The L16 is a very interesting take on a camera. It utilizes 16 different lenses and algorithms to give you different focal lengths. I think the camera itself is difficult to hold onto. The quality of the images are okay, they are big files but they in my opinion still have a lot of issues. […]
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I got the call this morning that my Nikon 105mm F/1.4E ED Lens had arrived at Allen’s Camera. While there I made a quick unboxing / sniff test video and took a few sample images to share. Download SAMPLE RAW FILES right here. Click Here for the FULL-RES exported JPEGS. Call AllensCamera at 215.547.2841 to […]
Making mistakes is the way we become better photographers. I know I have made enough mistakes over my years to cover thousands of photographers but it is what it is. In order to become a better photographer you need to experiment. Most of the times your experimentation fails but those few times where it does […]
On my birthday, January 21st I was on Scott Kelby’s “the GRID” show. What I can tell you is the GRID will never be the same again!!!! I want to thank Scott for having me on his show, I had a great time and got to sit down with him for an interview for a […]
One of the very first photo books I ever purchased was this one by Sammy Davis Jr. One of the most interesting aspects of this book is the fact that Sammy David Jr had an interest in photography. Another interesting aspect is that Sammy Davis was able to go places that other african american people […]
The first thing everyone wants to see when you get a new camera is how is it at high iso’s. Now I will tell you I am not a fan of sitting in the loft taking test images because I know I never will be happy with them. Today I went out to the flower […]
Yes this is one of the harshest critiques I have done to date. Let me preface the entire thing by saying please do not take anything I said in this critique as being mean or over the top. Sam asked for me to be honest and to be honest that’s the only way I could […]
This is the first sample image that I am sharing form the SIGMA 18-35 F1.8 Lens for cropped sensor cameras. I borrowed a Canon T3i to use along with this lens. This is one of the first issues I have with this lens and will discuss it more in RAWtalk and in the final review. […]
I have been testing out the Nikon 200 F2 VRII for the past few weeks and I wanted to share some RAWf files with you. This lens is beyond tack sharp and you will see that as soon as you open the DNG Files which you can download right here in the FroForum. Look at […]
Here is a real world sample image from a recent concert shot with the Canon 6D at 10,000 ISO with the Sigma 70-200 2.8 OS. There was NO Noise Reduction on this file. Noise reduction in the jpegs totally killed the files and made them horrible. The FULL ON REVIEW is being edited as we […]
This is a sample JPEG from the Canon 6D shot at 1/640th at 2.8 at 25,600 ISO. I also shot RAW but at this time can not edit the files in Adobe Lightroom. The Focus point was on the D4 for a point of reference.
As always when something new comes into Allen’s Camera (allenscamera.com) I get the important call to Unbox and Sniff Test the camera. When it comes to these new cameras I am not allowed to fire them off, just unbox and sniff them. This time around I lucked out when an Allen’s customer came in to […]
I got my hands on a very very early production model Nikon D800 last week. At the Nikon / Warner Sound party at SXSW I was allowed to shoot under 20 raw files onto Nikon Cards. Nikon wanted to hold the files until review units had been sent out but today they sent me the […]
This morning Adam passed me a long a video that Joe McNally directed with the new Nikon D4. I wont pass to much judgment on the video as I am not sure if this is a final production camera or not. Either way its a very well done video that shows you the quality that […]
Today I got my hands on this $3,199 lens at Allen’s Camera 215.547.2841. This is a mega zoom that is a fixed 2.8 lens. What that means is if you are at 120mm it is a 2.8 and at 300mm it still is a 2.8. This is a very unique lens that no one other […]
