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Latest comments, thoughts and reaction to our recently reviewed Photographic Equipment, including the Fujifilm X-S10 Review.
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Fujifilm X-S10 ReviewRead our Fujifilm X-S10 review to find out what's good and bad on the Fujifilm X-S10. How does the image quality and video performance stack up, and should the 26mp Fujifilm X-S10 camera be your next camera? |
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Sony Alpha A7C ReviewWe review Sony's smallest full-frame mirrorless camera, the Sony Alpha A7C, with the new and compact 28-60mm f/4-5.6 zoom lens. If you're looking for a small full-frame camera, then this could be one to consider. |

The whole point of this camera is that is offers the smallest full frame ILC body (with an EVF) available. I'm considering it as second body to my A7iii because it has supreme image quality, especially in low light, and about the best AF system available.
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Canon IXUS 185 Digital Compact Camera ReviewThe Canon IXUS 185 offers excellent value for money but does the price compromise image quality and features? |
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Refractique Lensball FlexArm ReviewThe Lensball FlexArm from Refractique is a Lensball accessory that's designed to make Lensball photography easier and we've been putting it to the test to find out if its a tool Lensball photographers need. |

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Nikon Z7 II ReviewWe review the Nikon Z7 II - Nikon's high-end full-frame mirrorless camera, with a 45.7mp sensor, 4K 60fps video, 10fps continuous shooting, has Nikon done enough to impress, and should you buy one? Find out in our review. |

Is eye AF more effective than before and do the additional eye AF modes of wide small and wide large offer better performance than the full area available on the Z7?
Is the viewfinder blackout in continuous mode substantially reduced and if so at what drive speed is the minimal blackout available?
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Nikon Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.2 S ReviewJohn Riley reviews Nikon's premium Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.2 S prime lens, an unusually bright 50mm lens that offers auto-focus, weather-sealing, and OLED display. Find out how it performs on the Nikon Z7 in our review. |

Quote:How can a 50 mm be so long? It seems Nikon is using F mount optical scheme adding just room and some optics to correct for mirrorless shorter distance.
Then you don't understand lens design. The diameter of the flange as awell as the flange to sensor distance can make a large difference in the end performance. If you look at the design of the lens here:
https://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/lens/z-mount/z_50mmf12s/spec.htm
you can see that the rear element goes right to the back of the lens as close as possible to the sensor without protruding past the mount. Not only that, but the width of the last element is almost as wide as the mount throat which would not be possible with the old F mount. So, the new mount has allowed Nikon to design the lens to take full advantage of the extra room this new mount allows.
An AF 50mm f1.2 was NOT possible with the F mount as there was not enough room for the electrical contacts as well as the wider throat required for wider rear element. Added to that, to keep CA and other distortions at bay, this required a wider mount and closer rear element which has been achieved with the new mount. Edge to edge sharpness, wide open sharpness, virtually non existent CA, low distortion, excellent bokeh and decent bokeh balls would be basically un-achievable in the old F mount. Even if they could have achieved some of these benefits, it would have been even larger and heavier and much more expensive than this Z mount design due to the use of much more glass, and more importantly more exotic glass, to correct for aberrations even if they could have been corrected in an F mount design.
This is obviously not a lens for the average punter. This is a lens for specialist use for pros and advanced amateurs that want to get wide open sharpness and shallow DOF for that special look. I see it as another benchmark lens for Nikon. If you want a 50mm lens that does mostly what the 50 f1.2S lens can do but only a half stop slower, look at the sensatioonal 50mm f1.8S that has been compared to some of the best exotics out there. Small, light and a relative bargain.
Made by Lance_B on 22 Dec 2020 9:57PM, join in and reply to this comment! Reply
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Nikon Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.2 S ReviewJohn Riley reviews Nikon's premium Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.2 S prime lens, an unusually bright 50mm lens that offers auto-focus, weather-sealing, and OLED display. Find out how it performs on the Nikon Z7 in our review. |

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Nikon Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.2 S ReviewJohn Riley reviews Nikon's premium Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.2 S prime lens, an unusually bright 50mm lens that offers auto-focus, weather-sealing, and OLED display. Find out how it performs on the Nikon Z7 in our review. |
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Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 R LM OIS Lens ReviewGary Wolstenholme reviews the Fujifilm Fujinon XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 R LM OIS lens for Fuji X-series cameras which provides a field of view equivalent to a 27-84mm lens on a 35mm camera. |

Is it possible to retest with the latest version of this lens made in the Philippines?
Personally, I noticed a significant difference in quality, especially at the edges of the image.
The same difference has been noticed by several others and is being discussed in well-known forums.
It would also be good to see if the same lens specification still applies in terms of optical design,
whether they still contain the same aspherical and ED elements.
Because such a reduction in quality is not possible due to poor production in the Philippines, but due to savings on materials introduced by a home company from Japan.
Sincerely
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Skylum Luminar 4 Software ReviewLuminar 4 photo editing software is designed with every type of photography in-mind and with plenty of new AI tools to make photo editing even easier, it's lining up to be an interesting piece of software. |

I was about to ditch Capture One and re-catalog my library when Skylum announced they changed direction with the launch of Luminar AI and stopped Luminar 4 development, including the catalog feature. Lucky escape for me. I'll stick with Capture One and warn fellow photographers that Skylum has a poor track record for legacy and owner support and aren't worthy of investment.
One wonders whether all those photographers, who helped with Skylum software development, think it's a good thing to leave their fellows high and dry like this?
Made by trailguru on 16 Dec 2020 6:07PM, join in and reply to this comment! Reply
The unmarked function button near the evf (viewmode on other Fuji models) is White balance as default setting.
David 16/01/21.
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