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Macro photography is addictive! Once you try your first diopter, which is basically a cheap and nasty magnifying lens, you dive down the rabbit hole of macro photography. Walking into the back garden suddenly becomes a safari, and everything from...
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The new NiSi 75mm system is here and we are more excited than we normally are about new products. Several of the major filter manufacturers already make smaller filter systems, including NiSi, which up until now also made a 70mm...
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Over the last few years SIRUI have become a manufacturer of force in the photographic industry. Like most photographers I originally viewed their equipment with a healthy dose of scepticism. Like many I believed that being a Chinese manufacturer they...
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To be perfectly honest my very first impression when I lifted the Zeiss from it’s box was not entirely positive. Bare in mind that I had instant buyer’s remorse the moment after I put the phone down confirming my order....
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Many macro photographers interested in capturing the fine detail of small subjects are aware of the Canon MP E65mm macro lens, the only standalone lens thus far capable of achieving up to 5x magnification. This has however changed with the release of a new macro lens by Venus Optics, the Laowa 25mm f2.8 2.5 – 5x Ultra Macro lens. The Laowa 25mm is available in mounts for most of the major camera brands and non Canon users are no longer limited to the use of reversed lenses, bellows etc. for high magnification macro shots. As a long time MPE-65mm user, I was interested in the performance of the Laowa 25mm and was fortunate to get the opportunity to test one recently.
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