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Canon: EOS R3 R5 R5C R6 II R6 R RP R7 R10 1DX III 1DX II 5DS/R 5D Mk IV 6D II 90D T8i SL3 T7 T100 Flash Lenses
Nikon: Z9 Z7 II Z6 II Z7 Z6 Z5 Z fc Z50 Z30 D6 D5 D850 D780 D750 D500 D7500 D5600 D3500 Flash Lenses Best Nikon Lenses
Sony: A1 A9 II A9 A7R V A7R IV A7R III A7 IV A7 III A7R II A7S III A7c A7 II A6600 A6400 A6100 A6000 ZV-E10 RX10/4 RX100/7 RX100/6 Flash Lenses
Fujifilm: GFX100S GFX100 GFX50R X100V X100F X-H2 X‑H2s X-T5 X‑T4 X‑T3 X‑T30 X‑Pro3 X‑S10 X‑E4 X‑T200 Film Lenses
LEICA: SL2 SL2 S Q2 Q2M M11 M10-R M10M M10P M10 M240 M-E M9P M9T M9 M7 M6/TTL CLE M3 IIIf IIIa Lenses
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New Year's Sale on Phil Steele Photography Courses
My friend Phil Steele is having a sale on his courses. Phil's tutorials are the best I've seen; check out his previews and see for yourself. He has a 60-day no-risk money-back guarantee, so you've got nothing to lose and everything to gain. You can watch them from anywhere on just about anything, far better than a book, file or eBook.
30% Off: Understanding Your Camera.
33% Off: Advanced Off-Camera Flash.
33% Off: Secrets of Successful Event Photography.
30% Off: Lightroom Made Easy.
30% Off: Photoshop Basics for Photographers.
30% Off: Pro Portraits with Off-Camera Flash.
Phil has a 60-day money-back guarantee, so you can't afford not to try it.
See also: B&H Year-End Deals
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30 November 2022, Wednesday
New: Røde VideoMicro II Ultracompact Camera-Mount Shotgun Mic: $79.
Canon
In Stock: Canon R6 Mk II: $2,499.99.
In Stock: Canon R6 Mk II w/24-105mm IS STM: $2,799.99.
$50 off: Canon Rebel T7 w/EF-S 18-55mm: $429.
$150 off: Tamron SP 70-200mm f/2.8: $1,049. (review; EF mount (also works on RF))
Nikon
$150 off: Tamron SP 70-200mm f/2.8 (F mount): $1,049. (review, discount appears in checkout.)
Sony APS-C
$200 off: ZEISS Sonar Batis 85mm f/1.8 for Sony: $1,049.
$180 off: Tamron 11-20mm f/2.8 for Sony APS-C: $649.
$75 off: Sigma 16mm f/1.4 for Sony APS-C: $374.
$50 off: Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 for Sony APS-C: $499.
$100 off: Tamron 18-300mm for Sony APS-C: $499. (Discount appears in checkout.)
$75 off: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 for Sony APS-C: $264.
Sony Full Frame (also work on APS-C)
$100 off: Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 for Sony Full Frame: $699. (Discount appears in checkout.)
$150 off: Sigma 35mm f/1.4 for Sony: $749.$100 off: Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 for Sony: $1,099.
Fuji
In Stock: Fuji XF 150-600mm: $1,999.
$100 off: Tamron 18-300mm for Fuji: $599.
$50 off: Voigtländer 23mm f/1.2 for Fuji: $649.
Panasonic
$250 off: Lumix DC-G100 w/12-32mm: $497.99.
Apple
$300 off: 16" MacBook Pro M1 Pro, 16GB, 512 GB SSD: $2,199.
$70 off: 11" iPad Pro M1, 128 GB: $729.
Storage
$130 off: Lexar 256GB CFexpress Type-B: $269.99.
$10 off: Sony 128GB UHS-II 200 MB/s SDXC: $53.
Lighting & Gimbals
$94 off: Zhiyun CRANE-M2S 3-Axis Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer: $175.
$30 off: Godox TL30M RGB Tube Light: $59.
Music
$1,300 off: HiFiMan HE6se V2 Planar Magnetic Headphones: $499.
$30 off: AKG K92 Closed-Back Over-Ear Studio Headphones: $39.
Computer
$370 off: Lenovo Gaming 15.6" Notebook, AMD 3.3GHz, 8 GB, 256 GB SSD: $599.99.
$82 off: Thrustmaster T.Flight HOTAS 4 Stick for PlayStation & PC with Top Gun: Maverick: $39.99.
$62 off: Corsair K95 RGB PLATINUM XT Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, CHERRY RGB Backlighting: $137.99.
$50 off: SteelSeries Prime+ FPS Wired Gaming Mouse with Lift-Off Sensor: $29.99.
29 November 2022, Tuesday
$50 off: Canon RF 16mm f/2.8: $249. (review)
$900 off: 14" MacBook Pro M1 Max, 64 GB, 8 TB SSD: $4,999. 8TB! I want!!! That's enough to hold my entire life's digital work.
$500 off: 16" MacBook Pro M1 Max, 64 GB, 4 TB SSD: $4,399.
$400 off: 16" MacBook Pro M1 Max, 64 GB, 2 TB SSD: $3,899.
$250 off: 13" MacBook Air M1, 8GB, 512 GB SSD: $999.
$200 off: 13" MacBook Pro M1, 8GB, 256 GB SSD: $1,099.
$150 off: 13.6" MacBook Air M2, 24 GB, 1 TB SSD: $1,949.
$150 off: 13" MacBook Air M1, 8 GB, 256 GB SSD: $849.
$100 off: 13" MacBook Air M1, 8 GB, 256 GB SSD: $899.
$100 off: 13" iPad Pro M2, 128 GB: $999.
$70 off: Apple TV 4K: $109.99.
$1,000 off: Panasonic BS1H Box Cinema Camera: $2,497.99.
28 November 2022, Cyber Monday
Amazon's Cyber Monday Sale
$450 off: 13" MacBook Air M1, 16 GB, 1 TB: $1,199!!!
Ends tonight, east coast time.
Up to $2,000 off: Canon Cyber Monday.
$500 off: Canon R6: $1,999.
$500 off: Canon R6 & 24-105mm IS STM: $2,299.
$500 off: Canon R6 & 24-105mm f/4 L IS: $3,099.
These prices only come up after an additional $300 coupon is applied in checkout.
Up to $1,040 off: Nikon Cyber Monday.
Up to $600 off: Sony Cyber Monday. (also at Adorama.)
Sale: Fuji Cyber Monday.
Sale: SanDisk Cyber Monday.
Up to $750 off: ZEISS Cyber Monday.
Up to $900 off: Panasonic Cyber Monday.
Sale: Olympus Cyber Monday.
Up to $3,900 off: Pentax Cyber Monday.
More B&H Cyber Monday Deals
Among them are:
$100 off: Bose Quiet Comfort QC45 Headphones: $229. (lowest price ever!)
$118 off: Lowepro DroneGuard BP 250 Backpack for DJI Mavic Pro/Air Quadcopter: $61.87.
$155 off: Genaray Spectro LED Essential 500IIB Bi-Color LED Light: $114.95.
$90 off: DJI Mini 2 Fly More Combo w/free $20 B&H gift card: $479 at checkout.
$100 off: QNAP TS-453D 4-Bay NAS Enclosure: $399.
$50 off: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz Six-Core AM5 Processor: $234.99.
$100 off: Sony STR-DH590 5.2-Channel A/V Receiver: $248.
$20 off: ViewSonic VA1655 15.6" 16:9 Portable IPS Monitor: $129.99.
$80 off: Sonos Move portable smart speaker: $319.
$130 off: Capture One Pro: $169.
More Adorama Cyber Monday Deals
Including:
$50 off: Casio CDP-S160 88-Key Compact Digital Piano Keyboard: $479.99.
$50 off: Logitech C922 Pro Stream Webcam: $49.99 after coupon.
$22 off: SanDisk 128GB UHS-I microSDXC Memory Card for the Nintendo Switch: $11.99.
$285 off (over half off): BenQ MOBIUZ EX3210R 32" 165Hz 1000R VA LED Curved Gaming Monitor w/Speakers: $249.99.
$200 off: Tanoshi Scholar 10.1" HD Kids Laptop Computer: $99.99 at checkout.
$40 off: HyperX Cloud II 7.1 Surround Sound Wired Gaming Headset: $59.99.
$19 off: Sony DualShock 4 Wireless Controller for PlayStation 4: $45.99 at checkout.
26 November 2022, Saturday
Updated: Bayer Interpolation.
Why you don't lose that much shooting at lower resolution settings.
$697 off: Nikon Z6 & 24-70mm f/4: $1,900!!! (review.)
25 November 2022, BLACK Friday
See of course the hot deals further below from previous days which mostly apply today - but many of all of these end today, so don't dawdle if you see what you need:
HOT: B&H Black Friday Deals Adorama Adorama's Daily Deals Crutchfield Black Friday
Amazon: Amazon Black Friday more Amazon Deals-of-the-Day
Up to $2,000 off: Canon Black Friday.
Up to $1,040 off: Nikon Black Friday.
Up to $600 off: Sony Black Friday. (also at Adorama.)
Sale: Fuji Black Friday.
Sale: SanDisk Black Friday.
Up to $750 off: ZEISS Black Friday.
Up to $900 off: Panasonic Black Friday.
Sale: Olympus Black Friday.
Up to $3,900 off: Pentax Black Friday.
BLACK is Beautiful: Here's a gorgeous Nikon FE with lens on eBay. (How to Win at eBay). FEs are becoming hard to find in working order; the FE is one of my favorite 35mm cameras of all time. In this case, for just under $320 delivered for camera and lens, you're all set for shooting film with a real Nikon with one of Nikon's best lenses ideal for this camera. Heck, here's what looks like an even nicer one for just under $270 delivered from the same place! FEs are 40 years old and usually were used often, so they're getting hard to find this nice.
Lots off Lots: Apple Black Friday.
$500 Off: 13" MacBook Pro M1 16 GB 1 TB: $1,399!!!
$200 Off: Mac Studio 10-core M1 Max, 24-Core GPU, 32 GB, 512 GB: $1,799. (After posting this I realized I needed one of these, so I just ordered one of these for Christmas for myself!!! I've never seen these on sale before.)
$200 Off: Glyph 8 TB rugged self-powered 560 MB/s USB-C SSD: $999.95.
$300 Off: Glyph 8 TB rugged self-powered 2,700 MB/s Atom Pro NVMe Thunderbolt 3 SSD: $1,699.95. (I totally have had an 8TB SSD on my Christmas list for a while. I use a big, heavy externally-powered 8TB hard drive now to store all my photos and videos I've ever created (love JPG!), and with a portable SSD I could carry my entire creative output with me everywhere I go, and it works so much faster from an SSD — and I believe the Glyphs are made in USA!!!!)
$150 Off: 13" MacBook Pro M1 8 GB 256 GB: $849.
$60 Off: 11" iPad Pro M2 128 GB: $739.
$150 Off: 13" iPad Pro M1 128 GB: $949.
$30 Off: 10" iPad 9th Gen 64 GB: $299.
25% off: Think Tank Hauliday Bag Sale.
$200 off: Godox SK400II 3-Light Studio Set: $449.
