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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.

SLR Magic 35mm f1.2 Sample Photo

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And The Worst Lens Company Is . . .

After collected more than a few lenses over the years and learning the hard way that some lenses can be great buys and others can be complete garbage, I wanted to report on my worst experience with a lens company and their lenses. So what lenses are good and what lenses are terrible?

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Kipon Lenses, Are They Good? Yes And No, Here Is Why

Handevision is a joint venture between German lens manufacturer IB/E Optics GmbH and the Chinese Shanghai Transvision Photographic Equipment Co who produces high-end adapters under the trademark Kipon. Today Handevision is making some interesting full frame manual lenses for mirrorless and Leica cameras, including the fastest lens ever made the 40mm f0.85 (a gimmick . . . yes), but are these lenses any good? Here is a quick overview from a few weeks of using several of their lenses.

Memory Card Buffer Tests

Best Memory Cards Canon G1X Mark III

An in-camera speed comparison between memory cards in the Canon G1X III. This guide will show which memory cards perform best and are the fastest in the Canon G1X III.

Accessory Guides

Must-Have Accessories Canon G1X Mark III

A list of some of the best accessories and gear you can buy for the Canon G1X III.

Sony vs Fujifilm Color Rendering

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Sony A7r III vs Fujifilm X-Pro 2 – Color Comparison

A few weeks ago I did a post showing how Sony has improved its color engine to give better white balance and color accuracy, especially in mixed lighting situations. Today I wanted to do a very quick comparison between the colors of the Sony A7r III and the Fujifilm X-Pro 2. As most know, Fujifilm is legendary at handling colors, but since nobody talks about camera colors, I thought this would make an interesting discussion.

Fujifilm 23mm f1.4 lens review

Fujifilm 23mm f1.4 – Review & Sample Photos

The Fujinon 23mm f1.4 is Fujifilm classic. With the 35mm field of view and the f1.4 aperture, this lens can produce some amazing images in almost any situation. It's the bread and butter for many street photographers and is one of those lenses you'll never leave behind.

7Artisans 25mmf1.8 Product Shot

7Artisans 25mm f1.8 Review & Sample Photos

The 7Artisans 25mm f1.8 is a small and fast lens designed and manufactured in China for mirrorless cameras. It's built with an all-metal lens barrel with poor quality control and construction. Optically the lens is tuned for a somewhat old school, retro image quality where corner and edge sharpness is sacrificed at the cost of microcontrast and color. All around this little lens is kind of a mess and I'm struggling to decide if it's even worth it.

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Shooting With A Cheap Chinese Lens | X-Pro2

It would seem almost every year some new Chinese company joins the ranks of lens manufacturers. While there are already a lot of options out there from various lens manufacturers, these Chinese companies are doing something that the main lens designers are not - making little niche designs at some great prices that don't exist anywhere else. For example, this 7Artisans 25mm f1.8 aluminum lens for only $80.

Fujifilm 16mm f1.4 Review & Sample Photos

All around the Fujifilm 16mm f1.4 is a phenomenal lens with very few negative characteristics other than maybe its size and weight. I chalk it up as one of the best Fujifilm lenses in terms of overall design and tuning of characteristics and probably the best ultra wide prime ever made.

Sony A7r III Sample Photo

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Going Cinematic | Sony A7r III

With the crazy resolution of the Sony A7r III, I thought it would be fun to try out some photos with the 2.35 cinematic crop. I've done this in the past with my landscape photography using a 3:1 or 2:1 crop, but I've never done it with anything casual and the results are very cool and cinematic.

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