Standard internet disclaimer applies: I have one copy of each of these. The Nikon 50/1.8G performs exactly as everyone says – very, very well. The Nikon 18-105, on the other hand, is possibly a bad copy; lots of people think theirs’ great, I think mine’s crap (not just versus a prime like the 50/1.8 –… Read more
In summary, I’m really not impressed with the new iPhones. Not that I’ve ever really liked the iPhone that much, but I’ve always at least thought that the new one each year was an actual upgrade. Make no mistake, shipping ARM64 in a phone of all things before anyone else has even put it into… Read more
I had some obvious reservations about it based on what was presented publicly, but I wanted to give it some time and actually use it for a while to see what was just a mistaken gut reaction and what I could get used to. Long story short, it’s far worse than even I thought. I… Read more
I like my Nikon D5200. But it has some bugs. Serious ones. For example: Hard-hang the entire camera This doesn’t appear to cause any permanent damage, but you will either have to wait a couple of minutes for it to finally recover on its own, or yank the battery to hard reboot it. The only… Read more
Though I really like the new Nikon AF-S 80-400, and it’s excellent in terms of image quality generally, there is one place where it does fall down. Axial chromatic aberration – blue/purple fringing around bright objects. The image below is a relatively blatant example of this (and is a 100% partial crop to show the… Read more
Tested on a D5200 in Manual mode with manual focus, ISO 100, 1/100 shutter, f/5.6, RAW. High ISO noise reduction and distortion correction were on. Both cards are 32 GB models. The SanDisk Extreme Pro allows for 21 shots in 10.0s, and takes another 13.8s to finish recording those. The Lexar Professional 600x takes 11.4s for… Read more
The contenders are: Conclusions Which to get? Neither lens is clearly better than the other, technically. They have similar features and each exceeds the other in at least some areas. But the 18-55 is slightly smaller, significantly lighter, and much more consistent in its performance. Consequently I rate it as better value, given it’s significantly… Read more