Tag: EF Mount
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Once upon a time when I maintained a blog about running I would be posting about how I would have run the latest instalment of the London Marathon, or any other 26.2 mile race in this country or further afield. Times have changed, however, although I did manage to run two marathons last year, partly…
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The latest Random Lens Generator was a good one in the sense that is a lens that doesn’t see a lot of use – the Viltrox 16mm f/1.8 paired with Sony A6700, meaning that it had an effective focal length of c. 24mm with a f/2.8 maximum aperture. Purchased on a sale back in June…
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The Random Lens Generator threw up a combo I was looking forward to testing in dependently of this exercise, so was happy when it married the Sony A7R IV (again!) with the Minolta AF 28-135mm F4-4.5. After a spell away from buying old Minolta glass I took a punt in early September 2025 on this…
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On Sunday night in anticipation of another random generated lens trip, I spun the virtual wheels and it threw up the Sony A7R IV and the diminutive Viltrox 28mm f4/5. The first thing I did when attempting to attach the lens to the camera was drop it, quite badly, but luckily mostly onto carpet. I…
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After ending the previous post testing the Sony 50mm f/1.4’s successor – the Zeiss 55mm f/1.8, it was tempting to wonder if the app that spins the wheel of lenses is somehow watching what I write when it came to a stop on my newly purchased Zeiss. At least I didn’t have to reach far…
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The Other Day I Had an Idea…. It was when I was trying to squeeze one more lens onto my shelf of lenses, knowing that just a few hours I had secured purchases on another pair of must have primes, it became quite apparent that I am in a position of owning too many lenses.…