Its Friday! We reviewed the Alpa 12 Plus last week. We managed to get two megabuck top end cameras in the same place, and thought it would be interesting to do a quick comparison between the Alpa 12 Plus and the Phase One XT camera – both technical cameras capable of both shifts and rise/falls [...]

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Last week we reviewed the new Hasselblad 907X 50C. This week, in Part 2 of the series, we used the latest Hasselblad digital back with a vintage 503CW made from 1996. How does it work? Here are the details. Using the Hasselblad CFV II 50C digital back with the 503CX If you have not read [...]

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We took the Hasselblad 907X 50C on a loaner and used it as our main camera for two weeks. This is our review of this amazingly beautiful mirrorless digital medium format camera.

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The Fujifilm GFX 100S was released worldwide in the evening of January 27, 2021 to a great reception. We got our hands-on session with a pre-production unit of this amazing new camera on January 30. Here are our first impressions. We will follow this with a detailed review when we get the loan GFX 100S [...]

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We continue our exploration of the digital mirrorless full frame format cameras. This week, we feature the photographer’s take on the Nikon Z7 and the extensive lens ecosystem. The Nikon Z7… with and without steroids Let me start by phrasing Peter Chong in his article about the Canon R5: “As I am testing out more [...]

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I reviewed the Canon EOS R5, a full frame 45Mp mirrorless camera two weeks ago, with photograph examples last week. This week – the followup with the smaller brother to the R5 – the R6. I put it on its paces, mainly shooting watches, but also a few portraits along the way. How does it [...]

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Last week, we began our discussion of the Leica M-10R, the latest in the series of very famous and illustrious Leica cameras. Today, we share with you additional thoughts and some of the photographs I took with the camera and two lenses.  Many thanks to Leica Singapore for the loan of the Leica M-10R and [...]

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We got our hands on the latest in the long line of M cameras from Leica. The Leica M is legendary. First introduced in 1954 as the M3, the family has an illustrious history. This is the latest member of the family – the M10-R. The Leica M10-R with the Summilux-M 35 and Summilux -M [...]

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Several weeks ago, I reviewed the Panasonic LUMIX S1R, and made some comparisons to its L Alliance cousin – the venerable Leica SL2. The S1R is an outstanding photography tool, and as I mentioned in the review, ticks the boxes in so many places.  Here are a selection of some of the photographs made with [...]

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A quick one today with a pictorial on a rather rare camera, which was announced by Hasselblad on July 2019, and began shipping sometime first quarter this year. This is the Hasselblad 907X Special Moon Edition, a rather rare camera. We bring you photographs on a recent handling session with the camera owned by a [...]

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We managed to get our hands on a loaner Panasonic LUMIX S1R from a good friend, and shot with it as our daily camera for about 2 weeks. Here is our hands-on review of this beast of a camera, with S-PRO, Leica SL and Sigma Art lenses. A big shout out to my friend Bobby [...]

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