Photo Madd

With all the new cameras released recently by Fujifilm I’ve been very tempted to go and buy one, the X-Pro3 looks great, and I especially like the new X100V. Both look very impressive, plus a flip-screen is a game changer for these models for me as it’s something I used every single day and find it hard to shoot without one now. There’s been one thing putting me off buying one though, and that is…

Travel perfection with all the Fours! Sigma’s line up of APS-C E-Mount f/1.4 prime lenses.

Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC @ f/1.4 ISO 800 Sony a6300

I’ve been looking for a compliment to my Sony a7ii recently, but my search started not with the camera, but at what lenses had become available in the past year or two. I’ve actually been too busy taking photos recently to pay much attention to what has been released. I went through every option from getting a 2nd a7 of some sort, to having a…

Sony a7 III Announced & My Thoughts.

Sony have announced the release of the a7 iii.  I had a good play with it at The Photography Show and whilst it feels better, and has great specs it isn’t enough to convince me to ditch the a7 mk2’s I’m using as daily cameras.  I’m more convinced the a7R iii is the one to move to for the increase in resolution.  For anyone coming into the a7 system the mk3 marks a step up and real rivalry with…

Sigma announces native Sony FE mount lenses.

SIGMA launches seven interchangeable Art prime lenses for Sony E-mount cameras with full-frame sensors

The SIGMA Corporation is pleased to announce the the upcoming launch of interchangeable lenses for the Sony E-mount digital camera series with full-frame image sensors. SIGMA will gradually introduce the lenses as members of the Art line, which offers photographers the highest level of optical…

Sigma SD Quattro Review (APS-C Model)

The Sigma SD Quattro builds on the dp Quattro range of cameras, which are all fixed lens APS-C sensor cameras, each model with their own particular focal length lens.  The SD Quattro builds on that by providing a more well-rounded camera, and the advantage of being able to use the Sigma SA mount ‘dSLR’ lenses, specifically their excellent Global Vision – Art,…

My thoughts on the Fujifilm X-Pro2

This is going to be quite a short post as I have mixed feelings about this.  First off I’d like to disclose and thank Fujifilm UK for loaning me an X-Pro2 for around 3 months, I am grateful to them for that as without the loan I would not be able to write this post.

I’m just going to note down my thoughts good and bad about the X-Pro2 rather than write a full review on it.  There are loads of…

Lens roadmap update for the Fujifilm X-Mount, 3 new lenses.

Fujifilm updates its development roadmap for interchangeable lenses for the X series of digital cameras

Three new interchangeable prime lenses form a 25-lens line-up that supports a wide range of shooting subjects

FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Kenji Sukeno) has released an updated roadmap for developing interchangeable lenses for the X series of mirrorless digital cameras.

The latest roadmap…

Fujifilm announce new firmware update for the X-Pro2

In Fujifilm fashion, they have announced that some of the updates from the X-T2 will be brought to the X-Pro2 in the form of a firmware update.  Once again supporting previous models despite announcing a new model.  This flys in the face of other manufacturers (Sony in particular!) who are simply more interested in getting you to buy the latest camera.  Good on you Fujifilm once again!

See…

Fujifilm announces the X-T2! Full details and availability here.

Today Fujifilm have announced the X-T2.  The successor to what has been their most popular model, the X-T1.

As a quick summary, the new model has 24Mpx X-TransIII sensor, 2x SD-card slots, 4k video, both horizontal and vertical tilting screen, faster AF, customisable continuous AF, new 60fps and 100fps ‘burst mode’ EVF from the X-Pro2,

It appears that Fujifilm have moved the X-T range into prime…

Huge list of firmware updates for Fujifilm cameras and lenses

Fujifilm have today announced a long list of updates to their cameras and lenses.

It is mostly a compatibility upgrade and a minor improvement to manual focussing on lenses as well as lens/teleconverter compatible body updates, there is also a fix for the X-Pro2 which is well worth getting.

There are no new major features, or upgrades as there has been in the past, but these updates are always…

Fujifilm X-T10 Hints and Tips

Fujifilm X-T10 Hints and Tips

These are my Fujifilm X-T10 hints and tips for getting the best from your camera based on my own experience, questions I’ve had, information from the manual that you never read, stuff I’ve discovered for myself that wasn’t in the manual, and things I’ve read and thought were useful!

Setting up the Function (Fn) Buttons

There are an amazing three ways to do this!…

I’ve decided to shoot some film more recently to slow me down again.  I purchased the Fujifilm X100 not long after it first came out – yes, I’ve been using Fujifilm X-Series cameras as far back as 5 years ago now, not just jumped on them recently!  The X100 was awful when it first came out in terms of operational speed, at first I hated that, but I came to love it because it forced me to stop and…

The Leica X Type 113

If you’ve read any of my posts recently, you will know that I’ve been after a stripped back digital camera.  I’d love this to be a Fujifilm, but they are adding more and more features, which I’m finding a little distracting.  Yes, I know I can ignore them, but with the super-fast AF of the X100T and various other interesting bits and pieces on there it is hard not to revert to being lazy and…

Tethered shooting with the Fujifilm X-T1

Tethered shooting has long been a benefit of having a dSLR over the Fujifilm X-Series cameras, and for many, especially those who do a lot of studio work it is a must-have feature that has prevented them using the Fujifilm X-Series either for that type of work, or at all!

Note: This is an older post moved from my blog onto PhotoMadd

Personally I don’t do a huge amount of studio work, but when I…

Sigma dp Quattro Review – The Entire Range – dp1 dp2 dp3

Sigma dp Quattro Review

The Sigma dp Quattro range of cameras are all fixed lens APS-C sensor cameras, each model with their own particular focal length lens.  I am going to write about the entire range as a whole, for reasons I will explain.

I was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity by Sigma UK late in 2014 to have the chance to shoot with the dp2 Quattro camera for a while.   It wasn’t…