Meet the Pieca: A Raspberry Pi Camera With a Leica M-Mount
A computer engineer created a Frankenstein camera called the Pieca. It's a Raspberry Pi camera module with a Leica M-Mount fitted onto it.
Ep. 373: Sony’s New a7R V With AI – and more
Episode 373 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: TWiP Host, Frederick Van Johnson
Laowa 10mm f/4 ‘Cookie’ Lens Review: Great Glass with Lackluster Usability
Venus Optics recently released the $299 Laowa 10mm f/4 "Cookie" lens, a super-compact prime for APS-C cameras that is practically small enough to fit in your pocket even when mounted on a camera.
Ep. 370: It Sure Sounds Like Nikon Wants Out
Episode 370 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Photographer, Scott Bline
10 Vintage Lenses That Work Great on Mirrorless Cameras
Vintage lenses are more popular than ever, thanks in large part to the mirrorless revolution as well as affordable, high-quality cinema and hybrid video cameras. These lenses are regularly “cine modded” for video use due to their unique character and less clinical rendering, (sometimes) affordable prices compared to cine lenses, helicoid-driven focus with hard stops, and physical aperture rings (which are often de-clicked).
Ep. 359: 2022 Predictions Galore! – and more
Episode 359 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Digital artist and educator, Andrew Kavanagh
Nikon Z 40mm f/2 Review: Affordable and Surprisingly Useful
Despite a nearly two-year global supply chain shortage, Nikon has been making good on the company's promise to deliver a plethora of new lenses for the mirrorless Z system. Filling in most of the missing gaps from the F-mount lineup with greatly improved lenses, this time with a unique and affordable "in-between" focal length lens for everyday use, the $297 40mm f/2 Z.
Laowa Argus 45mm f/0.95 FF Review: Unique Focal Length and Unreal Bokeh
In the last few years, Chinese lens manufacturer Venus Optic has released a plethora of versatile, unique, and affordable fast aperture lenses for most camera systems on the market. Today the company has officially launched the latest lens in the Argus lineup, the Laowa Argus 45mm f/0.95 FF -- one of the first full frame 45mm lenses with a maximum aperture of f/0.95.
Which Lenses Hold Their Value Better, Zooms or Primes?
Let's take a look at some of the data with regard to the latest trends in camera gear buying, trading, and selling. Specifically, we'll take a look at what lenses hold on to their value better: primes or zooms.
Ep. 352: Karen Did It Again! – and more!
Episode 352 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Photographer Hugh Mitchell
Great Reads in Photography: October 3, 2021
Every Sunday, we bring together a collection of easy-reading articles from analytical to how-to to photo features in no particular order that did not make our regular daily coverage. Enjoy!
Ep. 348: The Best of the Best…and the Rest – and more
Episode 348 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Photographer, filmmaker and tutor, Richard Wakefield
What Leica-M Gear Sells The Fastest?
Previously, we explored topics like which Micro Four Thirds system held up better over time, which line of Sony's full-frame mirrorless cameras is most popular, or which DSLR system held more of its value. This month, let's look at which Leica M-mount film gear is the fastest-moving off the shelves.
Sony 50mm f/1.2 G Master Review: It Was Worth the Wait
A decade into the E-mount camera system and Sony has become well-versed at making 50mm lenses for mirrorless bodies. The company's latest effort, the 50mm f/1.2 G Master, is the most ambitious as well as the most satisfying.
Bite-Sized Reviews of 27 Popular E-Mount Lenses for Sony Cameras
One of the attractions of Sony mirrorless cameras is the availability of a wide assortment of lenses, from Sony and other manufacturers. But that can be hazardous to your wallet.
7 Reasons to Add a Noctilux Lens to Your Camera Bag
As a professional corporate photographer who completes around 300 professional assignments a year and has done so for many years, I have used a number of modern, ultra-fast lenses made by excellent optical equipment manufacturers, but I keep on coming back to the Noctilux 50mm f/0.95 lens by Leica.
Great Reads in Photography: January 3, 2021
Every Sunday, we bring together a collection of easy reading articles from analytical to how-to to photo-features in no particular order that did not make our regular daily coverage. Enjoy!
$369 Versus $4,395: Leica M-Mount 50mm Lens Comparison
Photographer Benj Haisch has published a 13-minute review of the TTArtisan 50mm f/1.4 APSH lens, a $369 rangefinder optic that he believes performs much better than anticipated when compared to a lens that costs nearly twelve times as much.
Shooting Video with an f/0.95 Lens: ‘Bokeh Madness’
Photographer Mathieu Stern recently had a chance to spend a week with the TTArtisan 50mm f/0.95 lens, and he decided to stick it on his Sony a7 III to see what shooting video at f/0.95 is like.