Reviews on gear and software

Fuji X pro 1

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I could never have expected what an impact it had when I bought my Fuji X10 camera a while ago at B&H in New York. I love the camera, and still love it. Actually my wife Annewiek is also using it and for her it’s a different camera than for me, she just love to put it on full auto and blast away, for me I love to play with all the settings and use it like a “real” camera. The first thing you notice with a camera like the X10 is the fact that people respond totally different than when I point a 5DMKIII to them so it makes shooting nice “candid” / “street photography” style photography a lot easier.

 

One could say “Fuji put the fun back into photography”
But I think that’s maybe a bit too much…. but in 100% honesty in some situations it’s simply the fact, where I felt uncomfortable with my DSLR or even was send away I now click away with my Fuji and still get a great quality…. but the quality of the X10 is great but it’s no DSLR, so this is where Fuji has another solution the X pro 1.

Today a quick look at this camera.
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Sigma 120-300 f2.8 OS HSM

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Today a small “review” on the Sigma 120-300 f2.8 OS HSM EX lens.
For years I’ve been using the Canon 100-400L for most of my sports and “private” work, and although I love the lens I sometimes missed shooting on f2.8 especially with soccer, however also realizing that long f2.8 lenses are incredibly expensive and often only are available in primes I always forgot about it. When Sigma released their 120-300 f2.8 OS HSM EX lens I was more than interested, and finally I bit the bullet.

Now I have to fill you in on some of the history and you understand why I waited so long.
I started out with the 100-400L, but replaced it by the optical better 80-400OS from Sigma, which was replaced after a year due to the weak AF (slow and often hunting), I decided to try the 150-500 from Sigma because at that time I was more into zoos, birds etc. but that one also fell through, to soft at 500 and also bad AF. So I ended up buying the Canon 100-400L for the second time….. you would think I would stay with it, and I did for a while, but now with the 120-300 f2.8 I think I finally found a replacement.

 

Let’s first look at how they look next to each other, because beware the Sigma is not for the weak….
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Review Vello wireless shutterboss

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Sometimes a product needs a long review, and sometimes it doesn’t.
To be 100% honest I never owned a remote trigger before, well actually that is not true I do own the very simple one from Canon with a wire, but never really used it, I always used the timer remote if I needed it, so when I saw this remote at first I was a bit in doubt… will I really use it? well the answer is yes. (by the way, this remote is also available for other cameras)

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Canon 5DMKIII

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Today some talk about the 5DMKIII.
When the 5DMKII was released I already shot with medium format but still bought the MKII rather quickly (actually maybe within 4 weeks after release) the main reason for me was the fact that the camera had a video option which I would love to play with. Since that time it took Canon a LONG time to upgrade their (I think) best camera.

When we left for the states I was eagerly awaiting delivery of my camera, and actually one of the first mails I got when I arrived in the states was that my camera arrived, and believe it or not we really talked about going back….. well ok just kidding but I did felt bad.
As soon as we were home I started using the camera and today I will share some of my opinions, do remember this will not be a review with 100% crops showing banding when pushed 4-5 stops (learn to expose), it will be a simple write up of my opinions and some sample shots just for illustration.

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