IdM photography

Sad if even artistic nudes are to be banned... Without anybody noticing it, the Talibans took over the reins in the US....

It will take ages to have a fake bokeh close to a real one... As the article mentions, the fine hairs just disappear, blurred off... But if your only goal is to publish on Instagram, then it may be...

The published MTF curves confirm it isn't sharp :)

I consider a 50mm equivalent lens the most important to have: it is the ideal lens to photograph a standing person... In order to separate the subject from the background, the maximal aparture is...

A rule can be made: People renting camera gear do not know a lot about cameras...

The Sigma 50mm f/1.4 is my preferred lens, and if I was allowed to buy one lens only it would be this one...

I you want a lighter combo, buy an A7Riii :D

@JJSo Well, when taking photos of a person, then I would indeed be picking details out of a big scenery... My list of lenses here above only was refering to my Sigma primes. I have two more lenses:...

Product names are important :)

Yes, the Sigma lenses are really heavy, but as I like to shoot wide open I have been prefering them. I have the 50mm, 85mm, 105mm, 135mm for my A7Riii...

Have fun...

Thanks for making me aware I have been mixing up the Tamron and Tokina companies!!

A 50mm is for me the best lens to shoot a standing person, and I like to use the widest aperture... I am using...

Something makes me think that even for 50mm a specific design can bring advantages... Tamron announced its new and excellent 50mm f/1.4 for Canon and Nikon, not Sony... I think Tamron will produce...

The Sony 12-24mm f/4 weights half of the Sigma 12-24mm f/4 (not mirrorless specific)... The shorter flange distance gives more flexibility to design lenses, but, as you wrote, there won't be big...

But when will Sigma produce lenses specifically designed for FF mirrorless cameras? Sigma, you are late!! (and an equivalent lens for mirrorless would weight quite less...)

Another reference point: This Sigma lens weights 2.5 times more than my Sony RX1R II camera with its integrated 35mm f/2 lens (and f/2 is not so bad)... but it costs much less...

@mgblack74 ... I once ordered an Otus lens, then cancelled the order when I realized it was manual focus... I was told Zeiss produces manual focus lenses for Canon and Nikon because of license...

So, why won't the announced 58mm f/0.95 lens get autofocus? That's so stupid to produce such a lens with manual focus, considering the extremely shallow depth of field...

The availability of a...

@MayaTlab0 Canon's 50mm F1.2 is new in the sense that they took profit of the shorter flange distance to make a much better optical design...

Nikon has announced a 50mm F1.2 but in TWO YEARS, and...

You may consider EOS R camera is good, but it's the worse of all FF mirrorless cameras...

...and the current Z mount Nikon lenses are good, modern, very sharp, but not really taking advantage of...

A key advantage for the Z6/Z7 in the future will be the lenses, but Nikon have initially launched only very standard optics (Canon were smarter with their 50mm F1.2 and 28-70mm F2), and the...

As Canon knew they could not produce a good mirrorless camera, they put more effort on the lenses. The 50mm F1.2 and the 28-70mm F2 do not have their equivalent in EF mount (there is a 50mm F1.2...

It's time... But why does Instagram still allow third party access to their platform?