The Canon FD 20mm 2.8 is an affordable wideangle lens (around $200 mid 2015) which performs well on the Alpha 7. I have owned and used my copy for more than a year now and wanted to share my experience with you.
| CANON FD 20 2.8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Length | 62mm | |
| Diameter | 78mm | |
| Weight | 305g | |
| Filter Thread | 72mm | |
| Aperture Blades | 6 | |
| Short focusing distance | 25cm |
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So Sony announced their newest flagship camera and it got a lot of hype. And after my initial enthusiasm cooled down a bit I collect my thoughts and ask myself the essential question: Would the a7rII improve my photography if I upgraded from my Alpha 7?
The specs tell us that the camera will sport a 42MP back side illuminated (BSI) sensor.
An L-bracket is a peace of metal which serves about three functions:
For me an L-brackets has improved the everyday experience of my Sony Alpha 7 and I think too few people know about L-brackets so I want to share my experience in this post.
Continue reading Useful Accessory for the Sony Alpha 7: A L-Bracket
I wanted to see how my new FE 2/28 compares against my older manual lenses, so I ran a comparison between four lenses:
Continue reading Old against New: Zeiss 2.8/28 vs Sony FE 2/28 vs Minolta MC 2/28
My friend Matt had a review copy of the Samsung NX1 at his hand so we met up and I could get some hands on experience with this new camera which created quite some buzz.
This is in no way an in depth review, just some thoughts and impressions after using it for about five hours.
Continue reading Samsung NX1 – Impressions and thoughts from a Sony a7 user