Review: YONGNUO Macro Lens YN60mm F2 MF

December 10, 2018 ohm

Disclaimer: Many thanks to Yongnuo for providing this lens for the purposes of this review as well as for upcoming articles at a few choice and high-traffic sites. The YN60mm F2 goes for 349$ USD. You can find out all about it here: http://www.hkyongnuo.com/e-detaily.php?ID=431 In a previous video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU7gkM88Nxc), I unboxed the YN60mm, took a few sharp snaps, and said I'd be back with more.

Whilst penning a review of my favourite semi wide-angle medium format lens, I realised that I’d not updated my experience with Yongnuo’s 60mm F/2 Macro EF lens. The short of it is that in a few areas: contrast, sharpness, colour aberrations, and general mechanics among them, it is good. But its misses are big; one in particular is a show stopper.

Unboxing Cognisys's StackShot 3X Extended (and example)

January 31, 2018 ohm

I took delivery of Cognisys's StackShot 3X Extended three days ago. It is here unboxed, and for added pleasure I've included the output of a 100-image stack taken with it and my most used commercial lens and camera combination. I purchased the StackShot 3x Extended directly from Cognisys.

Cognisys's automated macro and other products have been in the back of my mind since late 2016. Recently extreme macro (up to 6x) photography has become more and more important for my work. As a result, I've had to invest in automation- or a friend put it, letting the robots do my work.

After watching the above video, by all means click on the below link to find out more about the Cognisys StackShot 3X extended and the stable, repeatable world of automated macro photography.

Cognisys StackShot 3X Extended