Fujifilm X-Half Review

No modern camera company does “vibes” quite like Fuji (well, maybe Leica, but that’s a whole other level of customer). It’s not unusual for a new Fuji camera (particularly X100 series) to be sold out not just for months but…
Dustin Abbott has been published in such publications as PhotoPlus, Photo News, Popular Science, American Photo, Pro Photographer, and Photography Week magazines as well as the Globe and Mail newspaper. He has been featured as a guest on many photography blogs and has had either articles or photos published in local magazines in multiple countries. He writes on a regular basis as a free-lance writer for PhotoNewsFlash, Alien Skin Software Blog, CanonRumors, B&H Explora eZine, and has also written for Photography Masterclass Magazine, Henry’s Photography Blog, PhotoNews Magazine, Digital Photography School, the Zeiss LenSPIRE blog, and Pro Photographer magazine. His lens reviews are respected around the world and can be seen on YouTube, too.
No modern camera company does “vibes” quite like Fuji (well, maybe Leica, but that’s a whole other level of customer). It’s not unusual for a new Fuji camera (particularly X100 series) to be sold out not just for months but…
I love my Nikon Z8. It’s a robust camera that is loaded with great features, and it just works, period. But it’s also pretty huge, so it isn’t really the camera I reach for when I’m traveling. I’ve also reviewed…
I love my Nikon Z8. It’s a robust camera that is loaded with great features, and it just works, period. But it’s also pretty huge, so it isn’t really the camera I reach for when I’m traveling. I’ve also reviewed…
Fujifilm scored a huge hit with their X-100VI and its retro-cool design and fixed lens. But there are plenty of people who like the vibe but want the ability to use more than one lens. Enter the new Fujifilm X-M5,…
I’ve finally done it. I’ve had people asking me to cover Nikon for more than a decade, but initially I wasn’t interested in adding the time and expense of yet another system and I couldn’t set up a reliable partner…
Photographer Dustin Abbott shares a thorough, real world review of the Nikon Z8 FX mirrorless camera...after update 2.0!
What do people want in a small, portable camera? A fixed prime lens and a camera high on style, like Fuji’s X100VI that I reviewed earlier this year? Or Sony’s own ZV-1 II camera with a fixed zoom lens? But…
What do people want in a small, portable camera? A fixed prime lens and a camera high on style, like Fuji’s X100VI that I reviewed earlier this year? Or Sony’s own ZV-1 II camera with a fixed zoom lens? But…
Fujifilm has been working for years to “mainstream” medium format. They made a unique decision to embrace the smaller APS-C sensor (Fuji XF) and the large medium format sensor (Fuji GF) while bypassing the popular full frame sensor where most…
Photographer Dustin Abbott shares a thorough, real world review of the Fujifilm GFX-100S II medium format camera system
Photographer Dustin Abbott shares a thorough, real world review of the wildly popular Fujifilm X100VI fixed lens camera - now with a 40MP sensor!
Photographer Dustin Abbott shares a thorough, real world review of the Canon EOS R50 budget APS-C mirrorless camera.
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Reviewer Dustin Abbott presents the 2023 DA Awards - the top cameras and lenses that he reviewed in 2023.
Photographer Dustin Abbott shares a thorough, real world review of the Sony a7CR compact high resolution camera
Photographer Dustin Abbott shares a gallery of images taken with the Sony a7CR (ILCE-7CR) compact high resolution camera.
Photographer Dustin Abbott shares a thorough, real world review of the second generation of Sony's compact full frame camera - the a7C2!
I reviewed the first Fujifilm GFX100 body back in 2021, and it was almost ridiculously extreme as a first look at the Fujifilm’s medium format entries. It was absolutely huge, even for a person with medium large hands. It was…