03May/17

Shooting Infrared with the Opteka 6.5mm f/3.5 Fisheye Lens

For the last year I’ve been playing with the 2016 update of the Opteka 6.5mm f/3.5 Manual Focus Aspherical Circular Fisheye Lens. Once manufactured side by side with the Samyang and Rockinon fisheye lenses

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28Nov/14

Tiffen Variable ND Filter for Photography and Video – First Impressions

Lately I’ve been doing some research for a variable ND filter. Many sites have reviewed them for sharpness, color shift and build quality. Most of them settled on the Tiffen Variable ND

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08Sep/14

Pesto the Barred parakeet and Cross Polarization

What better to do on a rainy day than to play with my best friend, Pesto the Barred Parakeet (A.K.A. Pesto the Pest). Together, we tested the new Nikon DSLR, the D810. Equipped with a Nikon AF-S VR Micro 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED Lens and the Speedlight R1 macro flash system, we tested cross polarization and Wildlife

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