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Viltrox WCL-X100VI Review | A Budget-Friendly 28mm Upgrade

Quick verdict: The Viltrox WCL-X100VI is a great X100 accessory for the price, giving you a wider 28mm-equivalent view with only a small drop in image quality, mostly at the edges and corners. If the X100 is your only camera, a wide converter like this is close to a must-have. For the tele version, see…
Viltrox 9mm f2.8 AIR Review & Sample Photos

Quick verdict: The Viltrox AF 9mm f2.8 AIR might be the first really good budget ultra-wide autofocus lens for Fujifilm X. It’s tiny, sharp into the corners and has great color and contrast. It isn’t weather sealed, has no aperture ring and vignettes a bit wide open. Unless you need the wider view or weather…
Viltrox Spark Z3 Flash – Review & Sample Photos

Viltrox has been nailing it with lenses lately, carving out a niche with great optics at a killer price, and now they’re taking a swing at the strobe game. And the result? A flash that’s less “pro studio workhorse” and more “stylish little helper” you can actually fit in your jeans pocket. I really like…
Viltrox 15mm f1.7 Air Lens Review & Sample Photos

Quick verdict: The Viltrox AF 15mm f1.7 AIR is a light, affordable APS-C wide-angle with autofocus and excellent image quality for the price. It isn’t weather sealed, has no aperture ring and the corners need stopping down for the best results, but for an everyday wide lens that won’t break the bank, it’s hard to…
Nikon Z 50mm f1.4 Review & Sample Photos

Quick verdict: The Nikon Z 50mm f1.4 is a budget-friendly character lens, but with enough elements to perform better technically than the classic 50mm f1.4 designs of the past. For portraits with a classic look it’s excellent, a bit like the Fujifilm XF 35mm f1.4 without that lens’s CA and autofocus issues. If you want…
TTArtisan AF 27mm f2.8 Review & Sample Photos

Quick verdict: The TTArtisan AF 27mm f2.8 is a tiny 88 g autofocus pancake that costs less than half as much as Fujifilm’s XF 27mm f2.8. It’s more consistent across the frame than the Fujifilm, though not as sharp in the center, and it lacks some of the Fujifilm’s contrast, color punch, weather sealing and…
TTArtisan AF 23mm f1.8 Lens Review & Sample Photos

Quick verdict: The TTArtisan AF 23mm f1.8 is a light, all-metal, affordable autofocus lens with a classic rendering, great flare and CA control and a nice balance of character and image quality. Vignetting is always there until about f4, and edges get soft and stretched up close. It’s priced well enough to fill the gap…
How to Edit Photos to Look Like Film in Lightroom

In this article, I’ll share a few simple color and grading techniques I’ve been using in my photo editing lately in a film-like style. By the way, the image above is Kodak Gold, not digital. I’ll be sharing many film images in this article so we can examine what film does and how we can…
Fujifilm X100VI Review: Real-World Sample Photos (2026)

The X100VI is the perfect Dad cam for street, lifestyle, and family photos, but the lens is still slow to focus and battery life isn’t great. Here’s my full review with plenty of ISO 6400 night samples.
Nikon Z 35mm f1.4 vs 35mm f1.8 S – Sample Images

I’ve been shooting a bit with the 35mm f1.4 lately and am already in love with the lens. It’s not perfect; it’s not an S lens, which in this case means it’s missing the ED elements, the Nano Crystal coating and has a different rendering (which I will demonstrate in this comparison), but for the…