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The arithmetic of cropped sensors and telephoto glass is one of the more useful free lunches in photography. The Canon R7 — a serious APS-C body with genuinely professional-grade autofocus and a 32.5-megapixel sensor — transforms the EF 70-200mm f/4L into a …
The argument for medium format has always been tonal, not pixel-numeric. Photographers who have shot both full-frame and medium format …
The Helios 44-2 58mm f/2 is a Soviet-era lens manufactured at the KMZ optical plant in Krasnogorsk, produced in quantities so large that the …
The Jupiter-9 85mm f/2 is a Soviet optical instrument derived from the pre-war Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar design, manufactured at the KMZ …
Fujifilm refreshed the XF 56mm in 2022 and the photography community received the update with the mild suspicion that greets any revision of …
Every discussion of Leica eventually arrives at the question of whether the price is justified. The M11 body costs around $9,000. The …
Telephoto zoom ownership typically involves a familiar trade negotiation: reach versus weight versus cost, with meaningful performance in …
The 24-70mm f/2.8 standard zoom is the workhorse of professional photography. Events, weddings, editorial, documentary — wherever a …
Nikon built the Z mount with an unusually large diameter and a short flange distance that the company has been quite candid about: it was …
The Nikon Zfc was designed with deliberate aesthetic intent: a retro body styled after the FM2 film camera, with physical dials for shutter …