In this Guide to Macro lenses David and Phillip give you all the relevant information you need to find the right macro lens for your Sony Alpha 7/9 series camera. No matter if you are just an occasional macro shooter or pretty serious about macro. Last update: July 2020 Macro lenses allow you to capture … Continue reading Guide to Macro Lenses for the Sony a7 series
Introduction A panorama adapter can be a great addition to your kit, as it allows you to create shots with a wider field of view (up to 360° panoramas) and also vastly improves the image quality in any of your shots (e.g. in astrophotography). Unfortunately most pano adapters are either bulky and heavy, very expensive … Continue reading Review: PocketPano Vario XL panorama adapter
Introduction Brenizer or Bokehpanorama is a panorama technique to get a wide angle shot with the much better bokeh of a longer tele lens. In this article I will show you what it is all about and which lenses work best. What is a Brenizer/Bokehpanorama? By using longer lenses and taking a panorama you can … Continue reading The best lenses for Brenizer / Bokehpanoramas
Introduction Many people are still looking for a small yet fast 35mm lens for their fullframe E-mount cameras (especially those who need AF). I have found what I am looking for in the Voigtlander 35mm 1.7 VM + 5m PCX filter, but many people don’t want to bother with this mod and prefer a native … Continue reading Comparison: Voigtlander 40mm 1.2 and 35mm 1.7 + 5m PCX
How to take better photos? Most of you are here for lens reviews and other articles covering gear but we think it is only responsible to look beyond gear from time to time, since your skills as a photographer are much more important in the end. In this article Bastian describes his most often used … Continue reading How to take better pictures?