 50mm f1.2 (also sold as a Samyang 50mm f1.2), is an ultra fast, ultra bright 50mm APS-C mirrorless lens with a field of view equivalent to 75mm on Sony and Fujifilm cameras and 80mm on the Canon mirrorless cameras. It features excellent coatings for flare and ghost reduction and two aspherical elements for excellent corner sharpness and chromatic aberration control. This is the best all around manual 50mm lens I've tested in the native Fujifilm mount so far.

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Photography, The Current State Of The Industry

Should you buy a Sony full frame, wait for Canon / Nikon, or forget full frame and go with Fujifilm APS-C. And is the Sony FF system just a lot of hoopla? Here are my thoughts, I have no brand loyalty, you will probably disagree with me on some points, but I'm loaded up on coffee right now so here we go!

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A Ride Through Fukuoka Japan

I do this thing here in Japan I'm calling biking photography. It's a huge pain in the ass, but very fun at the same time. I actually started doing this in L.A. a few years back but sort of stopped when it became infested with homeless who cover the sidewalks in human excrement - and the Mayer thinks he's going to run for president. :) Anyway, biking is great because it combines two things I love doing into one, riding bikes and shooting photography.

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Best Memory Card GoPro HERO (2018)

Like with the GoPro HERO5 and HERO6, the GoPro HERO 2018 also has its own little quirks when it comes to finding the best memory cards. If you've owned other GoPro cameras, you'll know not just any memory card works. The camera is picky and if you choose the wrong memory card you can run into issues with things like gimbal control, the battery continuously draining or simply corrupted files. While GoPro is actively fixing any issue with firmware, it's still a good idea to get the best memory card for your Hero 2018. Follow this guide to help you find the best memory cards for the GoPro HERO (2018).

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Nikon Z Mount Lens List – Official & Third-Party

Your Guide to Nikon's Lens Landscape. The expansive 55mm Nikon Z mount paves the way for faster autofocus, sharper images, and a burgeoning ecosystem of lenses. Dive into this guide to navigate the best native and third-party options, find your perfect match, and capture your vision like never before.

Japan Summer Festival | Rokinon 50mm f1.2

It's summer time in Japan, it's hot, it's humid and the cicadas are loud as hell, sandwich all that between one typhoon after the next and you're having yourself a good time. Last night was the local summer festival. Nothing really special about the festival, just imagine (for all you Mericans) a redneck BBQ where there is line dancing, BBQ, cotton candy and kids running around way to high on sugar, yeah, it's just the Japanese version of that.

7Artisans 55mm f1.4 Review & Sample Photos

The 7Artisans 55mm f1.4 is a fast, compact APS-C lens that is excellent for all types of shooting conditions, especially available light. It features 6 elements in five groups that give nice color and contrast, great flare resistance and low distortion. With a 14 bladed rounded aperture, bokeh is smooth across all focal ranges. Overall, the 7Artisans 55mm f1.4 is an incredible value and a fantastic starter portrait lens or compact prime.

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