The past several years have seen the rise of a number of new Chinese lens makers, many of which follow a fairly typical blueprint of lens design. Metal construction, full manual focus and aperture control, and no electronics. Many of…
Sony has long been the revolution brand in the camera world. While they lacked the market share of Canon and Nikon, the Sony company has typically played the role of disrupter by constantly innovating and bringing new features to the…
Sony has long been the revolution brand in the camera world. While they lacked the market share of Canon and Nikon, the Sony company has typically played the role of disrupter by constantly innovating and bringing new features to the…
It is extremely rare to see a Mark II version of a lens only about 15 months after the release of the original lens, but that is what we have in the Viltrox AF 85mm F1.8 STM II. I reviewed…
One of my most popular articles that I’ve ever written was entitled, “Why I chose a Canon 6D over a 5D Mark III”. The original Canon 6D was a bit of a unicorn: on paper it wasn’t very impressive, with…
Canon’s second generation camera in the “affordable full frame” 6D line is here – the EOS 6D Mark II. As is now typical, there has been a fair bit of controversy over this camera ahead of its release as reviewers…
It is a big day for Canon shooters! The EOS 6D Mark II has been announced along with the tiny APS-C DSLR – the EOS SL2. We’ll start with the EOS 6D Mark II. The original 6D was a major…