Let’s take a long look forward and back – 2020’s Lens of the Year, the Sony 200-600mm f5.6-6.3, has some magnification 2020 has been a strange year for the camera industry – the pandemic has exacerbated trends that were already underway, and there are new trends emerging. We are probably going to lose a camera manufacturer or two (no, not Nikon or anybody else big like … [Read more...]
A Tale of Two Fujis Part I – Introduction and the GFX 100
A GFX 100 with a group of smaller cameras, including Fujifilm’s own X-T2 and Nikon’s Z7. Fujifilm is one of the most interesting players in the camera market in early 2020. They always march to their own drum – skipping the popular full-frame sensors entirely, … [Read more...]
Mirrorless Wars
It Will Be An Interesting Rest Of The Year Since the early 2000’s, the photography community has been part of what could be termed the megapixels war. Camera manufacturers, as well as photographers, raced to keep up with having the latest and greatest camera with the most megapixels. We all wondered how much was enough. We crept from 6 megapixels to 12, 24, 26, 40, 45, … [Read more...]
Fuji GFX 50S – A Sunday Road Trip
Fuji GFX 50S At least once a month I try to do a Sunday road trip with my wife Debra. She's a passionate photographer like me and we enjoy heading out to a destination and looking for adventure on the way. On Sunday, May 7th 2017 we decided to take the Fuji GFX 50S out for a road test. Fujifilm was kind enough to send me a GFX 50S along with a 63mm, 32-63mm and a 120mm … [Read more...]
The Fuji GFX – An Interview with Billy Luong and Makoto Oishi of Fuji
The Fuji GFX There is no question that the Fuji GFX is the talk of the photo industry right now. Fuji’s announcement at Photokina made it the talk of the show. Leap-frogging over the traditional DSLR format Fuji made the bold decision to create a new format, the “G” format. Trying to break away from the medium format nomenclature, they want us to think of the GFX as a … [Read more...]
