Sony 35/1.4G at F1.4, ISO200, 1/500, Manual One of the first test pictures using my new Sony 35/F1.4G. This image was part of a series that directly compared the perspective differences between this lens and my Sigma 50/1.4HSM. Originally, I had thought that the 50mm focal length, which I had, was much too similar in terms [...]

The United Kingdom is renowned for its imperial heritage, but for us landscape photographers, its rolling plains, cliffs, and mountainous reliefs provide rare natural opportunities for us to capture. During my year residing in East Sussex, England, I tried to go on excursions to such sights as much as possible, from  the chalk cliffs of [...]

Having accidentally dropped my old Minolta 50mm F1.4 on the London Underground recently and putting it out of commission, I was in search for a new ‘Nifty-Fifty” replacement. The choice was obvious: Sigma 50m F1.4, with its massive front element that promised superior vignetting control, wide-open sharpness, and of course a deliciously smooth bokeh with [...]

Zoom Student Film Festival (Zoom for short) is an annual event that exhibits the cinematography and film production of high school students, funded and hosted by Earl Haig Secondary School in Toronto, Canada since 1997. In the early years of the festival, submissions of films were only limited to Earl Haig students, but over the [...]