GrahamHO

I have both the EF 35mm f2 IS and the EF 16 / 35mm f4 IS lenses. I wouldn't say that the  zoom is better than the prime. The EF 35 f2 IS is extremely good in my opinion. I can't see any difference ...

Erik Lets see you do it then.

It's inevitable but mirrorless is not necessarily better, it's just a different option. I now have a 5D4 and an 80D and in spite of what Richard Butler writes, in live view their dual pixel auto...

Barty L, Years ago when I started filming for television before colour TV in NZ we used monochrome film and the reflex optical viewfinders in our cameras were of course colour. More recently we...

That may have been your experience of the past Bob. I am often impressed by photos taken more than 100 years ago where photographers had to use a tripod and carefully composed scenes and or people...

The photographer decides what he / she wants to present. You can agree or not agree. Who cares? There are endless variations of color contrast etc that could be presented for your judgment. Try...

Ansel Adams did experiment with color landscapes. He decided he preferred his mono landscape images. ( going from my memory of reading over half a dozen books by Adams that I have ) He also...

A great article and images Mr Otto. For those who haven't tried mono a little tip. On Canon 5D3 & 4; no doubt many other cameras. If you select RAW + JPEG as well as Monochrome in "Picture Style" (...

I can't imagine any pro doing that swap. They already know how reliable Canon systems are. If I were tempted, to use Sony mirrorless ( I've owned and used their great Broadcast cameras for years )...

Consider a second APSC body to compliment your FF body rather than another lens. Then your 16 / 35 becomes a 26 / 56 etc. The 80D has more resolution than the 5D4 cropped to APSC size. Of course...

My favourite EF is 35mm f2 IS, next is 16-35 f4 IS. I have another 6, L lenses from 300 mm down which of course do different jobs. Using them on 5D3 and 80D, plus only just acquired, hardly tried...

Dr_jon, vignetting is not necessarily only a result of lens design. It is also caused by the sharper angle that light rays reach the corners of a flat sensor compared to the center. Especially with...

So, Silver Nemisis you carry your "cheap lenses" and leave your good expensive lenses at home out of your control where they might be stolen? I have about 6 Canon prime lenses and I think 7 Canon...

Johnnyjag, you tell us what Sigma manage to do and how they do it. I've only owned one Sigma zoom lens and it received a small knock and the glue broke and the front fell off. Prior to that it was...

Ebrahim, I completely agree with most of what you are saying. I agree, image quality is usually better than we need. But I look at ergonomics, reliability, ease of use, weather resistance, speed of...

105 mm is / was a traditional focal length just as 28 mm, 35 mm 50 mm and 135 mm are traditional lengths from film days. If it were 24 / 110 mm it would not be quite as "good". If it were 24 / 90...

If you want "sharp" use prime lenses as I often do. If you want convenience use a zoom. The longer a zoom range and the wider the angle of view the more corrections are necessary.

I own version 1 and with my 5D3, and my 80D I have no problems. For Jpegs I set in camera corrections, and RAW can be fiddled with. Perhaps it could be "faulted" by super enlarging the image but...

I have no problem with my Xperia Z3 plus Dual sim. Neither with its very good camera, nor with any of its other operations. However my Canon 5D3 is a better camera, but it won't make phone calls.

An interesting concept but to big to fit into the usual places we find nuts and bolts. It's a concept looking for a problem that doesn't exist. Nothing wrong with ring and openended wrenches, and...