Author: Alik Griffin

Canon EOS R | Full Frame Mirrorless Specs, Looks Cool

The Canon EOS R specs are out. If you weren’t satisfied with the screeching and raging of the Youtubers and bloggers with the Nikon Z cameras, you’re really going to love this one. Single SD card slot, not even UHS-II, no IBIS, no joystick. Why does Canon do this? Why can’t anybody seem to compete…
Kipon 35mm f2.4 Review & Sample Photos

The Kipon IBERIT 35mm f2.4 is a lightweight compact full-frame 35mm f2.4 mirrorless lens. It’s constructed of an aluminum body with a brass and stainless steel core for a low weight design. While the Handevision 35mm f2.4 is not a very fast lens, its characteristics are very balanced with a classic style of rendering and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.