This set is a Chinese version of the Novatron set I've used for almost 20 years for all my studio work.
$233 off: DJI FPV Drone Combo w/Case, Card & Strobe: $919.99.
$49: Sale on Radiant Imaging presets. I use Radiant Imaging software on most of my images to make them look better, faster.
24 November 2022, THANKSGIVING
SanDisk Super Sale
These are the best deals of the year. I often buy whatever SanDisk cards and SSDs I need for the coming year during this sale each year. It's sneaky because it all expires Friday at 4:30PM EDT (1:30 PM PST), so it's only good for a few hours. It's almost as if they want to sneak this by us, and here we go:
Cards
Up to $40 off: UHS-I microSDXC cards w/SD Adapter: 1 TB $99.99, 512 GB $39.99 & 256 GB $19.99!!!
55% off: Ultra UHS-I microSDXC cards 32 GB ~ 1 TB: $6.49 ~ $109.99!!!
54% Off: 64 GB ~ 1 TB Extreme UHS-I microSDXC w/adapter: $10.99 ~ $117.99!!!
$240 off: 512 GB Extreme PRO CFexpress type B: $359.99!!!
Up to $52 off: Extreme PRO UHS-I SDXC 512 GB $87.99, 256 GB $42.39, 128 GB $23.99!!!
Up to half off: Extreme PRO Compact Flash (CF) 128 GB $79.99, 64 GB $51.99!!!
Portable SSDs
SSDs use a very different technology and are much faster than flash thumb drives, which if you're transferring lots of data or running your operating system from this drive, really matters. I have different Mac operating systems on my external drives and can boot and run whatever OS I want.
$300 off: 2 TB Extreme V2 Portable SSD (1,000 MB/s): $144.99!!! I bought this one last year for twice the price!
$650 off: 4 TB Extreme V2 Portable SSD (1,000 MB/s): $349.99!!!
$65 off: 1 TB Extreme PRO Portable SSD (400 MB/s): $109.99!!!
Flash Drives
$33 off: 512 GB Ultra Eco USB-A Flash Drive: $38.99!!!
$70 off: 512 GB Ultra Luxe USB-A Flash Drive: $39.99!!!
$42 off: 512 GB Microscopic Cruzer Ultra Fit USB-A Flash Drive: $37.99!!!
I use two of these 512 GB Microscopic Cruzer Ultra Fit USB-A Flash Drives in rotation for the dash cam in my car. They're tiny, and I paid a lot more for them earlier this year.
Nikon
Loads off: Nikon Lens Sale.
$30 Off: Nikon AF-P DX 10-20mm f/4.5-5.6G VR DX: $276.95.
Canon
Loads off: Canon Lens Sale.
Sony
$500 Off: Sony A7R III: $1,998.
$100 Off: Sony APS-C PZ 10-20mm f/4 G: $648.
$100 Off: Sony APS-C 15mm f/1.4G: $648.
$50 Off: Sony APS-C 11mm f/1.8: $498.
$600 Off: Sony ZV-E10 Vlogging Kit w/10-18mm, Mic & etc.: $1,395.
$600 Off: Sony ZV-E10 Vlogging Kit w/16-50mm, Mic & etc: $1,495.
Apple
$40 Off: AirPods Pro 2nd Generation.
$200 Off: 13" MacBook Air M1 256GB, 8GB: $799!
Lighting & Bags
$120 Off: Angler Catchlight Reflector 24 x 58": $79.99.
Ends 11:59PM tonight EST (8:59 PM PST).
$84 Off: Profoto OCF Softbox: $49!!!
Ends 11:59PM tonight EST (8:59 PM PST)
$35 Off: Lowepro m-Trekker BP 150 Backpack.
Music
$80 Off: Bose QC45 ANC Headphones: $249!!!
$80 coupon applied in cart during checkout. Ends 11:59PM tonight EST (8:59 PM PST).
$96 Off: AKG K 240 Mk II: $79!!! These have been a pro standard at least since the 1970s, although I've never owned any verison of them.
$100 Off: JBL 306P MkII Powered 6.5" Two-Way Studio Monitor: $129 each (people use these depending on how many channels they're using.)
23 November 2022, Wednesday
$65 Off: Pelican 1485AirWF Hard Carry Case with Foam Insert: $139.95.
Deal ends tonight at 10 PM EST (7 PM PST).
($65 Instant Coupon is added in the Cart.)
$70 and $100 Off: Datacolor SpyderX Pro and Elite Colorimeter.
Today only until 11:59 PM EST (8:59 PM PST).
$330 Off: SanDisk 128GB Extreme PRO CFexpress Card Type B (3-Pack): $356.97.
Today only until 11:59 PM EST (8:59 PM PST).
CFexpress Card Sale: Big SanDisk Sale.
Sale: Zoom Recorders, Kits, & Accessories.
American Pro Audio Rules!!!
$70 Off: Shure Classic "Elvis" Super 55 Mic (blue foam): $179.
I've used Shure mics since the 1980s when I earned my living in music recording and used a pair of Shure SM-81, which Shure just serviced for me last year. Great company; for a low fixed price their repair was to send me a pair of brand-new mics! I bought my SM-81 new back in 1981 back when a digital recorder cost as much as a nice house!!! It's great that great companies still service products I bought over 40 years ago.
While digital cameras and lenses are mostly disposable today, I never get cheap with audio gear, which pretty much lasts a lifetime. If you want a pair of $1,200 American-made pro headphones for the holidays, do it, because you'll probably be enjoying them for the rest of your life. I was only 19 when I bought my SM-81s and I'm still using them today in my 60s! Ditto for my Koss 4AA headphones I got in the late 1970s, and as far as I know, Koss may still be servicing them under their lifetime warranty. Koss last serviced mine - for free - in the 1990s when they had an intermittent connection.
It always pays to invest in quality from American companies. We can't do that for cameras today, but we Shure can do it for pro audio gear.
Update - so after I wrote that above, I phoned Koss at (800) USA-KOSS (same number from memory all these decades) to see if my headphones I bought back in the Disco era are still under warranty 45 years later. Not really, as they changed the design so they'd be more likely to replace them rather than repair them, but the only thing my 45 year-old-headphones need today is new foam for the screens, which after 45 years have fallen apart. No big deal; the woman who picked up the phone right away took my name and address and mailed me replacement screens - no charge. Not only that, but the current Koss 4AA headphones are still made in USA. God bless America! Koss 4AA were the standard headphones used in live recording, radio & DJing back then. Great sound (for the era), indestructible and lots of isolation so you could hear what was going on. Everyone had a pair.
I just checked the price. 4AA were also popular because of their reasonable price — often just $29 on sale in the late 1970s. While these high-quality American classics now sell today for a whopping $74, I checked inflation, and $74 today is only half of what $29 was worth in the late 1970s! It pays to buy American; this is why I don't waste my time with crummy Chinese-made disposable audio products.
Want an awesome gift for yourself? While the 4AA were and are for use in the field where you need lots of isolation, today everyone who loves music deserves a pair of Audeze LCD-X. I've never heard better headphones at any price, and for just $1,200 with gorilla-proof road case, they're nearly free considering how much use you'll get out of them in a lifetime. Your kids will be fighting over them when you pass.
My SM-81 were made in America, serviced today in America and still made in North America (Shure's own factory in sunny México), and Koss and Audeze are still made right here in the U. S. A. where quality and support matters.
$600 off: Lumix GH5S (open box): $1,297.99.
22 November 2022, Tuesday
B&H Black Friday Deals
Up to $2,000 off: Canon Black Friday.
For instance:
$400 off: Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS. (review)
$50 off: Canon Rebel T7 w/18-55mm: $429!
$50 off: Canon Rebel T7 w/18-55mm & 75-300mm non-IS: $549!
Up to $1,040 off: Nikon Black Friday.
For instance:
$1,040 off: Nikon Z7 w/24-70mm f/4 & bag: $2,397. (review)
$1,000 off: Nikon Z7 w/bag: $1,797. (review)
$450 off: Nikon AF-S 70-200/2.8 FL VR. (review)
$300 off: Nikon Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR. (review)
$400 off: Nikon Z7 II (also at Crutchfield). (review)
$400 off: Nikon Z7 II w/24-70mm f/4.
$400 off: Nikon Z7 II w/24-70mm f/4.
$300 off: Nikon Z6 II (also at Crutchfield and at Adorama). (review)
$300 off: Nikon Z6 II w/24-70mm f/4.
Up to $600 off: Sony Black Friday. (also at Adorama.)
For instance:
$500 off: Sony A7R IV w/flash package. (review)
$300 off: Sony A7 III w/28-70mm package. (review)
$300 off: Sony A7 III w/flash package.
$100 off: Sony ZV-1 package.
Trade-in: Sony Trade-In Event.
Sale: Fuji Black Friday.
Sale: SanDisk Black Friday.
Up to $750 off: ZEISS Black Friday.
$200 off: ASUS 32" 4K: $899.
Up to $900 off: Panasonic Black Friday.
Sale: Olympus Black Friday.
Up to $3,900 off: Pentax Black Friday.
Up to $995 off: Rokinon Black Friday.
Up to $995 off: SLR Magic Black Friday.
Lots off Lots: Apple Black Friday.
In Stock: 10th Generation 11" iPad.
25% off: Think Tank Hauliday Sale.
Adorama Black Friday
$1,010 off: Klipsch Reference Cinema System: $489!!!
$510 off: Klipsch Reference R-625FA Dolby Atmos Floorstanding Speaker: $319!!!
$80 off: Bose TV Sound Bar.
$95 off: Tasco 402x60mm Novice Series Achromatic Refractor Telescope: $29.99!!!
New at Crutchfield: Nikon MC-N10 Mirrorless Remote Grip.
19 November 2022, Saturday
Nikon Z 400mm f/4.5 VR.
NEW: Nikon Z 400mm f/4.5 Review & Sample Images.
This review took a while, as I also tested it with the Nikon Z 1.4× Teleconverter and Nikon Z 2× Teleconverter.
I hope you're not put off by the deals I keep sharing as I come across them. With the holidays upon us there are loads of deals. If you're not looking for bargains, no worries, the reviews are all coming.
I also need to edit my photos from a few weeks ago seeking fall color in Yosemite. Those are all coming, too.
$398 off: Nikon Z6 w/24-70mm f/4: $2,199.
$143 off: Radiant Photo w/Mylio & other goodies thrown in for free: $159.
I use Radiant Photo, which is the new version of Perfectly Clear, on most of my photos to make then look better faster. This deal throws in another piece of software for sorting and photo management and some other goodies, at about half of the package price.
18 November 2022, Friday
$80 off: Godox V1 flash (5 options).
Automatic $80 coupon applied in cart until Saturday night at 11:59 PM NYC time (9PM west coast time).
$130 off: BenQ PD3200U 32" 16:9 4K IPS Monitor: $469.99.
Early Black Friday Deals
$82 off: Prograde 256GB SDXC Card, 300MB/s: $188.49.
$250 off: FLIR Scout TK Thermal Monocular: $399.
$65 off: Pelican 1510TPF Carry On Case w/Insert: $279.
$129 off: PMoza MOIN 12MP 3-Axis Anti-Shake Camera: $149.95.
$16 off: PSamsung USB-C 256GB Flash Drive: $23.99.
