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Review Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN Art
The Sigma 14-24 mm F2.8 DG DN Art is a completely newly developed super wide-angle zoom for mirrorless cameras from…
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Review Sigma FP
The Sigma FP is the smallest full-frame system camera that you can buy. It is a small, rectangular box with…
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Review Olympus OM-D E-M1X
The Olympus OM-D E-M1X looks at first glance like an E-M1 Mark II with a fixed grip. That similarity is…
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Review Canon EF 11-24mm f/4L USM
If you wanta super-wide angle with autofocus for Canon and the convenience of a zoom, it'simpossible to ignore the Canon…
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Review Zeiss Loxia 2.4/25mm on APS-C
The Zeiss Loxia 2.4/25mm is a moderate wide angle on Sony APS-C cameras. It is not too big, even on…
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Review Nikon Z 85mm f/1.8 S
For Nikon Z7 and Z6 users, this is the only autofocus portrait lens that can be used without an adapter.The…
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Review Zeiss Batis 2/40mm @ APS-C
The Zeiss Batis 2/40mm has a focal point that is rather uncommon. But at 40mm, it fits nicely between 25mm…
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Review Panasonic LUMIX S1R
The Panasonic LUMIX S1 and the LUMIX S1R are two new, full-frame system cameras from Panasonic, the brand best known…
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Best lens for Olympus OMD EM1 mk2
The Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II is an unprecedented speed monster. It shoots up to 18 images per second with…
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Review Nikon Z 50mm f/1.8 S
The Nikon Z 50 mm F1.8 S is the first new standard lens for Nikon's mirrorless cameras, the Z7 and…
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Review: Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary
The Sigma 56 mm f/1.4 DC DN is a bright, short telephoto lens for Sony's mirrorless APS-C cameras and cameras…
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Zeiss DNA
Zeiss is known in the photo world as a manufacturer of high-quality lenses for both SLR cameras and mirrorless cameras…
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Olympus DNA
Olympus is a brand that has always very firmly set its own course. They have a long history of unique…
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Nikon DNA
Nikon has been around for 100 years and has been a regular choice for many photographers for more than 60…
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Best lens for Sony A6400
The Sony A6400 is a compact APS-C camera with a Sony E mount. If we look at the naming, this…
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Tokina DNA
Tokina specializes in lenses. Tokina's origins go back to Tokyo Optical Equipment Manufacturing, founded in 1950. The name Tokina has…
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Canon DNA
Canon is the world leader in cameras and lenses. That didn't happen overnight. Canon has been manufacturing optical products for…
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Sigma DNA
For 2012, Sigma was primarily known as a manufacturer of a very wide range of attractively priced, but not state-of-the-art…
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Prêt-à-porter advice
Readers want personal advice from us.
Unfortunately, we have no time and resources to answer all these questions. That is why we have written “semi-customized” (“pret-a-porter”) advice on this site for different target groups. We have elaborated this for each camera and / or type of photography.
Our “pret-a-porter” advice only includes cameras and lenses that we have tested ourselves.
What's in a name?
Starter
Budget is important. Your new camera may not cost more than approx. 500 euros, including the lens.
Amateur
Fun in photography is paramount. But it must also remain affordable. So camera body of under 1,000 euros
Prosumer
Will it be a high-end camera with a crop sensor? Or an affordable full frame? It's completely up to you
Pro
You are looking for the highest quality. That may cost some in euros & drops of sweat (size and weight)
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50 megapixels is not enough
To double the resolution,you need 4 times as many pixels At the start of the megapixel race, you could see clear differences in resolution…
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MTF with the naked eye
A difference of 10% in resolution is simple to measure. Can you see that as well? Is a 10% difference…
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Dynamic range of 60 cameras reviewed
From our survey, it appears that CameraStuffReview readers think that dynamic range is the most important property of a camera.…
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What is Adobe RGB, s-RGB or Pro-Photo RGB?
It is difficult to describe colors in such a way, that each apparatus (digital camera, scanner, LCD screen, printer) reproduces colors correct. Ever had a print with disappointing colors? Then you already experienced that transferring color information between different devices is not as easy and straightforward as you would like it to be. There are several ways to describe a color (using "color models" and "color spaces"). Well known color models are CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow and black), traditionally used by the press and RGB (red, green, blue) for cameras and LCD screens. Within the RGB model several color spaces exist, of which Adobe RGB, s-RGB and Prophoto RGB are most commonly known. The entire set of colors an apparatus can describe, is called an apparatus color space or gamut. |

What is the zone system
The zone system is developed by Ansel Adams. Using the zone system Ansel Adams made very beautiful black and white…
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What is camera calibration
Cameras describe colors as a mixture of red, green and blue (RGB). The amount of each color is described by a number. The number combination (0,0,255) equals a dark, saturated blue color and (128,128,128) represents middle gray. Just like with people, each apparatus registers a color just a little bit different than another apparatus. One camera will describe a specific color as (100, 240, 100), whereas another camera will describe exactly the same color as (0, 237, 40). How is a printer or LCD screen to know which color to show you, if two different cameras produce such different numbers for exactly the same color? |
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