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Beach Volleyball – Nikon Z6, 85mm f1.8 S Samples

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  • May 25, 2024
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Last night the Volleyball bros were at it again. It's like 90 degrees out in the middle of October and the water is 72 degrees so it's been pretty amazing down at the beach. I went down with the fam and brought along my Z6 to shoot the kids and some of the guys playing.
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I’m Completely Addicted To This Lens

  • Alik Griffin
  • December 26, 2024
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Every so often I come across a lens that just gets me totally hooked and obsessed with photography. Like a Ring of Power, it whispers to me. My eyes glaze over as it consumes my mind, my wife in the background asking, "do you want chicken again, or should we make steak?" echos past my consciousness. "Why are ignoring me," she says flustered. But I am lost. Only at the sound of a squealing Orc swinging a chocolate popsicle over the white carpet does reality snap back in.
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Nikon Z – The Best System For Manual Lenses?

  • Alik Griffin
  • December 26, 2024
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What's it like using manual focus lenses on the Z6?  Pretty good actually. I use to always like shooting manual the most on Fujifilm cameras because they had such nice focus peaking compared to my Sony cameras. But the Z6 has even a bigger advantage over any Sony or Fujifilm cameras that makes it even better. Bigger, and higher quality LCD screens, plus at the time the Nikon Z6 had one of the best EVFs so it's incredibly easy to see what you're doing.
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Sony A6400 Review – One Of My Favorite APS-C Cameras

  • Alik Griffin
  • February 5, 2026
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The Sony A6400 is a small lightweight APS-C camera designed for photographers and videographers looking to maximize versatility and image quality without compromising performance. Built like a tank, the A6400 is one of the best autofocusing cameras out there with some overall really nice specs. 11fps of continuous RAW shooting, 4k 100mbps video and a Tilting screen for selfies or vlogging. Because Sony omitted IBIS from the A6400, the camera ends up being lighter compared to the A6500 while having a battery that lasts about a full day.
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Summer In San Clemente | Fujifilm X-T2

  • Alik Griffin
  • April 24, 2025
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For the fourth of July weekend we returned to my homeland to hang out with some family. Shot with the Fujifilm X-T2 and the Fujinon 56mm f1.2
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San Clemente Life

  • Alik Griffin
  • December 10, 2024
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There was a rare and beautiful sunset at the San Clemente Pier last Sunday. This photo almost didn’t happen. I didn’t have my tripod base plate for my camera, and…
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