17 November 2022, Thursday
$10 off: Apple AirPods Pro 2nd Gen w/wireless MagSafe charging case: $239.99.
$10 off: Apple AirPods Pro 3rd Gen w/lightning charging case: $159.99.
$10 off: Apple AirPods Max: $469.
$80 off: Bose Quiet Comfort 45 headphones: $249.
$100 off: Sennheiser HD660 S headphones: $319.99.
$70 off: Sennheiser HD-599 headphones: $115.
New & $130 off: Røde "Studio Quality" USB Mic: $169.
Røde, a dedicated maker of great microphones, makes some great studio quality mics, but I always wince when something calls itself "studio quality," thus the quotation marks.
Sale: MacBook Pros.
Sale: Fuji Cameras.
Sale: Oben Tripods.
Sale: Loads of Hand-Picked Accessories.
New? Pentax KF DSLR: $849.95. (also at Adorama for $3 less.)
New? Pentax KF DSLR w/18-55mm: $949.95. (also at Adorama for $3 less.)
A new DSLR? That's weird, but it makes sense coming from Pentax, seeing that the last time I reviewed a Pentax DSLR (the K3) it was so far behind Nikon and Canon it was obvious why we never hear much from Pentax anymore. When I think of Pentax, I think of what they did well, which was the Pentax Spotmeter V and the Pentax Digital Spotmeter, both of which were used by Ansel Adams and which are still today's state-of-the-art for exposing film, and of course Pentax' reasonably priced and practical 645 medium-format cameras and the mighty Pentax 67 of olden days.
The Pentax K1000 was extremely popular for decades, but it was popular because it was the least expensive decent 35mm camera you could buy in olden times, and thus a favorite of school photo classes.
Today I'm amused that people settle for anything else other than pro-level Nikon 35mm cameras, which back in the day were by far the world's most coveted SLRs. Everyone would rather have been shooting 35mm Nikons, but back in their day they were rightfully far more expensive than the offerings from Canon, Olympus, Pentax and the rest.
Today I believe all those brands of 35mm cameras pretty much sell used for about the same price, and if that's the case, I'm unsure why anyone would waste time with second-best consumer cameras when they could own a pro-level Nikon 35mm SLR for the same price. Back in the 1960s ~ 1980s Nikon 35mm SLRs uniquely ruled in a way no brand does today in digital - and that's why people who remember the 1980s still have a thing for Nikon digital.
Today I think of Pentax for sport optics like spotting scopes and binoculars, which they have always done extremely well.
16 November 2022, Wednesday
Nikon Z 1.4× Teleconverter.
New: Nikon Z 1.4× Teleconverter Review.
Nikon Z 2× Teleconverter.
New: Nikon Z 2× Teleconverter Review.
Up to $1,000 off: Fuji Sale. (Fuji reviews)
Up to $1,100 off: Godox Sale.
Up to $600 off: Sigma Sale. (Sigma reviews)
15 November 2022, Tuesday
Half price: Sony WF-1000XM3 In-Ear Wireless: $99.
Expires tonight at midnight, NYC time (9PM west coast). Limited stock.
New: Big Sale on Everything at Crutchfield, like:
$500 Off: Nikon D850: $2,496.95. (Nikon's best DSLR ever: D850 review & sample images)
$50 Off: Nikon Z30: $656.95. (Nikon's dinkiest mirrorless: Z30 review & sample images)
Up to $230 off: Oben Tripod Sale. (Oben reviews)
Up to $250 off: Robus Tripod Sale. (Robus reviews)
$100 off: Robus RTH-1050 Ball Head. (Robus RTH-1050 review)
$40 off: Ruggard DSLR & Laptop Backpack: $119.95.
14 November 2022, Monday
New: Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 for Fuji: $549. (also at Adorama.)
Almost Free: Bushnell 10×32mm WR Roof-Prism Pocket Binoculars: $14.99 (were $46.95), with free shipping!!!!
I haven't tried these, but as 10×32mm they should be very bright as pocket binoculars go, with big 32mm objectives and 3.2mm exit pupils. Good luck!
Up to $800 off: Fuji GFX medium-format cameras.
Personally I still prefer the GFX-50R, as it's smaller, lighter and has real controls rather than swipe screens to control the camera.
$1,000 off: LG 32" 4K HDR OLED Monitor: $2,996.99.
$1,000 off: LG 27" 4K HDR OLED Monitor: $1,996.99.
Ooooh, I want one! I've been using a crummy 55" LCD 4K TV for the past four years. I had no idea LG made OLED computer monitors, these must be AWESOME!!!!!
$400 off: 14.2" M1 MacBook Pro: $2,099.
Less than half price: Dell P2219H 21½" IPS Monitor: $149.99.
Ends midnight tonight, NYC time (9PM west coast).
$128 off: Lexar 160GB CFexpress Type A: $271.99.
13 November 2022, Sunday
Lowest prices ever on Samsung SSDs
Sale on Portable SSDs (all items)
For instance:
$100 off: T7 Shield 2 TB Rugged Portable SSDs: $149.
$30 off: T7 1TB portable SSD, red: $89.99.
$30 off: T7 1TB portable SSD, blue: $89.99.
$30 off: T7 1TB portable SSD, gray: $89.99.
Sale on Internal SSDs (all items)
For instance:
$100 off: 8 TB 870 QVO 2.5" internal SSD: $649.99.
$100 off: 2 TB 980 Pro internal SSD: $179.99.
$40 off: 1 TB 980 PCIe 3.0 internal SSD: $79.99.
$25 off: 500 GB 970 Evo Plus Internal SSD: $59.99.
980 PRO PCIe 4.0 Internal SSDs w/heatsink
$100 off: 2 TB: $189.99.
$60 off: 1 TB: $119.99.
870 Evo Internal SSDs
$130 off: 4 TB: $299.99.
$70 off: 2 TB: $159.99.
$35 off: 1 TB: $84.99.
12 November 2022, Saturday
Now at Crutchfield: Canon EOS R6 Mark II w/24-105mm IS STM. (review)
Now at Crutchfield: Canon EOS R6 Mark II w/24-105mm f/4L IS USM. (review)
NEW: Venus Laowa 25mm f/0.95 Review & Sample Images.
11 November 2022, Veteran's Day
Huge Audio Deal: $898 off: Full Set of Five Jamo Home Theater Speakers: $399!!!!!
For only 31¢ on the dollar, this is everything you need to rock your home theater the right way. Sound bars are awful, only giving a stereo effect if you sit exactly in the center of the room, and little speakers on stands have no bass, while this system, at a give-away price, give you two full-size, full-range speakers to give you full stereo even in the bass.
Systems with a single subwoofer have to sum everything to mono in the bass, even though movies are mixed with the bass going to discrete channels. I way prefer stereo bass, and if you don't you always can add any subwoofer to this system — but I doubt you'll want to. Hint: when setting up your receiver, be sure to program the receiver to "no subwoofer" and L+R = FULL RANGE, in which case all the bass is routed to the big main speakers, in glorious full-range stereo.
Especially if music is your thing, one subwoofer in mono is never enough, this system give you complete separation at all frequencies.
No, I haven't heard these specific speakers, but a deal is a deal and I am a huge fan of full range speakers; little speakers on stands take the same floor space as tower speakers, while the internal box volume of floor towers is much more, leading to far superior bass extension and efficiency and lower distortion than trying to do the same thing with a little speaker. For $399 delivered how can you go wrong?
$600 Off: Nikon Z5 w/28-75mm f/2.8: $1,993.90. (review)
$340 Off: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR: $1,056.95. (review)
$297 Off: Nikon Z6 w/24-70mm f/4: $2,300. (review)
Now at Crutchfield: Canon EOS R6 Mark II. (review)
$310 Off: Glyph 18TB USB-C Drive: $389.95.
Nikon Updates
I just updated my Nikon D6, D780 and D5 reviews with current new and used pricing.
Nikon D6 and 24-70mm f/2.8E VR.
Nikon D780 and Nikon 58mm f/1.2.
Nikon D5 with 85mm f/1.4 AI-s.
10 November 2022, Thursday
Radiant Photo Software
I've been using software that was called Perfectly Clear for the past years to make most of my photos look better, faster.
Perfectly Clear isn't sold anymore, although of course my copy is still working great. You folks have been asking what to use now, and the answer is Radiant Photo.
Perfectly Clear's technology has been improved and is now sold by Radiant Imaging Labs, which works as well or better as did Perfectly Clear.
Today I use Radiant Photo rather than Perfectly Clear to make my pictures look better, faster. Heck, even the photos of the Nikon Z 40mm Special Edition below were processed in Radiant Photo, as are most of my photos from about a week ago on when I finally got Radiant Photo.
I use Radiant Photo as a plug-in to Photoshop CS6 (2012) on Mac OS High Sierra, and of course it works on the latest Mac and PC systems and can run as a stand-alone application, and of course in Lightroom as well.
If you don't have it, try it. Even better than installing a trial, you can drag your images to their website and it will process and show you how they look improved! Easy!
Not just for places and products, it also works wonders on faces, and it's all automatic. Try it and see.
09 November 2022, Wednesday
Canon EOS R6 Mark II and RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM.
NEW: Canon EOS R6 Mark II Review.
Nikon Z 40mm f/2 Special Edition.
NEW: Nikon Z 40mm f/2 Special Edition Review.
Same great lens as the Z 40mm f/2, styled to mimic Nikon's stunning AI-s series of manual-focus lenses on whose laurels Nikon rests today. Nikon hopes this all-plastic special edition will evoke memories of when Nikon was number one in the glamorous world of professional photography, rather than number three today with its disposable, offshored all-plastic lenses.
Nikon Z 40mm f/2 Special Edition.
$83 Off: SanDisk 256GB PRO-CINEMA CFexpress Type B: $379.99.
Hundreds of dollars off: SanDisk 256GB Extreme PRO CFexpress Card Type B: $229.99.
$229.99 after Instant Coupon Applied in Cart
$15 Off: Genaray LED-6200T 3200~5600K On-Camera Light: $84.99.
08 November 2022, Tuesday
$300 Off: Nikon Z5: $1,096.95. (review)
$300 Off: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III: $1,999. (review)
07 November 2022, Monday
$300 Off: Nikon Z5 w/24-50mm: $1,396.95. (review)
$200 Off: Canon 5D Mark IV: $2,499. (review)
$200 Off: Canon 5D Mark IV w/24-105mm f/4L IS II USM: $3,599. (lens review)
$600 Off: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM: $1,699. (I paid $2,300 for mine and Love It!!!)
$200 Off: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS III USM: $1,899. (review)
Up to $600 Off: MacBook Pros with M1 Chips.
95 Models on Sale: Godox Flash sale.
2002 Mercedes E430. bigger or full-resolution.
SOLD: 2002 Mercedes E430: $9,999.
No kidding; I'm selling the vacation home in which I've kept this beauty hidden in its air-conditioned garage, so my loss is your gain if you want a Mercedes that looks like it's come from a time machine. It's just like new, always Mercedes dealer serviced and ready to go.
It's so luxurious, silent, powerful and inexpensive to run, and was so hard to find back in the day, that I just couldn't bring myself to part with it when I've gotten newer cars— so it's been preserved and only driven about 620 miles a year for the past 6 years!
It's in Southern California. Let me know if you'd like it.
