Gear Review, MPEX Experience

Photography Gear for Back to School: Cameras, Darkroom Kits & Discounts!

📷 Back-to-School Budget-Friendly Camera Gear Ideas As you prepare for going back to school, whether you’re diving into film photography or creating digital content, now’s the time to invest in gear that supports your creative growth! Seasonal deals and student discounts this time of year make it easier to invest in your craft!  To save […]

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NEW Tamron 28-300 Lens Review: Get an Amazing Versatile Lens.

The new Tamron 28-300mm lens offers versatility for various photography needs. It is compatible with multiple camera mounts, built for durability, and features image stabilization. The lens is lightweight and portable, making it suitable for travel. It provides good image quality and is priced at $899. It excels in landscape and macro photography, and is suitable for portraits and travel.

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Listen Up! An Audio equipment guide for Content Creators and filmmakers

For content creators, videographers, podcasters, and editors, audio quality is crucial. Good audio enhances the overall experience, while poor audio can be distracting. Midwest Photo offers a variety of audio equipment, such as wireless microphones and field recorders, to help improve your content. This guide provides equipment recommendations tailored to different creative interests and professions, emphasizing the importance of experimenting to find what works best for you.

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A Weekend with the New Tamron 50-300mm F/4.5-6.3 Di III VC VXD  

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of exploring the capabilities of the new Tamron 50-300mm F/4.5-6.3 Di III VC VXD lens. This lens is truly a gem, offering a wide range of features that cater to photographers of all levels at an amazing price. Whether you’re an amateur looking to expand your creative horizons […]

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Leonardo Loves Location Lighting Luxurious Cars.

Cool Cars + Great Friends + Canon + Godox = Amazing photos. Visual storyteller and Photojournalist, Leonardo Carrizo, shoots some environmental portraits of his friends with their luxury cars featuring Canon and Godox gear in this piece for Mpex-Experience. I have very cool friends with very cool toys! And by toys, I mean cars. Yesterday, […]

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The Sigma 40mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens – Key Points Review

This is the Midwest Photo review of the new Sigma 40mm f/1.4 Art Lens by Spencer Lookabaugh. In this review Spencer touches on 3 main points: Sharpness, Focusing Speed/Accuracy and a comparison to the two other Sigma Art lenses that are very close to focal length to the 40mm. Enjoy!   Here is a little […]

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Panasonic Lumix TS7 is a Summer Adventure Sidekick

The Panasonic Lumix TS7 is the newest waterproof and shockproof compact camera in the Lumix lineup and it is all about being in water, sand or snow, all with no questions asked. Cell phones cameras never actually killed the point and shoot camera, they just made them tougher. Not everything in photography is like that. With a tough […]

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Sharp, Small & Smooth Macro. The Sigma 70mm f/2.8 Macro – First Look

There is a new Sigma Art lens that has been added to the line-up and we got a chance to do a first look! This time it’s a true 1:1 macro 70mm f/2.8. Even before picking it up and shooting with it, I was intrigued by the potential versatility of this lens. It’s built to […]

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Like motorcycles & leather jackets. The new Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD + the Sony A7RIII are a perfect fit!

Our friend, Leonardo Carrizo, is a multi-media storyteller who travels around the world capturing the story behind the destination.  In this stateside blog entry, Carrizo takes us behind the scenes of a very cool vintage motorcycle shoot with Tamron’s new 28-75mm f/2.8 Di RXD for Sony’s E-mount full-frame mirrorless cameras. Occasionally everything fits together perfectly. This was […]

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A Triumph of Triangles Part II – Magazine-Style Photo Shoot with a 1957 Triumph TR3

Our friend, Leonardo Carrizo, is a multi-media storyteller who travels around the world capturing the story behind the destination.  In this stateside 2-part blog entry, Carrizo takes us behind the scenes of a vintage car photo shoot with Canon and Lumopro gear! This is a follow up post to A Triumph of Triangles – A Magazine-Style […]

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