Author: Alik Griffin

Joshua Tree – Fujifilm XT1

A few weeks ago I found myself in Joshua Tree. I’ve been there a few times now but this time around things were going to be different. I had some new lenses, new cameras, and a different eye. The last few years I’ve been shooting a lot of Landscape and HDR photography and found myself…
Best Sony RX10 II Memory Cards

A speed test comparing all the most popular UHS-II and UHS-I memory cards in the Sony RX10 II. Use this guide to find the best memory cards for 4k video or for your style of shooting.
Sony E-Mount Lenses (APS-C) – A Complete List

A massive list of all the official and third-party APS-C lenses that are available in the Sony Mount.
The Sony A6300 Is Here, But Was It Worth The Wait?

The successor to Sony’s best selling camera is here! The A6300. I feel like almost everyone I know bought that A6000 when it went on sale these last few months. It was such a good deal it made it almost impossible to buy any other APS-C camera. I recommended it to maybe three people who…
4k 100M Not Working With Your SD Card? Here Is What I’ve Found

Having trouble shooting 4K 100M with your memory cards? I’ve been tackling this issue for some time and feel like I’m pretty close to figuring out what’s going on.
Best Accessories Fujifilm X-Pro2

Like the X100T the Fujifilm X-Pro2 has been setup to be very customizable. Accessories like thumb grips and soft shutters that don’t typically work well on DLSR style cameras work great on these rangefinder style cameras. Although most third party accessory companies haven’t started modeling their designs to fit this camera yet, there still are…
Hoodman Steel UHS-II SD Memory Card Review

The Hoodman Steel UHS-II memory card is a fairly new card and brand to join the ranks of UHS-II cards. In terms of speed and performance, it performs very close to the Transcend UHS-II cards or the Fujifilm UHS-II cards, except it’s read speeds are a touch slower. If you’re looking for a good card…
The Monkey Baby And The New Year

2016 will be the year of the Monkey according to the Chinese calendar, so for our holiday card this year we ended up dressing our little one up as a monkey. This is the shot we ended up using for the card although I did manage to get a few more good ones.
Rainbow Bridge – Part 2

Here are a few more shots of the Rainbow Bridge in Long Beach. It’s been such an insanely busy year with the new child that I’ve hardly had time to shoot or even publish photos I’ve been taking.
Sony E-Mount Ultra Wide Lens Comparison

I’m still working on Samyang vs Voigtlander vs Sony ultra wide lens comparison and want to make it really good but that takes time and I’ve been busy. There are so many variable to get right with a lens comparison like this and I don’t want to be one of those bloggers that blindly throws…