by Ben
Since selling my sony a7riv and 200-600mm summer of 2023 I’ve been missing the long telephoto lens in my lineup. Living near Yellowstone will do that I suppose. I added the 150-600mm this past winter and finally got a chance to take it to YNP in March. This is by no means a great test […]
by Ben
A7rIV! I finally bit the bullet and picked up the a7riv. I hadn’t originally planned on it, in fact this is a camera that had almost no apeal to me at launch. Some of the software updates sounded nice and the bigger button’s coudn’t hurt but I was happy with my a7riii so why take […]
by Ben
The sony switch… As most of you know I’m a long time canon shooter that made the mirrorless switch to fuji last year. The majority of my photography business is based around shooting architecture with a UWA zoom. My switch to fuji happened as soon as their 10-24mm was available (as well as their XT1 […]
Categories: blog, cameras, gear, photography, video reviews • Tags: a7rii, review, sony
by Ben
Welcome to the second part of my fuji X-T1 camera review. This post will focus primarily on how the X-T1 performs while shooting weddings. Part I of the review (which focuses on landscape photography) is here. I broke the review up into two sections because the two genres are quite different and I figured it’d be […]
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This post is a bit overdue and because of that it’s probably going to be a bit long… In case you haven’t noticed I’ve been in the process of switching my entire kit over from a canon full frame kit to a fuji APS-C (“crop”) kit. This has roots that go back about 5 years […]
Categories: blog, cameras, gear, lenses • Tags: 5D mark III, canon, fuji, fuji 10-24mm, fuji 18-55mm, fuji 55-200mm, review, XT1
by Ben
I finally jumped into (the deep end of?) the pool… I bought a “drone”. I’ve been wanting to get into aerial photography for a long long time now. I’ve seen the drones available for a while now and I’ve watched them mature into a product that takes images that are sell-able but also into […]
Categories: blog, cameras, gear • Tags: DJI phantom 2 vision plus
by Ben
Alright, so I got my XE2 friday night and have shot with it all weekend. I also got my 23mm 1.4 at the same time so a large portion of my “dream” small camera system (I prefer EVIL, thankyouverymuch) has now arrived. Once the 10-24 and 56mm arrive I’ll be all set. Anyway, here’s a […]
Categories: blog, cameras, gear, new gear, video reviews
by Ben
Call them EVILs (Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens), CSCs (compact system cameras) or MILKs (mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras), but these cameras all have a few things in common. They’re small, and they’re meant to replace your big camera to a certain extent. Yes some people are stepping up to these cameras from a P&S, but for the most part anyone […]
Categories: blog, cameras, gear, video reviews
by Ben
I wanted to put a post together that goes over what I use to get my landscape images. While I do list the exact gear I shoot with, I don’t want this post to make is seem like that portion is critical. It’s far more important to get out there with what you do have […]
Categories: accessories, bags, blog, cameras, gear, lenses, video reviews
by Ben
I’ve had the OM-D for a month now. I’m loving this camera. So is my son as you can see above… Micro Four Thirds (MFT) has finally matured to a point where it’s an amazing little system. I owned a Panasonic GF1 a few years ago and liked the system then, but the image quality […]
Categories: blog, cameras, gear, video reviews
by Ben
The 5D mark III is finally here. People have been wondering what this camera would be for the last ~3 years… Canon announced the camera in early March with some interesting specifications. The MP haven’t changed much, they’ve gone from 21mp to 22mp. But what has changed is the speed of the camera. The FPS […]
Categories: blog, cameras, gear, new gear, video reviews
by Ben
OK, to be 100% honest, I’m writing this post having already sold the camera. I bought this camera 10/4/2011, here’s the first shot I took with it: I owned the camera from October 4th until November 2nd. I took 797 images with it. I loved the camera and I hated the camera. I, like everyone […]
by Ben
This needs the date changed to: 12/8/2010 New NEX5, digging the camera. Here’s a thread on NSOP about it: http://newschoolofphotography.com/cameras/28370-nex5-preview.html and here’s the first two BJ.com posts with it: http://www.benjacobsenphoto.com/2010/personal/eaj-127-week-update/ http://www.benjacobsenphoto.com/2010/personal/eaj-128-week-update/
by Ben
Switched back to canon. Nikon’s are great, but the Nikon tax killed me in the end. $2200 for the 24G specifically. Not that some of these lenses are inexpensive, but I bought them all used and save a ton. I’ve got a body I like and lenses I love now and so far so good. […]
