Living & Learning – Lensbaby Sweet 50

As most of you know I love to play with new tech, something that has been around for a few now and has had me sitting on the fence is the Lensbaby system. These are a unique set of optics for many different brans of camera. They are manual focus and by all accounts difficult…

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Regular Random – Honeybees

I recently bought myself a new macro lens for the Sony, I borrowed one off a friend to try and really liked it a lot, so with some birthday money I bought my own. I really was missing my big Tamron for macro, but this is much smaller, lighter and exceptional quality. While visiting one…

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Tech Review – Vello 16mm & 10mm Extension Tubes Review

I bought my Sony a7ii back in September last year and have been working with it a lot, especially the last few months. I found working with a full frame mirrorless to be more challenging to swap over than I thought…I have no idea why. Apart from swapping brands I also swapped lenses, which meant a…

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Tech Talk – Sony 50mm Prime Lens

So last week I reviewed the Sony 28-70mm Lens (SEL2870) that goes with my  Sony a7ii mirrorless DSLR Camera, which I reviewed the week before. So this week I will post my review of the Sony 50mm prime (SEL50F18F). This is a fabulous lightweight lens, with a wide aperture. At first, I wasn’t over the…

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Tech Talk – Sony 28mm-70mm Lens

This is the kit lens that came with my Sony a7ii mirrorless DSLR Camera, which I reviewed last week. This Sony 28-70mm (Model – SEL280) is a compact, lightweight general purpose zoom for Sony’s full-frame E-mount cameras, like the a7ii and A7Rii. There is a little controversy over it; apart from the metal mount and…

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Nikon AF-S DX 35mm f/1.8 – Lens Review

A few weeks back I got a new Nikon AF-S DX 35mm f/1.8 lens for my Birthday, there are several reasons why I bought it, even though I did put it off for quite a while trying to decide if it was a good buy and ‘right’ for me. I already have a 50mm Prime lens…

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Lens Review – 18 – 55mm Nikon Kit Lens

when I first got my D5300 this is the kit lens that came with it, some give kit lenses a bad wrap……..but this one is actually pretty nice.

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Tech Talk – Nikon 18-200mm Lens Review

Lens review mon my work horse Go-To Lens the Nikon 18-200mm Zoom

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Tech Talk – Filters Part 2

I take another look at various different filters that cane be used in photography

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Tech Talk – Nikon 18-300mm Telephoto Zoom Lens, Review

Review on the new Nikon 18-300mm Zoom Lens

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