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There is something pointed about mounting a 1970s Olympus OM-System 50mm f/1.4 lens onto an OM System digital body four decades after the original system was discontinued. The Olympus OM mount, discontinued in the 1980s when Olympus moved to autofocus, left …
Wildlife and bird photography has a reach problem. Subjects do not cooperate with proximity, environments punish heavy equipment, and the …
The Minolta MD 50mm f/1.4 is a lens that predates autofocus entirely. It was manufactured through the 1970s and 1980s, attached originally …
The Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM is one of the most respected telephoto primes ever made and one of the few legacy lenses where the secondary …
There is a version of this review that spends its first paragraph apologizing for recommending an APS-C system with a third-party lens. This …
The 135mm focal length occupies a curious position in the portrait photographer’s arsenal. Long enough to fully compress a face from a …
A 28 mm lens has a very particular personality in street and travel photography. It sits in that interesting middle ground where the scene …
Pick up a camera and walk a European city for an afternoon. Not a tourist circuit — just walk. Find a market square in the middle of the …
A pretty straightforward gear question turned into something more layered than expected. The setup was already solid: a Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 …
There’s a particular kind of camera that gets recommended to serious photographers who aren’t ready to commit to full-frame — the …
