Mirrorless Cameras

What kind of blog doesn’t have a retrospective on the year just past eh? Well, this one nearly didn’t. However, as much as the year tailed off, I wanted to reflect on what a good year 2015 has been...

We all know that the Sony A7 series of cameras is well-suited to adapting manual focus lenses but French photographer Mathieu Stern has taken the concept to another level. In his latest Weird Lens Challenge, which started with a 105 year old lens from a folding camera, Mathieu adapts a 136 year old metal lens from a large format camera. According to his description of the lens, it is one of the first with an internal iris.

Photographer Thomas Fitzgerald has owned the a6000 for almost as long as it has been on the market. Just recently, he posted his “long term review” of the camera following a year of intense usage for both stills and video. Thus far, it it is probably the most in-depth review I’ve seen of the camera.

If there is one kind of photographer who will be more tempted to switch over to the Sony A7s or A7s II than anyone else, it is the night photographer. Andrew Whyte, who we interviewed on MirrorLessons back in August, is one such photographer. He specialises in light painting, astrophotography, star trails, and long exposures, using light and the absence of it to make exciting and dynamic compositions.

The Camera Project is an excellent YouTube channel that was created in early 2015. Its primary focus is camera reviews but instead of being solely technical, hosts Jay and Josh explore a neighbourhood, city or particular location while testing the camera in-depth...

The M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 is the fifth professional lens produced by Olympus for Micro Four Thirds. Its development was first announced in 2014 at Photokina but the release was delayed to add optical stabilisation – a wise move as it makes this telephoto lens an interesting choice for Panasonic customers as well...

Panasonic finally announced the availablity of their new super zoom the Leica Lumix Leica Lumix 100-400mm lens. Offically the Leica Vario-Elmart 100-400mm

Panasonic announced the 100-400mm f/4-6.3 telephoto zoom and Lumix TZ101 1-inch compact camera at CES 2016!

TweetToday, MirrorLessons is celebrating its third birthday! And to celebrate the website’s third anniversary, we are happy to announce our new sister website Mirrorless Curation. Mirrorless Curation is a replacement...

Read our latest interview with Olympus Ambassador Ian Fleming who shoots
beautiful black and white street portraits.

It's been less than two weeks into 2016 but Fuji have already leaked specs and information about their next generation sensor, which will feature in all of the subsequent Fuji models.

Looking for a Fujifilm 35mm f2 review? Find out if this is the best standard lens for Fujifilm cameras!

Mathieu of MirrorLessons discusses angle of view and its importance when selecting lenses for your camera system of choice.

Now this is news that we can easily put into the “unexpected ” category. The Chinese brand Techart is working on the world’s first M to E-Mount adapter with autofocus capabilities. Long story short, it will give you the possibility to use AF with any Leica and third party M-mount lenses...

In this excellent and extremely honest real-world review, Michael Connell asks the question so many of us have been asking since mirrorless cameras began being touted as professional tools: is the Fujifilm X-T1 a viable sports camera?

Like most photographers I am always excited to try out a new lens, but the new 300mm PRO lens from Olympus is one that I’ve been eagerly looking forward to for over two years. I had the...

I have to say that I never thought I would sit down and write about a new DSLR camera. Then I figured, why not share a few thoughts about the new D5 – after all, this new blog was born to share anything related to mirrorless cameras and it is fair to talk the DSLR competition when it is worth it.

Wow, where did 2015 go?  Between work, photography, traveling and becoming a father, I feel like I’ve been flying by the seat of my pants for the past 12 months!  2015 marks the second full year of shooting exclusively mirrorless, and to say it’s changed how I approach photography would be an understatement.  I started... Continue Reading

A Sony RX1R Mark II Camera Review, in Iceland by Chad Wadsworth - His site is HERE In 1988, The Sugarcubes debut album "Life's Too Good" was getting heavy

So easy is it to be seduced by the latest and most advanced features that we often forget that the gear we use isn’t the most important part of the creative process. This morning I came across a good example of this in the form of this nice music video shot by Mario d’Anelli. He used a Fujifilm X-Pro1 and two prime lenses: the 18mm f/2 and the 35mm f/1.4.