Today Only
These end tonight at 11:59 PM NYC time (8:59 PM west coast time):
$20 Off: Vello ShutterBoss II Timer Remote (7 versions to cover all cameras): $29.95.
Benro MeFOTO RoadTrip Pro Carbon Fiber Series 1 Travel Tripod with Ball Head and Monopod: $299.95.
$46 Off: Platypod Max Camera Support: $69.
$130 Off: f-stop Mountain Series Ajna Backpacks: $169.99.
04 November 2022, Friday
Canon
$200 Off: Canon R5: $3,699. (review)
$200 Off: Canon R5 w/24-105 L: $4,799.
$200 Off: Canon R6: $2,299. (review)
$200 Off: Canon R6 w/24-105 STM $2,599.
$200 Off: Canon R6 w/24-105 L: $3,399.
In-Stock: Canon EOS R7. (review)
New: Canon R7 Content Creator Kit: $2,099.
$100 Off: Canon EOS R10: $879. (review)
$100 Off: Canon EOS R10 w/18-45mm: $999.
$100 Off: Canon R10 w/18-150mm: $1,279. (get this version)
New: Canon R10 Content Creator Kit: $1,199.
$100 Off: Canon EOS R: $1,699. (review)
$50 Off: Canon RF 50mm f/1.8: $149!!! (review)
Quite likely Canon's sharpest lens, as well as the least expensive.
Nikon
$50 off: Nikon Z30 w/16-50mm VR: $796. (review)
$50 off: Nikon AF-P 70-300mm VR: $546. (review)
Sony
$40 Off: Sony WF-C500 Wireless In-Ear Headphones: $58!!!
Good only through Sunday night at 11:59PM NYC Time (8:59PM PDT).
Lighting
New: Angler Light Modifiers.
The deals have already started at B&H.
03 November 2022, Thursday
Canon RF 24mm f/1.8 MACRO IS STM.
NEW: Canon RF 24mm f/1.8 MACRO IS STM Review & Sample Image Files.
A great lens at a great price.
I love how Canon makes such great, useful and innovative lenses at reasonable prices. L lenses aren't any sharper, they're just heavier and tougher and more expensive.
In-Stock: Nikon Z 17-28mm f/2.8. (review)
In-Stock: Canon EOS R3. (review)
In-Stock: Canon RF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM.
$200 Off: Canon R5: $3,699. (review)
I covered yesterday how the R6 is also $200 off.
Up to $600 Off: Sandisk Portable SSDs.
I use these not only for backup and huge files transfer; I even have partitions with different operating systems from which I boot my MacBook Pro depending on what I'm trying to do! They're as fast as my MacBook Pro's SSD for running from the external drives, and a zillion times faster and more rugged than any hard drive.
$450 Off: Sandisk 7.86 TB Desktop SSD: $1,299.99.
I've been waiting to get something like this to replace the 8TB hard drive I use to store my library today. Hmm, they re getting very affordable…
02 November 2022, Wednesday
NEW: Canon EOS R6 Mark II.
Canon EOS R6 Mark II and RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM.
NEW: Canon RF 135mm f/1.8L IS USM.
Canon RF 135mm f/1.8L IS USM. Ahhh, AF/MF and Stabilizer switches like a real lens!
NEW: Canon RF 135mm f/1.8L IS USM.
82mm filters, 33.0 oz/935g, 2.3'/0.7 meters close focus, 1:3.8 (0.26×) macro ratio.
The legendary EF 135mm f/2 L never saw this coming: f/1.8 and stabilized! Eat that, Sony slackers trying to sell us Chinese-made unstabilized 135/1.8 lenses. Not only does Nikon Z have nothing even remotely close to a 135/1.8, even their Chinese-made 105mm f/1.4 F-mount dinosaur isn't stabilized. Nikon discontinued both their AI-s 135mm f/2 and AF 135mm f/2D DC lenses years ago, and neither was ever stabilized. Yawn!
This new RF 135mm f/1.8 IS USM should ship in late January 2023, but only if you get it ordered today.
I'm so glad I upgraded to Canon back in 2012. All because Nikon was synonymous with professional photography from the 1960s through the early 2000s doesn't mean we owe them any allegiance today with almost everything from Nikon seemingly disposable and offshored to China.
Canon's been the number-one selling camera brand overall for decades, and the top choice of pros ever since the 35mm EOS system really took off in the 1990s — and every one of my EF lenses ever made since they came out in 1987 is 100% compatible with mirrorless on Canon's adapters. Nikon's FTZ only works properly with less than half of my Nikon lenses. Ha!
NEW: Canon EL-5 Flash: $399.
NEW: Canon EL-5 Flash: $399.
Another winner, a mid-sized do-everything flash. One gotcha: it only works with the newest cameras with "smart" shoes with multipin connectors; it has no traditional hot shoe terminals so won't work on older cameras:
Canon EL-5: Look, Ma, no traditonal contact pins!
Rated Guide Number 60 meters (196 feet) at ISO 100 at the 200mm zoom setting, rated 1.2s recycle time, 17.3 oz./491g with rechargeable lithium battery.
Should ship late March 2023, but only if you get it ordered today.
New from Nikon
Nikon also has new goodies for us today:
NEW: Nikon Z-system wired remote control grip.
Nikon MC-N10 Remote Grip. bigger.
A groovy wired remote to let us control our Z cameras without knocking them; mostly for video shooters.
NEW: Nikon Z 600mm f/4 TC VR (also at Adorama.)This lens, for $3,200 more than the F-mount AF-S 600mm f/4E FL VR, adds an internal 1.4x teleconverter. The converter pops in with a lever, almost as handy as a zoom, to make this an 840mm f/5.6. For Full-Frame Nikon Z cameras (also works on DX mirrorless). Has an integral, switchable 1.4× teleconverter! 115.0 oz./3,260g. NEW: Nikon HK-43 hood (replacement): $1,077. NEW: Nikon LC K-107 front cap (replacement):$73. 02 November 2022 |
Nikon Z 600mm f/4 TC VR. bigger.
Teleconverter controls. bigger.
New from Fuji
NEW: Fuji X-T5 (silver): $1,699.
NEW: Fuji X-T5 (silver) w/18-55mm: $2,099.
NEW: Fuji X-T5 (silver) w/16-80mm: $2,199.
NEW: Fuji X-T5 (black): $1,699. (also at Adorama.)
NEW: Fuji X-T5 (black) w/18-55mm: $2,099. (also at Adorama.)
NEW: Fuji X-T5 (black) w/16-80mm $2,199. (also at Adorama.)
NEW: Fuji MHG X-T5 grip: $129.95.
Clearly there is too much going on today for just poor little old me to write reams about all of these new products, but the X-T5 is the latest in what I consider to be Fuji's best camera. By "best" I mean a Fuji camera I'd actually shoot, unlike the sad crippled cameras missing half their controls like the GFX-100.
The X-T5 is the latest since the X-T1, X-T2, X‑T3 and X‑T4 which are among Fuji's most usable, and therefore best, cameras. You can pay more from Fuji, but you get less with other models when Fuji rips out the 4-way rear controller or some of the dials just to be cute. These controls are not decorations left over from the 1970s; they're how we control cameras with one touch rather than several. Touch functions stink.
NEW: Fuji XF 30mm f/2.8 R LM WR Macro: $599.
New from DJI
NEW: DJI Mavic 3 Classic with DJI RC Remote: $1,749.
NEW: DJI Mavic 3 Classic with RC-N1 Remote: $1,599.
NEW: DJI Mavic 3 Classic (No Remote): $1,469.
NEW: DJI Fly More Kit for Mavic 3: $649.
NEW: DJI Wide-Angle Conversion Lens for Mavic 3 Classic: $129.
NEW: DJI ND8, ND16, ND32 & ND 64 Filter Kit for Mavic 3 Classic: $129.
NEW: DJI Storage Cover for Mavic 3: $39.
01 November 2022, Tuesday
Getting the World's Highest-Resolution DSLR
Canon 5DS/R and EF 50mm f/1.2L.
I've loved my 50 Megapixel Canon 5DS/R ever since I got mine when it came out in 2015.
No DSLR has higher resolution for my style of nature and landscape photography, nor has any Canon or Nikon mirrorless camera ever exceeded, much less even matched, the 5DS/R's resolution.
I paid $3,900 for mine back in 2015, and today Canon is giving them away at $1,500 each, brand new.
Here's the catch for How to Get One: It's so popular that B&H gets them in and ships them right out to everyone who has them on order, without ever having enough to park on a shelf to show as "in stock," so simply you have to place your order and then be patient for it to arrive at B&H and be shipped out to you. Just like everything new and hot, it probably will never be shown as "in stock," while those of us in the know order, wait, and get them while everyone else thinks nothing ever shipped.
Dawn at South Tufa, 20 October 2015, 7:29 A.M. Canon 5DS R, Canon 16-35mm L IS at 24mm, f/10 at 1/200 at Auto ISO 100, Perfectly Clear. bigger.
My frozen film is Hot!!!
Mike tells me that most of it has already sold. He has, as of dawn this morning, only eight 5-roll pro-packs of 35mm Velvia 50 left.
People new to the film renaissance may not realize that back when all we had was film for serious photography that I, like most of us, would shoot many rolls every day. We didn't load a roll and work it for a week; we had no iPhones and we shot it all on film. I'd come back from a few days out shooting with a dozen or more rolls in a Ziploc bag to drop off at the lab.
When I shot film, I shot a lot of film. You also need to shoot often to stay in practice; learning how your meter responds to different situations and the best filter packs to use for each kind of lighting takes a lot of trial-and-error since you can't see the results immediately. Film shooting is a fine art to do well.
No fears, I still shoot film, just nowhere near as much Velvia as I used to. Also note that I only unloaded a ton of Velvia, my favorite film which I overbought. I still have a freezer full of B&W film.
Velvia shows its magic when you look at the film directly on a light table, where you get more dynamic range, resolution and color gamut directly from the film surface than we can from digital displays. Likewise, Velvia is breathtaking when projected directly from our slides. When I would do slide shows from my medium-format Velvia projected directly from the live film that was in my camera, people left breathless.
Velvia was and still is difficult to scan. If you want digital files, I prefer the color rendition I get directly from today's digital cameras. Velvia is such a dynamic film (Velvia's DMAX is close to 4.0 log10, meaning nearly a real 10,000:1 display dynamic range) that it's very difficult to scan well on CCD scanners. It really begs for real photomultiplier tube (PMT) drum scanner to get the scans to be as vibrant and accurate as what we see looking directly at the living, breathing film itself.
In other words, to love Velvia as I always have, you want to project it, or look at it on your light table, or view it in something great like the LEICA 5x loupe system 37 350. Treat yourself to a LEICA 35mm slide projector with a LEICA projection lens (not a Kodak Ektragraphic or Carousel; those were always awful by comparison with crappy lenses) or a 2¼″projector (look for HASSELBLAD, Rollei or Kindermann), and a real projection screen (not a sheet or white wall) and enjoy film the way it was intended.
Avoid color print (C-41) film like Kodacolor or Fujicolor. Its color was always awful, even back when film was all we had. You have to shoot slide film to get great color on film. C-41 has always been an amateur film; everything shot for publication has always been shot on transparency film, starting with Kodachrome back in the 1930s. C41 was just much easier to turn into prints at the drugstore than printing from slides, which was and is always been difficult.
