We all know and love the legendary lighting manufacturer that is Profoto. For decades, they have produced and supported the most durable, powerful, and consistent lighting equipment for professional photographers around the world. In recent years, they have pushed the lighting industry forward with the introduction of the B1 and B2 and their OCF system. […]
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In the ever heated debate of Tamron vs. Sigma vs. Nikon/Canon, a new competitor has arrived. Tamron has released an update of their popular 24-70mm f/2.8 lens. Ever since Tamron began to create the new SP series lenses, starting with the 45mm, 35mm, and 15-30mm lenses, they’ve been hitting home runs. Having extensively used the […]
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As destination workshop providers, instructors and guides, we don't get to shoot nearly enough studio images. So when an opportunity comes along to break out the studio strobes and craft some well thought lighting and imagery, we get excited. When Profoto sends us their new flagship portable strobe we get downright ecstatic. As we both love landscape images, what better product to test out, in the great outdoors and put it through its paces.
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Tim Neumann and Lorie McQuirt, known by many for their work at MPEX Learning Studio classes, Soft Lite Studio workshops as well as coordinating Central Ohio Photographic Society (COPS) meetings, took a minute of out their busy schedule to take the new Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG HSM OS Contemporary Lens for a spin for MPEX-Experience! Written By: […]
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Introducing the Panasonic GH5… Back in 2009, I learning to shoot video on the now-classic Panasonic HVX200. At that time shooting HD video to memory cards was pretty new in the video world. The HVX was released just a couple of years before the Canon 5d Mark II changed the whole video market. The HVX200 […]
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Columbus-based photographer and our friend, Aaron Sheldon, took the new Fujifilm GFX 50S for a test drive around town while capturing images with astronaut extraordinaire, Harrison, for their ongoing photography project, Small Steps are Giant Leaps. A few weeks ago, Midwest Photo offered me the chance to try out the brand new Fujifilm GFX 50S for 24 […]
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There’s no doubt that Fuji has been making some serious waves these past few months with their newest camera releases. The X-T2 has proved to be a worthy contender to the high end options of Canon and Nikon and the new X-T20 is solidifying Fuji’s commitment to improving their video features. In addition, the GFX has […]
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If you’ve read any photography website or stopped into our store recently, you probably know that the creative options available to photographers are as numerous as ever. One aspect of photographic gear that has seen the most rapid expansion in quality options as of late, is lens selection. With brands like Tamron leading the way in […]
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A few years ago, MeFOTO released their wildly popular selection of travel tripods in about every color of the rainbow, with four different height options and their five year warranty. With everything from a small tabletop option to a full-sized-yet-compact tripod, they are a very attractive option for the traveling photographer. Late this year they seemed to […]
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You might be asking yourself, “I didn’t even know I wanted a Leica…” If you started shooting in the film era chances are, at one point, you wanted a Leica. I mean really wanted one. Digital natives may not know anything about Leica except that their digital cameras are, like, $8,000. Though the golden age of […]
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