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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ30 (DMC-ZS20) Review
Travel cameras are designed to be pocked sized, and to provide the features needed to cover a wide range of situations. Panasonic’s Lumix TZ series is one of the market leaders and the DMC-TZ30 (DMC-ZS20) is the latest flagship model. It is an engineering feat to include a 20x optical zoom in a camera of [...]
Western Digital My Passport
The latest Western Digital My Passport portable hard drives feature a sleek, robust design and faster data transfer through USB 3.0 connectivity, with the flagship 2TB version matching the highest capacity of any portable drive on the market. My Passport drives are small, measuring 111x82x15mm (roughly the same dimensions, in fact, as an actual passport), [...]
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 85mm f1.8G Lens Review
This focal length can be traced back to Nikon’s S-mount Rangefinder years, and was one of the lenses that made the brand famous during the Korean conflict in the Fifties. The 85mm lenses remain popular to this day but it’s the ultra-fast f1.4 version that usually grabs the headlines. It was the first of the [...]
Panasonic Lumix G X 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 Lens Review
Few could argue the kit lens is one of the least glamorous in any maker’s line up. But in the past, Panasonic has made several of the best kit lenses we’ve seen and this new ‘X’-brand premium power-zoom optic is the lens you’ll end up with it you buy the enthusiast’s premium GX1X kit. In [...]
10 top tips for Black-and-white photography
1. Pick the right subjects… For images with impact, look for shape, form, texture and tone – these are often overlooked in vibrant, saturated pictures, but with color stripped away they take on greater significance. Subjects that are already relatively ‘mono’, such as trees in mist, snow-capped mountains and the urban environment, are ready-made for [...]
How to clean the sensor in your DSLR
Just how dirty is your sensor? The imaging sensor is protected by a glass filter, and it’s this that you actually remove dust from when ‘sensor cleaning’ replacing a scratched sensor doesn’t come cheap! If in any doubt, leave it to a Canon-approved service centre. Body beautiful Before you head inside the camera, give it [...]
Sony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* E 24mm f1.8 ZA Lens review
Carl Zeiss lenses are renowned for their outstanding optical and mechanical qualities and Sony has several AF versions in their range for the Alpha DSLRs, but this one is the first for their NEX interchangeable lens cameras. Not surprisingly, they’re more expensive than the regular Sony lenses, this one is a shade under $1000 but [...]
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12mm f2.0 Review
Arguably the most glamorous lens in Olympus’s current micro four-thirds lineup, this highspeed wide-angle lens is made to professional standards at the company’s Tatsuno plant in Japan. The facility is highly regarded for its lens grinding and production of aspherical lenses. At a whisker over $800, this 24mm f2.0 equivalent costs $500 more than the [...]
Fujifilm X-S1 Review
Of the four X-series cameras announced so far by Fujifilm, the $800 X-S1 is the only premium-priced bridge camera in the range. Aping the layout of a DSLR, it’s certainly at odds with the retro-looking designs of the other three cameras. Fujifilm suggests the Japanese-built X-S1 will appeal to discerning users and while it’s true [...]
MagneFlash Splash Mono 30 portable lighting kit
Built around MagneFlash’s Splash Mono 30 unit, this kit provides a very compact and robust light source for location or studio use. The advantage of this unit over a Speedlite-type flash is that it will work with virtually any camera. As its name suggests, the sealed acrylic case of the Splash will survive a rain [...]
