A Look at the Metabones Leica M Lens to L Adapter:
I know no one really reviews an adapter but I had the opportunity to give the Metabones Leica M Lens to L Adapter a try, and I figure this is a blog where I do talk about the Leica L mount quite a bit, so I might as well write up a short review (if you can even call it that) about my experience with this adapter. I currently own the Leica M-Adapter L, which is great but I definitely don’t remember paying $450 for it when I first bought it haha. As I said, It’s an excellent adapter, and I’ve owned it since I bought my SL a long time ago (I’m with the SL2 now) but I was just curious about one that maybe isn’t priced so high. For those just getting into the L mount system whether it’s through a Leica, Sigma, Panasonic system or a combination of the three, $450 can be a lot to spend in addition to whatever lenses one might need. If you think about it, you can buy a lens for that price. So, that’s how I ended up giving this adapter a try. [continue reading…]
Sigma 35mm f1.4 DG DN Art Lens Review:
A 35mm lens is great to use for a variety of subjects because the focal length makes it extremely versatile. With that said, if you’re going to use it for street, landscape, environmental portraits, and just have it mounted on your camera for the majority of the time, you want something that is probably a bit lighter, and more compact. You could get one with a smaller maximum aperture lens like an f2 version, for instance, but sometimes, you just need a lens with a larger max aperture to get the job done. For L Mount users, Sigma does make the 35mm f1.4 HSM version in L mount (review here) but considering it was originally designed for DSLRs, it’s a larger lens. Well, Sigma has recently released the 35mm f1.4 DG DN Art lens, which is specifically designed for mirrorless cameras. I had it for a while now, and here’s what I think of it. [continue reading…]
Overnight Trip to Atlantic City With The Sigma fp L
Hey everyone. Apologies for the lack of posts lately. I’ve been very busy reviewing a bunch of stuff though, so I’ll be posting it all here soon. Plus, my air condition unit broke down, and of course, during some extremely hot weeks in June haha, and I had to wait several weeks for the company I use to get a coil from the manufacturer to replace a defective one I have. They came and fixed it two days ago but it stopped working again yesterday haha. Luckily, the company I used came right away and it was fixed. Anyway, it was really hot in my home, and I couldn’t take it anymore, so I decided to get a hotel room down in Atlantic City for a night just to cool off. I picked Atlantic City because I have been reviewing a bunch of new Sigma gear, and thought a change in location would be nice for taking pictures. [continue reading…]
Voigtlander APO-LANTHAR 35mm f2 ASPH Review:
If you’re in the market for an M mount 35mm lens, there are ton of choices. There are large maximum aperture lenses for people who need the extra light gathering capabilities to ultra compact options for photographers who may want something discreet and easy to carry around. There are also lenses where the main focus is to get the best image quality possible like the new Voigtlander APO-LANTHAR 35mm f2 ASPH. In fact, according to Voigtlander, the 35 APO not only offers the highest resolution, and best color correction out of their 35mm lenses but they also call it their most powerful 35mm lens of all time. That’s a pretty bold statement, and one that made me very eager to test the 35mm APO. Here’s what I think of it. [continue reading…]
Sigma 28-70mm f2.8 DG DN Contemporary First Look:
One popular zoom focal length is a 28-70mm, and it makes sense, since the coverage makes a lens like this extremely versatile. One could potentially carry just this one lens during a photographic outing, and be completely content. So, it makes sense for manufacturers to spend the time researching, and developing lenses around this focal length range, and one that I have for you today is the Sigma 28-70mm f2.8 DG DN Contemporary lens. It’s a lens that I’ve been looking forward to reviewing, and here are my first impressions of it [continue reading…]
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