Cameras and Lenses Category Archive - Page 57

Nikon D500 vs D7500

Just over a year after Nikon introduced the highly anticipated D500, the company announced an upgrade to its D7200 enthusiast-level DSLR in the form of the Nikon D7500. Nikon decided to skip the model numbers in-between and go directly to the D7500 for a good reason - the camera inherits...

Nikon D7500 vs D7200

Now that the Nikon D7500 has been officially announced, it is a good time to see how it compares to its predecessor in terms of features and specifications. While Nikon definitely improved the D7500 on a number of different areas, whether it is the faster 8 fps continuous shooting, a...

Last Camera Syndrome

For the past few years now, the digital photography camera market has been on a steady decline. Some people blame it on smartphones taking over the big chunk of camera sales, while others have related other factors to the decreased camera sales. While we have written a number of articles...

What Camera Manufacturers Need to Learn from Fuji

Fujifilm has just announced yet another set of "Kaizen" firmware updates that will soon be available for the Fuji X-T2 and Fuji X-Pro2 cameras. This is a major firmware upgrade release consisting of a total of 33 (!) updates and new features, which is very exciting. It is nice to...

How to Update Firmware on Nikon Cameras

One of the areas within the camera that rarely ever gets touched, is the camera software, also known as "firmware". Most modern electronic gadgets provide the ability to update their firmware by downloading fixes and updates through manufacturers' websites and applying those updates on the devices. The firmware updates not...

Birding Kit in a Holster Bag

Over the past few months I've been getting more and more emails from people doing some investigation of smaller sensor, mirrorless camera systems like Micro 4/3 and Nikon 1. Quite a few of them are like me in that they are seniors, or soon-to-be seniors, with an interest in bird photography. Most are...

Fuji X-Pro2 Review

It is hard to believe that it has been five years since Fuji first announced its mirrorless X system with the launch of the Fuji X-Pro1, along with the first three lenses. It was a pretty rough ride for Fuji since the system looked very appealing and yet the initial...

Fuji GFX 50S vs Hasselblad X1D-50c

Without a doubt, the release of medium format cameras by both Fujifilm and Hasselblad have shaken up the photography industry and have sparked interest from many enthusiast and professional photographers, who are interested in moving up to medium format. While Hasselblad delivered the smallest and the lightest medium format camera...

Fuji X-T2 Review

The Fujifilm X-T1 shook the photography world when it was announced, thanks to its amazing ergonomics, superb autofocus system, great image quality and a strong line of lenses, making it one of the most desirable mirrorless cameras on the market. It took two years for Fuji to bring out the...

Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art Review

This is an in-depth review of the Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art lens that was announced in February of 2017 along with a few other Sigma Art-series lenses. At the time of its release, Sigma proudly presented the lens as the "world's first and only full-frame f/1.8 ultra-wide-angle lens",...