While I don't shoot much, if any, color film anymore, I love B&W film. If my final work is B&W, I prefer shooting on film for its greater highlight dynamic range and the fact that converting to B&W from a color digital file doesn't work well when you start invoking color filters in the color to B&W conversion process.
My favorite B&W film is Fuji Acros 100 II, which has better red sensitivity and reciprocity characteristics than TMax 100.
31 October 2022, HALLOWEEN
Rockwell's Doomsday Film Vault GONE!!
Back when film was on the way out around 2010 I did a lifetime buy of all the original Velvia and Velvia 50 I'd ever need, in 35mm, 120, 220, 4×5 and 4×5 QuickLoad so I'd always have all I need. Velvia was critical to getting my look as an artist and digital hadn't caught up. I bought all I'd ever need and immediately put it all into my deep freezer at 0ºF (-18º C), to be used as needed. I was not going to let supply issues hamper my art.
I bought enough to sustain myself pretty much forever at what was my current usage rate — back in 2010 when I still shot a lot of film because digital hadn't caught up.
Digital became pretty good around 2012 when everything went to 24 MP, and I haven't shot much film ever since — but hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of rolls and sheets of film were still in my deep freeze that I was never going to use.
I put the word out, and luckily my friend Mike Ahmadi who lives just outside of Yosemite National Park wanted almost all of it. He's going to shoot it all, except that I had at least 170 rolls of 35mm Velvia, and Mike doesn't need that much 35mm.
Mike is keeping all the larger format film for his own use, but if you twist his arm he might part with some of it. I had hundreds of rolls and sheets of 220 and 4×5" which aren't made anymore. 220 is critical for serious heavy shooting with my medium format cameras (hint: 220 vacuum backs for Contax 645 are cheap at eBay and they use a vacuum to keep film the flattest ever seen in any consumer application which you can't get in any other format other than 220, and A24 & E24 220 backs for Hasselblad are also really cheap at eBay), and of course 4×5" is critical for serious landscape photography. I saved enough for my own use for all these formats, but I had so, so much extra that I was never going to shoot.
Here's the good part: Mike has offered to handle selling off what neither of us need. I had no idea I had hoarded so much as I cleaned out three freezers! He's listed some of it at eBay for $99 a five-roll Pro Pack, and if you email Mike at [email protected], you can get them for $75 each pro-pack as Friends-of-Ken. That's far less than the usual $20 a roll people pay on eBay for film with questionable storage history. Of course B&H has all you want for $34 a roll, new ($170 per 5-roll pro pack).
Enjoy!
Just a small fraction of what I had:
Fuji Velvia 50 in 5-roll Pro Packs (only 100 rolls shown here). bigger.
I usually bought Velvia in 20-roll pro packs. They were the best as you opened one carton and there were 20 easy-to-grab films in there, no little boxes in the way. These 5-roll packs are for smaller shooters; there are 5 cans in each box but you have to shake them out the end rather than reaching into a big box from the top with the 20-roll packs.
Here's how I bought 120 and 220 film: 100-roll pro packs:
Fuji Velvia 50 in a 100-roll Pro Pack of 120 (I stuck some 220 in there to fill the box which was missing what I had already shot). bigger.
Not to worry, I still have everything I need, but no way was I going to shoot 170 rolls of 35mm Velvia. Yes, it keeps great in the deep freeze and Mike has already shot a bunch. Better get yours before Mike burns through it all! He has his own E6 line so developing is trivial for him at home, lucky devil.
Here's me with Mike at Yosemite's Ansel Adams Gallery. Mike is the spitting image of Ansel:
Ken Rockwell with Mike Ahmadi at the Ansel Adams Gallery. bigger.
30 October 2022, Sunday
Canon RF 15-30mm IS STM.
NEW: Canon RF 15-30mm IS STM Review.
Super-sharp lens for just $549!
Here are some snaps with it from last week:
Sunset Above Walker Lake, Bridgeport, California, 5:59 PM, Monday, 17 October 2022. Canon EOS R6, Canon RF 15-30mm IS STM at 17mm at f/6.3 at 1/100 at Auto ISO 100 (LV 12.0), Luminar Aurora HDR (now part of Luminar Neo). bigger.
Valero Station, US Route 395, Bridgeport, California, 6:37 PM, Tuesday, 18 October 2022. Canon EOS R6, Canon RF 15-30mm IS STM at 15mm wide-open at f/4.5 hand-held at 1/10 of a second at Auto ISO 400 (LV 5¾), Perfectly Clear. bigger.
Pedestrian Crossing, US Route 395, Bridgeport, California, 6:40 PM, Tuesday, 18 October 2022. Canon EOS R6, Canon RF 15-30mm IS STM at 15mm wide-open at f/4.5 hand-held at 1/10 of a second at Auto ISO 2,500 (LV 3.1), Perfectly Clear. bigger.
Aspens, Eastern Sierra Nevada, California, 10:00 AM, Wednesday, 19 October 2022. Canon EOS R6, Canon RF 15-30mm IS STM at 15mm at f/11 at 1/125 at Auto ISO 100, -0.3 stops exposure compensation to keep the saturated leaves from overloading the red channel (LV 14.0), Perfectly Clear. bigger or full-resolution 20 MP, 10 MB JPG file.
Silver Maple, Bridgeport, California, 6:39 PM, Wednesday, 19 October 2022. Canon EOS R6, Canon RF 15-30mm IS STM at 21mm wide-open at f/5 hand-held at 1/10 of a second at Auto ISO 1,000 (LV 4⅔), Luminar Aurora HDR (now part of Luminar Neo). bigger.
Plenty fast for hand-holding at night!
General Store & Market, Bridgeport, California, 6:42 PM, Wednesday, 19 October 2022. Canon EOS R6, Canon RF 15-30mm IS STM at 15mm wide-open at f/4.5 hand-held at 1/10 of a second at Auto ISO 800 (LV 4¾), Luminar Aurora HDR (now part of Luminar Neo). bigger.
New at Crutchfield: Sony A7R Mark V: $3,898.
28 October 2022, Friday
SALE!!! $400 off: Canon RF 14-35mm f/4L IS USM: $1,299.
SALE!!! $400 off: Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8L IS USM: $1,999.
These are the world's two best ultrawides.This is the first big price drop I've ever seen for these lenses since they came out. The sale prices may only be good through Sunday the 30th, and B&H is offering returns through February 1st. Remember, Santa shops early.
$100 off: Wristcam Video Watch Band for 38/40/41mm Apple Watch: $199.
$100 off: Wristcam Video Watch Band for 42/44/45mm Apple Watch: $199.
In Stock: Fuji X-H2: $1,999.
27 October 2022, Thursday
Sony A7R V and FE 35mm f/1.4 GM.
NEW: Sony A7R V Review.
Updated: All Sony Cameras Compared.
I added the A7R V.
In case you haven't seen All Sony Cameras Compared recently, you'll notice that it has actual prices plotted going back to 2016 so you can see how the deals come and go for each camera.
Sony is weird in that they keep selling their old-model cameras, like the A7 II that came out in 2015, even today! That's good for shooters because today the A7 II sells for only $898, down from $1,499 when it came out.
You also can see how the A7R IV sold for about $3,498 the past three years, and just dropped to $2,998 with the introduction of the A7R V, and since they're mostly the same camera, you can pocket 900 simoleons by opting for the A7R IV.
Is the A7R V worth $900 more than the A7R IV? It all depends on how much money you have and if you'd use or notice any of what's new in (or missing from) the A7R V. See Is It Worth It to find out.
In-Stock: Canon EOS R3.
In-Stock: Canon RF 800mm f/5.6 L IS USM.
NEW: DJI Osmo Action 3 Waterproof Case: $69.
NEW: DJI Osmo Action 3 Battery Case: $69.
26 October 2022, Wednesday
NEW: Olympus OM-5: $1,199.
NEW: Olympus OM-5 w/12-45mm: $1,599.
$800 off: Nikon D850 & loads of free goodies: $2,496.95.
Why do people worry about Nikon potentially discontinuing the D850 when you can buy all you want, brand new, cheap? It was $3,297 back when I got mine in 2017! Yes, my reviews also plot the historical new and used prices of everything I review so you can make the best decisions about when it's on sale or not.
$200 off: Nikon Z7 II: $2,796.95.
$200 off: Nikon Z7 II w/24-70/4: $3,396.95.
$100 off: Nikon Z6 II: $1,896.95.
$200 off: Nikon Z6 II w/FTZ II: $2,046.90.
$200 off: Nikon Z 14-24mm f/2.8: $2,296.95.
$300 off: Nikon Z 24-70mm f/2.8: $2,096.95.
$350 off: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR: $1,996.9
$449 off: 11" iPad Pro 1TB: $849.99.
Free extra battery: Sony A7 IV: $2,498.
In-Stock: Fuji XF 50-140mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR: $1,599.
In-Stock: Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art for Canon EF: $949.
In-Stock: Sony PZ 18-105mm f/4 G OSS: $648.
In-Stock: Fuji XF 16-55mm f/2.8 R LM WR: $1,199.
I thought these were sales when I put them up, but actually they're favorites. The great news is that few people realize the reason the prices of our beloved cameras haven't skyrocketed with inflation is that the value of the US dollar versus the Japanese yen has also skyrocketed to its highest level in over 30 years:
Favorite: Canon EOS R6: $2,499.
Favorite: Nikon Z9: $5,496.95.
Favorite: Fuji X100V (black): $1,399.
Favorite: Fuji X100V (silver): $1,399.
Favorite: Xbox Series X: $499.99.
25 October 2022, Tuesday
The holidays are on at B&H!
B&H now offers returns through February 1st, 2023, for most everything bought from now through the holidays. See something someone wants? Get it now! Who hoo!
New & In-Stock: Tamron 150-500mm for Fuji: $1,499.
New & In-Stock: Sony ZV-1F: $498.
New & In-Stock: Ricoh GR IIIx: $996.95.
New & In-Stock: SanDisk 2TB 2,700 MB/s Thunderbolt 3 Pocket SSD: $449.99.
New & In-Stock: Canon Vixia HF G70 UHD 4K Camcorder: $1,249.
$200 off: Sony A7c (black): $1,598.
22 October 2022, Saturday
$200 off: Sony A7c (silver): $1,598.
$200 off: Sony A7c w/28-60mm: $1,898.
21 October 2022, Friday
$100 off: Nikon Z6 II: $1,896.95.
New: DJI Osmo Action 3 Adhesive Base Kit: $19.
New: DJI Osmo Action 3 Extension Rod Kit: $49.
20 Oktober 2022, Thursday
NEU: LEICA M6, Edition 2022.
Not to be outdone by digital, LEICA has reintroduced the M6, which came out back in 1986.
Sadly the new version doesn't come with the superior optional 0.85× viewfinder of my personal M6 — and you can get all you want used today at eBay (how to win at eBay).
The new version should be available at B&H shortly.
13 October 1999, Thursday
23rd Anniversary
KenRockwell.com went on the air on October 13th, 1999.
The US Navy was also founded 247 years ago today in 1775.
New: Sony ZV-1F Vlogging Camera (also at Adorama).
The ZV-1F is a small-sensored, fixed lens point & shoot.
It has no viewfinder.
