Category: Reviews
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Black Pro-Mist vs. Glimmerglass vs. Cinebloom – Which To Buy?
I compare the Tiffen Black Pro-Mist, Glimmerglass, and Moment CineBloom on a Nikon Z8 to see how they handle flare, skin tones, and bright street lights.
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Zeiss Biogon 28mm f2.8 Review & Sample Photos
While this lens isn’t flawless, I appreciate its punchy high-contrast rendering and pop. It delivers a pleasant classic look for everyday or street photography. Optically, distortion is minimal, but wide open, the corners and edges can be a bit sloppy, and there’s noticeable vignetting at f2.8.
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Pergear 35mm f1.6 Review & Sample Photos
The Pergear 35mm f1.6 is an all-manual metal APS-C lens that fits more into the category of a classic lens than a modern lens. There are a lot of great lenses for an affordable price, and for the classic rendering, this is one of my favorites.
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KIPON Baveyes Contax 645-GFX AF 0.8x Adapter Review
Using the Kipon Baveyes 0.8x on the GFX100 II with the Contax 80mm f2 essentially gives you a 50mm f1.2 look on medium format. The autofocus is slow, but it’s great for portraits.
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Tiffen Glimmerglass Filter Review
The Glimmer Glass is one of the many types of diffusion filters made by Tiffen that produces one of many different types of Diffusion effects. While they all diffuse light, they are not all the same and do it in their own way and the use-case will vary pretty significantly. See how the Tiffen Glimmer…
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Nikon Z 26mm f2.8 Review – A Little Miracle
The Nikon Z 26mm f2.8 might be the best tiny lens I’ve used, with a very sharp center even up close. The autofocus is slow and loud, but it’s a stellar pancake for travel and landscapes.
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Vemico EN-eL15C Nikon Third-Party Batteries
My old Z6 third-party batteries don’t work in the Z8, but these bright orange Vemico batteries do. They have some copy variation and trail the official packs, but the included dual USB-C charger is great.
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Best Image Compressor For Windows 11
Switching from Mac to Windows left me looking for a solid ImageOptim replacement. Caesium and Riot are the best free options for lossy JPG compression without stripping your EXIF data.
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CFtek Trimmer Review – Most Advanced CFExpress Reader
I own about eight CFexpress readers and there’s nothing quite like this one. It tracks card lifespan and temps right on the display, though the thin plastic casing could be better.
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Nikon z8 vs Sony A7rV – Ultra Detailed Comparison
Nikon z8 or Sony A7rV? Find out which camera is the better choice for your photography needs in this in-depth comparison.