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Sony RX10 Mark IV: The Ultimate Bridge Camera and a Hands-On Review

Sony RX10 Mark 4

The last of its kind. The last bridge.

The last of the bridge cameras. Once an extremely crowded market segment, today there are only a handful of models left on the market.

And yet, in this latest version, Sony really has thrown everything it could into it.

Let’s be clear: this is a car that’s been around for a few years now, having been unveiled in September 2017, but it remains remarkably relevant.

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Voigtlander 50 f1.0: Lèse-majesté and the Geometry of Light

Starting in the 1960s, just as in the last 10 years, there has been a proliferation of ultra-bright lenses. Especially 50mm lenses, much to my delight (it’s my favorite focal length).

Starting in the 1960s, just as we’ve seen in the past decade, we’ve witnessed the emergence of a LOT of ultra-fast lenses. Most of them have a focal length of around 50 mm, which is my favorite focal length, and that makes me really happy. To be honest, this trend actually began in the late 1950s with the very first f/1.2 lens available on the market.

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