It has a non-removable, non-zoom 7.6mm f/2 lens (20mm equivalent on full-frame) and a flip screen. It has a small 8.6 x 13.2mm 20 MP sensor. Sony calls it "one inch," but it's not.
While Sony calls it a "Vlogging" camera, you can't livestream from it directly. Instead, you have to connect it to your phone or computer to connect it to the Internet — so why not just livestream directly from your iPhone as I do and be on the air without all the hassle of monkeying around trying to set menus, charging more batteries and God knows what else to get it all connected to connect live?
Even a few years ago I had no problem livestreaming directly from my iPhone 11 Pro Max with no other power, connections or gear needed. Its own battery easily let me broadcast for over three continuous hours live from the field with my iPhone's own wireless connection.
Today, my iPhone 14 Pro Max (review coming) has about the same-sized 7.3 x 9.8mm sensor, a faster 6.7mm (24mm equivalent) f/1.8 lens and has 48 MP, not 20. Most importantly, Apple has a lot more smarts and processing power than Sony. Picture quality today is in the firmware and I honestly suspect that the video out of my iPhone is going to look much better in real life than from this Sony. Of course for selfie vlogging one uses the smaller iPhone "front" camera, but you get the idea.
I never need a gimbal while walking and rolling video with my iPhones; their stabilization is amazing (Hint: while rolling the image on your screen will bounce around, but look at the playback and you'll be amazed at how you just don't need a gimbal to hand-hold tracking shots on iPhone.)
The ZV-1F claims a stabilizer mode, but I can't say how well it works.
I'm sure the ZV-1F will be popular with people who take Vlogging more seriously than I (which is pretty much everyone over the age of six), but honestly, I prefer the real-time, real-world convenience of my all-in-one iPhone — no gimbal, no powerbank and no external gear needed for direct live streaming. Think I'm kidding? Go to the YouTube app in iPhone, tap ⊕ in the the bottom-center and tap GO LIVE. Easy.
Canon EF 16-35mm f/4 L IS USM.
Updated: Canon EF 16-35mm f/4 L IS USM Review.
I added another sample image and updated the prices.
I just got my RF 15-30mm IS STM in for review and will be shooting it all over Yosemite next week — watch this space. The great news is that the RF 15-30mm IS STM is super sharp, as expected. When a lens doesn't have to be as fast, it's much, much easier to make it small, light and inexpensive as well as ultra sharp.
09 October 2022, Sunday
Weekend Report
beyerdynamic DT 1770 PRO.
New: beyerdynamic DT 1770 PRO Review.
08 October 2022, Saturday
Review Coming: Apple Watch ULTRA.
I'm loving my Apple Watch ULTRA. It turns out its biggest strength - for me - is that its huge battery lets me do many-hour-long workouts each day without having to charge. I workout at least a half hour every day, which is the daily workout duration for which Apple rates the regular Watch's 18-hour battery life, however every other day I workout for a few hours, during which the bright green rear LED heart rate sensor drains the battery with hours and hours of use.
Just for giggles I was able to let workouts run for about 12 hours the other day, and my Apple Watch ULTRA just barely covered it all, with continuous heart rate data the whole time. My regular Series Watches could never run workouts that long.
With conventional Series watches I would have to use a low-power workout option to have the heart rate sensor measure much less frequently to let me run for that many hours.
My ULTRA now typically has 65% charge left at the end of each day, even with a couple of hours of workouts.
I always have my phone with me; if you leave it home and the watch has to use its cellular connection, that also runs the battery down much more quickly. My older Series watches lost about 10% of charge per hour if working on cellular without a phone near; I haven't checked that with my ULTRA yet.
Even if you don't need the battery life, the big, beautiful Apple Watch ULTRA is titanium and therefore with its trail loop band, weighs less (2.475 oz./70.2g total) than my stainless-steel series watches with their stainless-steel Milanese-loop bands (45mm Series 7: 3.275 oz./ 92.9g total). Unlike my other heavy dive watches, the Apple Watch ULTRA feels weightless, and with its big black screen, is a work of art.
I was concerned that the ULTRA would be a huge thing on my wrist for daily use as are my dive watches, but it turns out the ULTRA just disappears. It's super light weight and not as big as you think, at least compared to a dedicated stainless or brass dive watch.
While the actual active image area of the ULTRA screen is only about the same size as the 45mm Series 7 and 8 screens, the ULTRA has more black area around the screen, so the image floats in beautiful inky blackness rather than being wrapped around the margins of the Series 7 and 8.
All of the 45mm Series 7, 45mm Series 8 or ULTRA have a much bigger screen than any of the Series 6 or earlier watches. I want the biggest screen I can get, so any of the 45mm watches or ULTRA are a huge step up from the earlier ones.
$400 OFF: Canon RF 14-35mm f/4 L IS USM: $1,299.
$80 OFF: Canon EF-M 32mm f/1.4 STM: $399.
Secret Sale
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$300 OFF: Zhiyun Weebil 2 Pro+ 3-Axis Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer: $699.99.
$269 OFF: Zhiyun Weebill 2 Pro Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer: $499.99.
$154 OFF: Zhiyun CRANE-M3 3-Axis Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer Pro Kit: $495.19.
$60 OFF: Zhiyun SMOOTH-X2 2-Axis Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer Combo for Smartphones: $89.
06 October 2022, Thursday
In Stock: Canon RF 28-70mm f/2 L USM: $3,099.
In Stock: Canon RF 400mm f/2.8 L IS USM: $11,999.
For Pilots: Boeing Flight & Racing Simulator: $799.99.
04 October 2022, Tuesday
$150 Off: Canon RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 IS USM: $499.
$200 Off: Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM DS: $2,899.
$70 Off: Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM: $179.
Only fits Canon's EOS-M cameras.
$80 Off: Canon Rebel T100 DSLR w/18-55mm: $299!!!
How have I missed this? An ultralight (15.4 oz/436g loaded) Canon DSLR and lens for $299? Awesome!
$500 Off: Sony A7 II Kit: $898.
$1,100 Off: Olympus E-M1X: $1,899.99.
03 October 2022, Monday
$400 Off: Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8L IS USM: $1,999.
$400 Off: Canon RF100mm f/2.8L MACRO IS USM: $999.
$300 Off: Canon RF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM: $1,499.
$200 Off: Canon RF 50mm F1.2 L USM: $2,099.
$200 Off: Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM: $2,599.
These are all great lenses and I have full reviews of every one of them. I also just got my ultralight RF 15-30mm IS STM, review coming.
New & In-Stock: Tokina 11-18mm f/2.8 for Sony: $599.
What Was New in:
July, August & September 2022: Photographs from California's Central Coast, Canon EOS R7 Review, Canon EOS R10 Review, Canon EOS R7 vs. EOS R10, Canon RF 15-30mm IS STM Review, Canon RF-s 18-45mm IS STM Review, Canon RF-s 18-150mm IS STM Review, Canon RF 24mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM, Canon EL-100 Flash Review, Nikon Z30 Review, Nikon Z 17-28mm f/2.8 Review, Nikon Z 400mm f/4.5 VR, All Nikon 105mm Macro Lenses Compared, Sony FX30 E-Mount Cine Camera, Fuji X-H2, Fuji GF 20-35mm f/4 R WR, Fuji XF 56mm f/1.2 R WR, Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.7 for Fuji, LEICA SUMMILUX-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH (2022), NiteCore NB20000 Ultralight Power Bank Review, Oben CT-2491 Carbon-Fibre Tripod Review, SmallRig AD-01 Fluid-Head Video Tripod Review, Venus Laowa 10mm f/4 Review & Sample Images, beyerdynamic DT 900 PRO X Review, beyerdynamic DT 1990 PRO Review.
May & June 2022: Canon EOS R7, Canon EOS R10, Canon RF-S 18-45mm IS STM, Canon RF-S 18-150mm IS STM, Nikon Z30 Review, Nikon Z 24-120mm f/4 Review, Nikon Z 28-75mm f/2.8 Review, Nikon Z 100-400mm VR Review, Nikon Full-Frame Z Midrange Zooms Compared, Sony ZV-E10 Review, Sony FE 16-35mm f/4 G PZ Review, Sony E 10-20mm f/4G PZ Review, Sony E 11mm f/1.8 Review, Sony E 15mm f/1.4G Review, Fuji X-H2s, Fuji XF 18-120mm f/4 R LM WR Power Zoom, Fuji XF 150-600mm f/5.6-8 R LM WR OIS, Fujifilm's 2022-2023 Lens Roadmap, HASSELBLAD PME Prism Meter Finder Review.
January ~ April 2022: Photographs from Yosemite & the Eastern Sierra, The Effect of Scale, Canon EOS R3 Full Review & Sample Image Files, Canon EOS R5C, Canon RF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM, Canon RF 1,200mm f/8L IS USM, Canon PowerShot ZOOM Review, Nikon Z9 Review & Sample Images, Nikon Z9 User's Guide & Tutorial, Nikon Z 18-140mm VR DX Review & Sample Image Files, Nikon Z 28mm f/2.8 Review & Sample Image Files, Nikon Z 28mm f/2.8 SE Review & Sample Image Files, Nikon Z 40mm f/2 Review & Sample Image Files, Nikon Z 400mm f/2.8 VR, Nikon Z 800mm f/6.3 VR, Sony A7 IV Full Review & Sample Image Files, Sony A7 IV Tutorial & User's Guide, Sony FE 16-35mm f/4 G PZ Power Zoom, Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II, Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II Review & Sample Images, Sony HVL-F60RM2 Flash Review & Sample Images, Sony HVL-F46RM Flash Review & Sample Images, Sony SD Card Reader, LEICA M11, Apple Mac Studio, Apple 27" 5K Studio Display, 5th generation 10.9" iPad Air, Cooke S8/i 25mm, 32mm, 40mm, 50mm, 75mm, 100mm and 135mm T1.4 Lenses in PL mount, Huion Kamvas Pro 13 (2.5K) drawing tablet review, Kodak GOLD 200 in 120 format, OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock Review, OWC ATLAS S PRO SDXC Card Review, OWC ENVOY PRO ELEKTRON SSD Review, OWC USB-C TRAVEL DOCK E Review, Oben CFT-6194L Lateral Carbon-Fibre Tripod Review, Oben CFT-6394 "Big & Tall" Carbon-Fibre Tripod Review, Oben BC-139 Review, Olympus OM-1, M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 PRO II, M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm f/4 PRO, Panasonic Lumix GH6, Sigma 16mm f/1.4 for Fuji, Sigma 30mm f/1.4 for Fuji, Sigma 56mm f/1.4 for Fuji, Sigma 20mm f/2 full-frame for Sony E, Sigma 20mm f/2 full-frame for LEICA L, SmallRig 3457 Compact Fluid Head Review, ThinkTank Retrospective 75 Duffel, ZEISS Supreme Prime 15mm T1.8, Feet, PL Mount, Jackery Explorer 1000 Power Station & Solar Generator Review, Jackery Explorer 300 Review, Jackery SolarSaga 100W Panel Review, Nitecore BlowerBaby Review, B&W 702 S2 Speakers, beyerdynamic DT 700 PRO X headphones review.
