Category: Reviews

Hardgraft Re-Process Strap Review

The Hard Graft Re-Process Camera strap is a must-have for handmade leather strap lovers like myself. I was impressed by the quality and craftsmanship of this strap when I got it. It is handmade in Italy with real Tuscany leather and a German / Italian wool lining. It has a great look and smell.
Samsung NX1 – My First Impressions

The Samsung NX1 is Samsung’s 28-megapixel APS-C camera. It features one of the most advanced APS-C sensors in a camera to date and seems to outperform the competition in almost every way, so I rented one for a week. There are many interesting things about this camera, some good, some bad, but mostly good. Samsung…
Voigtlander 15mm F4.5 Heliar III Review & Sample Images

The Voigtlander 15mm F4.5 lens is a Leica lens that’s been optimized for mirrorless digital sensors. This lens has an aperture of f4.5 to f22. It’s extremely small and light with full manual controls making it an incredibly fun lens to use. Plus it looks amazing.
Fujifilm 10-24mm f4 Lens Review And Sample Images

The Fujinon 10-24mm is compact, lightweight, sharp, and optically stunning. It’s excellent for landscapes and performs well in various scenarios when zoomed in. While its quality and sharpness are commendable, keep in mind that as a zoom lens, it does have some minor flaws and may lack a bit of punch.
Fujifilm XF 56mm f1.2 R Lens Review & Sample Photos

The Fujifilm XF 56mm f1.2 R lens is an absolutely phenomenal that is extremely fast with beautiful bokeh and a 7-blade rounded aperture at f1.2. The lens is optically near perfect and is very well-built with an all metal barrel. It does have somewhat of a high element count as a tradeoff to great corner…
Iridient vs Lightroom – Fuji Film Simulators

To expand on the comparison between RAW and JPEG with the Fuji film simulators, I put together a test that also compares how the Fuji Film Simulators in Lightroom differ from those of the Iridient Developer.
A Few Days With The Olympus E-M5 ii

The Olympus E-M5 II has been one of those cameras I struggle not to buy. I’ve had it in my Amazon checkout cart, and I’m ready to go at least thrice. So, instead of adding to my pile of test cameras, I exercised some self-control. I rented it for a few days to do all…
Iridient Developer vs Lightroom – A Detailed Comparison

You may have heard of this Iridient Developer RAW converter if you’re a Fuji shooter. If you haven’t, it’s something worth checking out. I’ve been using Iridient for the last few months with my Fuji X100T and have been so blown away by the difference it makes when converting my Fuji RAW files that I decided to make a…
RNI Film Presets At The Beach

I recently picked up the RNI All Films V3.0 Lightroom presets by Really Nice Images and wanted to try them out on some beach photos I took in Huntington last weekend. I’ll post more photos with these throughout the next few weeks, but my first impressions are pretty good. Usually, I think most presets are not great…
Lensmate FujiX100T Thumbrest Review

The Lensmate Fuji X100T Thumbrest has arrived and I thought I would take a few photos of what the black version looks like and share with you my experiences using it.