13 articles
Journal
Equipment reviews and technical notes, written from the field — filters, monitors, tripods, and developing sheet film at home.
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Eizo CG2700X Display Review (ft. Eizo CS2740)
If you are looking for a wide-gamut, colour accurate monitor for content creation work in 2024, you'd be spoilt for choice with the myriad of competing products in the market…
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H&Y 100mm Magnetic Filter Solution Review ft. Laowa 15mm Shift
The world of photography accessories can be a very competitive space to be in, with decent low-cost solutions vying for the attention of photographers seeking any accessory to aid…
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Hoya Starscape Light Pollution Cut Filter Review
Anti-light pollution filters used to be a specialty item that was both hard and expensive to procure, limiting them mostly to hardcore astrophotography enthusiasts with deep…
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Developing 4x5 large format slides at home with the Unicolor E6 kit
If you have explored the other galleries on my website, you might have come across a gallery of my large format film work. I've been shooting film for quite some time now,…
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Panasonic S1R Review
The mirrorless camera market is heating up since longtime rivals and veteran camera manufacturers Canon and Nikon entered the market in 2018 with their full-frame Z-series and EOS…
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Hands-on with the Ricoh GR III
The Ricoh GRIII is Ricoh's newest (as of March 2019) compact fixed-lens camera featuring a discreet and stealthy profile with an APS-C sensor and a very sharp 28mm lens. Building…
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Chasing Lightning
The year-end months of November and December in Singapore tend to be rather wet with high levels of rainfall due to the monsoon winds (more information here at Singapore's…
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Haida Red Diamond Nanopro Filter Review
Picking up from the success of Haida's Nanopro line of filters, the filter company's latest line of Red Diamond filters promises all the previous advantages of the Nanopro…
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BenQ SW271 4K UHD PhotoVue Monitor Review (Not Recommended)
Update (October 2019):I've since sold the panel due to some unacceptable quality issues that happened over the year or so of owning the monitor. Scroll down to the end for my…
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Leofoto LS-284C Tripod Review
Leofoto is a relatively newcomer in the very saturated market of tripod makers, offering tantalisingly low prices for good performance and added features to put a leg up against…
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Haida Clear Night Filter Review
Ever since Haida became available locally and my initial comparisons with their first generational filters against their Lee and Hitech counterparts, I've replaced usual kit with…
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The Great Tilt-Shift Wars Mk. II
Juggling both the Canon 17mm TS-E on a Sony A7r body with the rest of my Nikon kit tended to be a rather unwieldy affair, so when I had the opportunity to visit Japan's legendary…
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The Great Tilt-Shift Wars
Update: Do check out the part 2 of this review over here!