November ~ December 2021: Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 STM Review, Canon RF 100-400mm IS USM Review, Canon EF 28-80mm f/2.8-4 L ULTRASONIC Review, Nikon Z 28-75mm f/2.8, Nikon Z 28mm f/2.8, Nikon Z 800mm f/6.3, Leica Q2 Reporter Edition, Best USB-C Card Readers, Docks & Hubs Compared, Mitakon 90mm f/1.5 Review, McIntosh MQ 107 Environmental Equalizer Review.
October 2021: Nikon Z9, Nikon Z 18-140mm VR DX, Nikon Z 24-120mm f/4, Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR, Nikon FTZ II, Canon STEREOSCOPIC RF 5.2mm f/2.8L 190º Fisheye, Canon RF 14-35mm f/4L IS USM Review, Canon EF 135mm f/2.8 Soft Focus Review, Sony A7 IV, Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II, Apple Watch Series 7.
July ~ September 2021: Nikon Z fc Review, Nikon Z7 II User's Guide, Nikon Z FX 28mm f/2.8 Special Edition, Nikon Z 40mm f/2, Nikon Z 50mm f/2.8 Macro Review, Nikon Z 105mm f/2.8 VR Macro Review, Canon EOS R3, Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 STM, Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Review, Canon RF 100~400mm IS USM, Canon DM-E1D Stereo Mic, Canon ST-E10 Speedlite Transmitter, Canon AD-P1 Android Data Transmitter Adapter, Canon AD-E1 Normal to Multi-Function Shoe Adapter, Sony ZV-E10, Sony FE 14mm f/1.8 GM Review, Sony FE 24mm f/2.8 Review, Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 Review, Sony FE 50mm f/2.5 Review, Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM Review, Fuji GFX 50S II, Fuji GF 35-70mm, Fuji GFX 50S II w/35-70mm, Fuji X-T30 II, Fuji XF 23mm f/1.4, Fuji XF 33mm f/1.4, Sigma 24mm f/2 DG DN, Sigma 90mm f/2.8 DG DN full-frame für LEICA L, Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 for Sony and for LEICA L, Tamron 18-300mm for Sony APS-C and for Fuji, Tamron 35~150mm f/2~2.8 for Sony, Laowa Argus 35mm f/0.95 Review, Godox Ving V860III TTL Li-Ion Flash, Megadap Sony to Nikon Z Lens Adapter, TTArtisan 35mm f/1.4 ASPH Review, Voigtländer Heliar Classic 50mm f/1.5, Audeze LCD-XC Planar Magnetic Headphones full review.
April ~ June 2021: Photographs from California's Central Coast, Canon EOS R3, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM III Review, Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro Review, All Canon 100mm Lenses Compared, Canon RF 400mm f/2.8L IS, Canon RF 600mm f/4L IS, Nikon Z7 II Review, Nikon Z fc, Nikon Z 14-24mm f/2.8 Review, Nikon Z FX 28mm f/2.8 Special Edition, Nikon Z 50mm f/2.8 Macro, Nikon Z 50mm f/1.2 Review, Nikon Z 58mm f/0.95 Noct Review, Nikon Z 105mm f/2.8 VR Macro, Sony A1 Review, Sony A6100 Review, Sony E 16-55mm f/2.8 G Review, Sony FE 14mm f/1.8 GM Review, Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM Review, Sony E 70-350mm G OSS Review, Fujifilm X-E4 Review, Fuji X-S10 Review, Fuji XF 10-24mm f/4 R OIS WR Review, Fuji XF 18mm f/1.4R LM WR, Fuji XF 27mm f/2.8 R WR Review, Fuji XF 70-300mm R LM OIS WR Review, LEICA M10-R in black paint, Pentax K-3 Mk III, iRig Pre 2 XLR Mic to Mirrorless, DSLR, iOS, Phone or Computer Preamplifier, Robus RTH-1050 55-lb Capacity Ball Head Review, Ritz Gear 256 GB CFexpress card, Turboant Thunder T1 Electric Bike Review.
January ~ March 2021: Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM review, Canon RF 70-200mm f/4L IS review, Canon RF 85mm f/2 MACRO IS STM review, Canon EL-1 Flash review, Nikon Z9 review, SONY A1 review, Sony A7C review, Sony FE 28-60mm review, Sony FE 24mm f/2.8 G, Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 G and Sony FE 50mm f/2.5 G, Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM, Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM review, iPhone 12 Pro Max review & guide, Apple Watch Series 6 review & guide, LEICA APO-SUMMICRON-M 35mm f/2 ASPH, LEICA 50mm f/1.2 NOCTILUX-M ASPH, Fuji GFX 100S, Fuji GF 80mm f/1.7 R WR, Fuji X-E4, Fuji XF 27mm f/2.8 R WR, Fuji 70-300mm f/4-5.6 R LM OIS WR, Ritz 256GB 265/120 MB/s V60 SD card, Mitakon 50mm f/0.95 review, 7Artisans 50mm f/1.05 review, Polsen MVP-3 Micro Shotgun Microphone, Polsen MVP-6 Shotgun Microphone, Polsen MO-CPL2 USB-C Lavalier Microphone, Polsen SCL-1080 Dual-Pattern Shotgun Microphone
October ~ December 2020: Canon 1DX Mark III Review, Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM Review, Canon RF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM Review, Canon EOS M50 Mk II, Big EL-1 flash and odd compact PowerShot Zoom 100-400mm P&S, Canon PIXMA Pro-200, Nikon Z5 Review, Nikon Z6 II Review, Nikon Z7 II Review, Nikon Z 20mm f/1.8 Review, Nikon Z 24-50mm Review, Nikon Z 24-200mm Review, Nikon Z 70-200mm f/2.8 Review, Fuji 50mm f/1.0 Review, Fuji X-S10, Fuji 10-24mm f/4 OIS WR R, LEICA Q2 Monochrom, LEICA SL-2 S, ZEISS ZX1, Audeze LCD-X Headphones Review, TTArtisan 50mm f/1.4 ASPH Review, Sigma 105mm f/2.8 Macro for Sony E or LEICA, Megadap Any Lens to Nikon Z Autofocusing Adapter Review, Oben CTT-1000L Compact Tripod Review, MacCase iPad Pro Case Review.
May ~ September 2020: Canon EOS R5, Canon EOS R6, Canon EOS R, RP, R5 & R6 Compared, Canon RF 15~35mm f/2.8L, Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS, Canon RF 24-105mm IS STM, Canon RF 24-240mm, Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS, Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L USM, Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L DS USM, Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L versus f/1.2L DS, Canon RF 85mm f/2 Macro IS STM, Canon RF 100-500mm, Canon RF 600mm IS STM, Canon RF 800mm IS STM, Canon RF 1.4× extender, Canon RF 2× extender, Canon 90D, Canon Rebel T8i (EOS 850D), Nikon Z5, Nikon Z 14-24mm f/2.8, Nikon Z 24-50mm, Nikon Z 50mm f/1.2, Nikon Z TC-1.4× teleconverter, Nikon Z TC-2× teleconverter, Sony A7c, Sony A9 II, Sony A7S III, Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM, Sony LA-EA5 Adapter, Apple Watch Series 6, Fuji X-T4, Fuji X-T200, Fuji XC 35mm f/2, Fuji XF 50mm f/1.0, LEICA M10-R, LEICA Q2, LEICA Q2 User's Guide, LEICA Q2 vs Fuji X100F vs iPhone 11 Pro Max vs Canon 90D, LEICA vs iPhone vs Fuji vs Canon, LEICA SF-24D, Hasselblad 907X 50C, ZEISS SONNAR 50mm f/1.5, Tokina Opera 50mm f/1.4, Luxli Timpani, Cello and Viola2, Audeze LCD-1 Headphones.
April 2020: Fuji XF 16-80mm f/4 Review, Canon RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 STM, Canon C300 Mk III, Canon 25-250mm T2.95 Cine, Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mk III, Irix Full-Frame, Manual Focus 45mm f/1.4, Laowa 210º 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye, Lensbaby Velvet 28mm f/2.5, Rokinon AF 75mm f/1.8, Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 for Sony, DJI Mavic Air 2 , DJI Mavic 2 Pro 4K , BlackMagic Pocket Cinema 6K, Zoom H6 Recorder Review.
January ~ March 2020: Photo Products of the Decade 1820~2020, Nikon D6, Nikon D780, Nikon D780 Plain-English User's Guide, Nikon 120-300mm f/2.8 FL VR, Nikon Z 20mm f/1.8, Nikon Z 24-200mm, Nikon Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR, Nikon Coolpix P950, Canon 1DX Mark III, Canon Rebel T8i, Canon EOS-R5, Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM, Canon RF 24-105 f/4~7.1 IS STM, Canon QX10 Pocket Portable Printer, Sony A7R IV Review & User's Guide, Sony FE 20mm f/1.8, Sony E 50mm f/1.8 OSS, Sony E 55-210mm OSS, Fuji X100V, Fuji X100V Plain-English User's Guide, Fuji X-T4, Fuji X-T200, Fuji XC 35mm f/2, Fuji GF 45-100mm f/4 OIS, LEICA M10 Monochrom, LEICA SUMMILUX-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH Edition "LEITZ Wetzlar, LEICA S3, Tokina 85mm f/1.8 for Sony full-frame, Laowa 65mm f/2.8 2× Ultra-Macro, Think Tank Retrospective Backpack 15, Fringer Canon EF -> Fuji X Adapter, Fringer Canon EF -> Nikon Z Adapter, DJI Mavic 2 Zoom with Smart Controller, Senal SMH-1200 Review.
November & December 2019: Fall Color from Yosemite and California's Eastern Sierra, Nikon Z50 Full Review, Nikon Z50 Plain-English User's Guide, Nikon Z DX 16-50mm VR Review, Nikon Z DX 50-250mm VR Review, Nikon Z 85mm f/1.8 Review, Nikon Z 24mm f/1.8 Review, Sony A6600 Review, Sony A6600 User's Guide, Canon EOS Ra Astro Mirrorless, Fujifilm X-Pro3 Review, Fuji GFX 100 Review, Fuji GF 50mm f/3.5 Review, Apple Watch Series 5 Review, Apple 32" Pro 6K Display, Apple 32" Pro 6K Display w/nano textured glass, Photo Mechanic Software Review, Tokina 100mm f/2.8 Full Frame for Canon EF, LEICA SL2, Sigma 24-70/2.8 for Sony, Sigma 24-70/2.8 für LEICA L, Turboant X7 Review.
August ~ October 2019: iPhone 11 Pro Max, Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8, Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8, Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM DS, Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM, Canon EOS 1DX Mark III, Canon 90D, Canon EOS-M200, Canon M6 Mk II, Fuji X-Pro3, Fuji X-E3 Review, Fuji X-A7, Fuji XC 15-45mm PZ OIS Review, Fuji XC 50-230mm OIS Review, Fuji Touch Screen Settings, Nikon D3500 review, Nikon Z 24mm f/1.8 S Review, Nikon Z 85mm f/1.8 Review, Nikon Noct-NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95, Nikon Z50, Nikon Z 16-50mm DX VR, Nikon Z 50-250mm DX VR, Nikon 200mm f/2 VR II Review, Panasonic S1H, Panasonic 24-70mm f/2.8, Pansonic LEICA DG 25mm f/1.4 II, Rokinon AF 18mm f/2.8, Sigma fp w/45mm lens, Sony A9 II, Tamron 20mm f/2.8, Tamron 24mm f/2.8, Tamron 35mm f/2.8, Voigtländer Nokton 75mm f/1.5, Auray TT-6220 Telescoping Tabletop Mic Stand Review, Auray PFNY-6 Mic Pop Filter Review, Senal SCM-660 Microphone Review, XUMA MTA-300B iPhone/Smartphone Tripod Adapter Review.
