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Review: The Canon EOS RF 35mm f1.8 Macro v. the Canon EF 35mm f1.4L II USM for R5 Mirrorless Camera
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Canon EOS R5 Six Months Later – Follow-up and Updated Review
After owning the Canon EOS R5 mirrorless camera for six months, I wanted to update you on my experience with the camera as a...
Do parabolic soft boxes make a difference? Do they create narrower, more focused soft light?
For the last few years, often times, I have used a parabolic style soft box as a main light. Last year I mentioned in...
Which Mola for your moolah? Comparing three different beauty dishes during a portrait photoshoot
Three years ago I bought a Mola Setti and Rayo 15" beauty dishes, because I wanted to upgrade from my Profoto Silver Softlight. While...
My 2020 holiday photography gift guide
I wanted to share with you guys my top 10 favorite pieces of cool gear that I added to my kit in 2020!
Sharpest 85mm lens for Canon R5 RF 85mm f2 Macro v RF 1.2 L USM v EF Sigma Art 1.4 EOS Review
After watching several YouTube Reviews where people only shot these lenses at f2, I decided to make a review where we test everything from...
TRIGGER WARNING BOKEHOLICS: Three reasons why prime lenses are not just for bokeh.
In today’s video we’re gonna talk about why prime lenses are not just for bokeh.
UPLOAD 4K Does medium format really out preform 35mm? Hasselblad H1XD II, Canon EOS R5, Nikon D850 -RAW files
We've all heard that medium format is better than 35mm, but is it really true? The purpose of this review was to test the...
How to set up the Hasselblad X1D II 50C medium format mirrorless for studio portrait photography
I tested Hasselblad's 50MP mirorrless camera in the studio and put it though its paces for about a month. Here is how I set...
Hasselblad X1D II 50C Full Review: how the medium format mirrorless camera preforms in the studio
I tested Hasselblad's 50MP mirorrless camera in the studio and put it though its paces next to the 45 megapixel Canon EOS R5 while...
Full Review of the Canon EOS R5 for Commercial and Portrait Photographers switching from the 5DIV
After using the R5 for a full month as a professional commercial studio and portrait photographer, who shoots some video, I have decided to...
What’s in my bag? Moving from ThinkTank to Billingham
Watch as I unbox my new Billingham 445 camera bag and move out of my old Think Tank Photo Retrospective 30 2.0 messenger bag.
