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Today’s Post by Joe Farace Sigma’s 30mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary lens for Canon’s M-series of cameras is a fast, versatile prime delivering a 48mm equivalent field-of-view, otherwise known as normal or having a “nifty fifty” vibe. Weighing in at just 9.35 oz, it's a...

Today's Post by Joe Farace If you Ifread this blog regularly, you know that I like using battery grips for their convenient vertical grip and shutter release. When I reviewed Canon’s EOS 80D, I noticed that it not only uses the same Canon BG-E14 battery grip ($149) as...

Today's Post by Joe Farace In my post about Sigma’s three new Canon EF-M lenses I said, “Look forward to updates and I plan to give each lens a thorough workout.” I’m starting this series of reviews with the 16mm f/1.4 DC DN ($449) because at 3.63-inches long and...

Continuous light sources are popular with new and aspiring pros because they let you see in real time the lighting effects that they produce. LED-based studio lights do all that without creating lots of heat, especially when compared to some other continuous light sources, like tungsten and quartz.

When it comes to softboxes, bigger it always better—and softer. FourSquare’s FSK48 48-inch softbox is big but it’s only 20-inches deep allowing it to be used in tight spaces like my 11×15-foot home studio.

Today's Post by Joe Farace One question that I get from readers from time-to-time is “when are you coming out with a new book?” I finally have a different answer that can be found at the bottom of this post. But up to that point... Mark Toal and I discussed co-writing...