July 2019: Rockwell.TV on YouTube, Nikon Z 24-70mm f/2.8 Review, Nikon Z 35mm f/1.8 Review, Nikon Z 50mm f/1.8 Review, Canon RF 24~240mm IS, Sony A7R Mark IV, Sony RX100 Mark VII, Sony FE 35mm f/1.8 review, LEICA M-E typ 240, Hasselblad 907X Special Edition, Fujifilm XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR, Fujifilm GF 50mm f/3.5 R LM WR, ROBUS RC-5570 Tripod Review, Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 for Sony E und für LEICA L, Sigma 35mm f/1.2 for Sony E und für LEICA L, Sigma 45mm f/2.8 for Sony Eund für LEICA L, Sigma fp mirrorless camera.
April ~ June 2019: Nikon Z6 Review, Nikon Z6 User's Guide, Nikon Z7 User's Guide, Nikon Z 14-30mm Review, Nikon NIKKOR 135mm f/2 AI-s Review, Nikon NIKKOR 180mm f/2.8 AI Review, Nikon NIKKOR✱ED 180mm f/2.8 AI-s Review, Nikon NIKKOR✱ED 200mm f/2 AI-s Review, Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 Review, Sony E 20mm f/2.8 Review, Sony E 30mm f/3.5 Macro Review, Sony E 35mm f/1.8 OSS Review, Sony FE 135mm f/1.8 GM Review, Sony 200-600mm G OSS Review, Sony 600mm f/4 GM OSS Review, Tokina FiRIN 100mm f/2.8 Macro for Sony E, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4 for Sony Full-Frame, Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 full-frame ultrawide for Sony E, Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L USM, Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 for Canon RF, Rokinon 85mm f/1.4 for Canon RF, Canon SL3 (EOS 250D), Fujifilm X-H1 Review, Fujifilm X-T30 Review, Fujifilm X-T20 Review, Fujifilm 8-16mm f/2.8 Review, Fujifilm 16mm f/2.8 Review, Fujifilm GFX 100 Review, Fujifilm GF 32~64mm f/4 R LM WR Review, Fujifilm GF 100~200mm f/5.6 R LM OIS WR Review, Medium-Format vs. Full-Frame Image-Quality Comparison, Apple iPhone Xs Max Review & User's Guide, Apple Watch Series 4 Review, All Apple Watches Compared, new 13" MacBook Pro, new 15" MacBook Pro, Olympus TG-6 Underwater Camera, Panasonic LEICA VARIO-SUMMILUX 10-25mm f/1.7, Panasonic DMW-STC14 1.4× teleconverter, Panasonic DMW-STC20 2× teleconverter, Think Tank "Digital Holster 150" for ultrateles, Oben CTT-1000 Mini Tripod Review.
March 2019: Nikon Z7 Review, Nikon Coolpix A1000, Nikon Coolpix B600, Sony E 16mm f/2.8 Review, Sony E 18-200mm OSS PZ Review, Sony E 18-200mm OSS LE Review, Sony RX0 II, Canon IVY CLIQ Instant Camera, Canon IVY CLIQ+ Instant Camera, Fujinon XF 80mm f/2.8 Macro OIS Review, LEICA Q2, LEICA APO-SUMMICRON-SL 35mm f/2 ASPH, Pixel X900 Flash Review, Rokinon Full-Frame ultra-ultra-wide 10mm f/3.5 for Canon EF, Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 Ultra-Ultrawide for Canon RF, Rokinon 85mm f/1.4 for Canon RF.
February 2019: Nikon Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S, Canon EOS RP Hands-On Review, Canon EOS RP User's Guide, Canon EOS RP vs EOS R, Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM Review, Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM Review, Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L USM DS, Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L USM, Canon RF 24-240mm IS USM, Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM, Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM, Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8L IS USM, Sony FE 135mm f/1.8 GM, Fujifilm X-T3 Review, Fujifilm 23mm f/2 Review, Fujifilm 200mm f/2 Review, Fujifilm 50mm f/2 Review, Fujifilm XF 16mm f/2.8 WR, Fujifilm X-T30, Panasonic S1 Full-Frame System, Polaroid POP cameras, Ricoh GR III, Ricoh WG-6 underwater, Ricoh WG-6 in Orange, Ricoh G-900, Tokina Opera 16-28mm f/2.8, Tamron 35-150mm, Tamron 35mm f/1.4.
January 2019: LEICA M10-P Safari Edition, LEICA SUMMICRON-M 50mm f/2 Safari Edition, Verum 1 Planar Magnetic Headphones review, Olympus OM-D E-M1 X, Nikon Z 24-70mm f/4 S review, Sony 10-18mm Review, Sony A6400 Review, Sony 18-135mm Review, Sigma 28mm f/1.4 ART, Nikon Z 14-30mm f/4 S and Irix 150mm f/2.8 Macro Review.
November & December 2018: Moment 18mm review, Photos from Yosemite and the Eastern Sierra, Nikon 500mm f/5.6 PF Review, Adapted Rangefinder Lenses on Nikon Mirrorless, AlienBoard Hoverboard review, LEICA D-Lux 7, Why You Need an Apple Watch, Sigma 60-600mm Review.
October 2018: Loads of Canon and Nikon mirrorless revelations, First Chinese Nikon Z adapters, Canon EOS R Review, Canon EOS R User's Guide, Wimberley Gimbal Tripod Head Review, Sony 400mm f/2.8 Review, How to Photograph Air Shows, LEICA M10-D.
August & September 2018: Nikon vs Canon vs Sony Full Frame, Mirrorless vs DSLR, Do You Really Need Two Card Slots, Canon EOS-R Review, Canon EF to RF Lens Adapters, Canon RF 24-105mm Review, Canon RF 28-70mm f/2 L, Canon RF 50mm f/1.2 Review, Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 MACRO IS STM, Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS II Review, Canon EF400mm f/2.8L IS III, Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM, Canon EF-M 32mm f/1.4 STM, Canon 580EX II Review, Canon 580EX II User's Guide, Sony 24mm f/1.4, Sony RX100 Mark 6 Review, Sony RX100 Mk VI User's Guide, Nikon's full-frame mirrorless system, Nikon Z7, Nikon Z6, Nikon Z6 vs. Z7, Nikon FTZ Lens Adapter, Nikon Z 24-70mm f/4, Nikon Z 35mm f/1.8, Nikon Z 50mm f/1.8, Nikon 500mm f/5.6 PF, Nikon D3500, LEICA M10-P, iPhone Xs Max Bokeh vs Full-Frame Professional Cameras, Tokina "Opera" 50mm f/1.4, Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 G2, Fuji XT-3.
June & July 2018: Nikon Mirrorless hinted at, Fuji 8-16mm f/2.8, Fuji 200mm f/2, Fuji XF10, Sony RX100VA, Nikon P1000, Tamron 100‑400mm Review, best 80-400 and 100-400mm zooms compared, How to Win Photo Contests, Tamron 18-400mm review, Sony 400mm f/2.8, Images of Yosemite in Springtime, Kodak Medalist II Review, Canon 70‑200mm f/4L IS II, Canon 70‑200mm f/2.8 L IS III and my Sony RX100 Mark VI review.
May 2018: Marc Silber's Secrets to Creating Amazing Photos, Sigma 105mm f/1.4, Fuji X-T100, Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 IS/VR Review, beyerdynamic Amiron Home Review, Sigma 70mm Full-Frame Macro Art Lens, Nikon D1 High ISO Samples, Vello MB-D18 (BG-N19) Grip Review, Sunpak RD2000 Review, Small Flashes Compared.
April 2018: Irix 11mm f/4 Review,Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8, Canon 85mm f/1.4 L IS Review,Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 VR/IS Review, Best 70-200mm f/2.8 Lenses Compared, Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8 VR/IS Review, Best 24-105mm Lenses Compared, MindShift 18L Backpack, Fuji GF 250mm f/4, Fuji GF 1.4X TC WR Teleconverter, Fuji MCEX-45G WR Macro Extension Tube, Fuji MCEX-18G WR Macro Extension Tube, Sony RX10 Mk IV Review, Sony RX10 Mk IV User's Guide, beyerdynamic Aventho Wireless Review.
March 2018: Nikon 70-300mm AFP E FX Review, Nikon 28mm f/1.4 E FX Review, Nikon 10-20mm Review, Nikon D7500 Review.
February 2018: Sony A7 III, Yosemite Photos, Nikon 50mm f/1.8 Pancake-NIKKOR review, beyerdynamic DT1350 review, beyerdynamic DT240 review, Canon SL2 review.
Janaury 2018: Nikon 180-400mm, Canon 6D Mk II review, Canon 18-135mm USM review, Fuji X-A5, Sony 18-135mm.
December 2017: Canon 35mm f/2.8 Macro review, Sony A7R III review, Sony A7R III user's guide, Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS review, Sony FE 100mm STF G OSS review.
November 2017: Sony 50/2.8 Macro Review, Sony 90/2.8 Macro Review, LEICA CL, Sony 70-300mm G Review, Panasonic G9, iPhone X Review, How to Make Time Exposures with iPhone, 1X Photo Contest, Tamron 100-400mm.
October 2017: Nikon D850 review, Nikon D850 user's guide, Sony A7R III, Sony 24-105mm G, Sony 85/1.8 review, Canon G1X Mk III.
June, July, August and September 2017: Canon 6D Mk II, Canon SL-2, Canon 85/1.4L, Canon TS-E 50/2.8, 90/2.8 & 135/4, Nikon D850, Nikon 70-300 VR DX AF-P, Nikon 28/1.4E, Metabones Mk V Canon EF -> Sony E-mount adapter.
May 2017: Nikon 10-20mm DX VR, Nikon 8-15mm FX Fisheye, Canon 77D Review, Canon Rebel T7i Review, Canon 18-55mm IS STM Review, Springtime in Yosemite, Irix 15mm f/2.4 Review, Sony 16-35/2.8 GM, Sony 12-24/4 G, Fuji X100F Review, Laowa 12mm Review, Olympus TG-5.
March & April 2017: Nikon D7500, Nikon 19mm PC-E review, Nikon D3400 review, Sony A7 Mk II review, Nikon D5600 review.
February 2017: Canon 77D, Canon Rebel T7i, Canon EOS M6, Sony 24-70/2.8 GM, Sony 85mm f/1.4 GM , Sony 70-200mm f/4 G OSS, Sony FE 100mm f/2.8 STF GM OSS, Sony FE 85mm f/1.8.
January 2017: LEICA M10, Fujifilm GFX 50S, Fujifilm X100F, Nikon D5600.
November & December 2016: Fuji X-A10.
September & October 2016: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 FL, Nikon 19mm PC-E, Sony A6500, Sony RX100 Mk V, Sony Alpha 99 II, Canon EOS M5, Canon EF 70-300 IS II USM, Sony 50mm f/2.8 Macro.
July & August 2016: Canon 5D Mk IV, 16-35 IS II, 24-105 IS II, Nikon D3400, Nikon 105mm f/1.4, Fuji XT-2.
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