May 182012
 
Fuji X-Pro1 - Mom Approved??

Continuing with our very popular “Mom Approved” articles, this time we’re looking at the Fuji X-Pro1. We want to see if this camera is truly “Mom Approved”. In the “Mom Approved” Series of Articles we focus on: Ease of Use Focus Handling Value to Cost Ratio I’ve been shooting the Fuji X-Pro1 for a couple of weeks now and I must say that I’ve been pretty impressed by the lenses, that Fuji has put out for this camera. This camera being an interchangeable lens camera the lenses are a big part of the performance of this camera. Fuji has started [...]

Apr 252012
 
Sony NEX-7 : 50mm Lens Showdown

Sony NEX-7 : 50mm Showdown In this Third installment of this series I will be comparing four 50mm lenses to see how they stack up against each other. The contenders are: Sony 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS Sony 50mm F1.8 OSS Lecia Summicron-M 50mm F2.0 Manual Focus Zeiss Ikon 50mm F1.5 C Sonnar t* Manual Focus 50mm Showdown: Sony 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS at 50mm Lens Review Results As you can see here in the results the Sony 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS at 50mm with the aperture wide open is blurry! Period. It looks like someone took some Vaseline and rubbed it on the [...]