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Posted on August 13, 2017November 12, 2018

Review: Urban Night Photography with the Fujifilm X-T2

Fujifilm X-T2 Review: Urban Nightscapes

Using one of my favorite techniques for astrophotography, I take a shot at shooting ultra high resolution urban nightscapes with the Fujifilm X-T2. In this user experience review, I test the X-T2’s low light shooting performance while exploring the cities of London, England and Edinburgh, Scotland at night.

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Posted on November 25, 2014November 12, 2018

Photographing the Milky Way with a Point and Shoot: A Five Camera Low Light Battle

Can you photograph the Milky Way with a point and shoot? We put five of the best point and shoot cameras against each other to see what’s possible and find out which one is the best. Read more to find out.

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Posted on October 13, 2014November 12, 2018

The Most Exciting Lenses for Astrophotography at Photokina 2014

Astrophotographers should be excited about many of the new lenses announced this year at the Photokina 2014 conference in Cologne, Germany. We see lots of fast lenses and that’s a very good thing.

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Posted on March 27, 2014November 12, 2018

Best Lenses for Milky Way Photography: Fuji X

Best Lenses for Night Photography: Fujifilm

The very best lenses for my personal favorite compact camera system for astrophotography: the Fuji X-Series.

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Posted on March 13, 2014April 28, 2016

What’s in My Camera Bag: Traveling Astrophotographer

What's in my bag
Everything from A to Z that goes in my camera bag.

I get more questions about gear than anything else so I wanted to show all of you what I carry with me every day.

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Posted on February 25, 2014September 13, 2017

Fujifilm X-T1 Review

Fujifilm-X-T1-Review

The Fujifilm X-T1 is Fuji’s newest and most mature camera to date. It’s the first mirrorless Fuji camera that I think is a viable replacement for a DSLR.

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Posted on December 16, 2013April 28, 2016

Fujifilm X-E1 Review

Fujifilm X-E1 with the Sigma VF-11 Optical Viewfinder
Fujifilm X-E1 with the Sigma VF-11 Optical Viewfinder
Fujifilm X-E1 with the Sigma VF-11 Optical Viewfinder

Everything I love and hate about the Fujifilm X-E1.

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