CAMERA REVIEWS & ADVIce
First test yourself, then advise.To be honest, in recent years we have focused more on testing lenses than on testing cameras. So this page is still being worked on, so that we can catch up with the camera recommendations. Bad cameras no longer exist. The quality differences between cameras are getting smaller and smaller: the bottom of the market are the smartphones. And you can really make beautiful recordings with a modern smartphone! So what are for you the most important features of a system or SLR with interchangeable lenses – apart from the price and possibly the dimensions?
Recente camera(p)reviews

Review Canon EOS R5C
De Canon EOS R5C is een model dat naast de al bestaande Canon EOS R5 komt. De R5C biedt veel…
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FULL REVIEW: NIKON Z FC – MODERN CLASSIC
De Nikon Z fc is een DX camera van Nikon. De Z fc heeft – niet toevallig – een opvallende…
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(P)review Panasonic Lumix GH5 II
Panasonic heeft zijn MFT-video vlaggenschip, de Lumix GH5 vernieuwd. Een beetje dan. Met een nieuwere zoeker, een hogere opnamesnelheid in…
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Review: Panasonic Lumix S5
The Panasonic LUMIX S5 is a cheaper and more compact alternative to the Lumix S1 system camera. What's the difference…
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Review Fujifilm X-S10
The Fujifilm X-S10 bundles many of the specifications of the X-T4 into a smaller body that is easier to use.…
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REVIEW: Nikon Z5
The Nikon Z5 is a competitively priced full-frame entry-level model from Nikon. The camera is slightly simpler than the Z6…
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Review: Nikon Z 6II
The Nikon Z 6II is the new all-round full-frame system camera from Nikon. This successor to the Z 6 maintains…
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(P)Review Nikon Z 9
* The appearance of the camera may differ from the photo above.NIKON ANNOUNCES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FLAGSHIP FULL-FRAME NIKON…
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Review Sony A1
The Sony A1 (Alpha 1) is the new top model among Sony's full-frame system cameras. It offers an unprecedented combination…
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(p)review Fujifilm GFX100S
The Fujifilm GFX100S is a very compact and yet complete digital medium-format camera. The sensor is 44x33mm in size and…
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Review: Canon PowerShot Zoom
The Canon PowerShot Zoom can best be described as digital monocular binoculars.At the same time, it is a digital camera…
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(P)review Sony A7C
The full-frame system cameras from Sony have always been among the smallest on the market, but according to Sony there…
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Review Sony RX100 VI
The Sony RX100 VI is already the sixth camera in the series of premium RX-100 compact cameras from Sony. The…
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PREVIEW NIKKOR Z 50MM F1.2 S
When presenting the Z system cameras, Nikon claimed that the large diameter of the lens mount and the short register…
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(P)Review Nikon Z 6II
The Nikon Z 6II is the new all-round full-frame system camera from Nikon. This successor of the Z 6 maintains…
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(P)Review Nikon Z 7II
The Nikon Z 7II is the new top model with full-frame system cameras from Nikon. The successor of the Z…
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(P)Review Fujifilm X-S10
Fujifilm has added a new model to the X-series. The X-S10 bundles the specifications of the X-T4 into a smaller…
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Review Canon EOS-1D X Mark III
In 2011, Canon released its first Cinema camera, the C300. A year later, the C100, C500 and 1DC followed. The…
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STARTER
Budget is important. Your new camera may not cost more than approximately 500 euros, including the lens.

AMATEUR
Fun in photography is paramount. But it must also remain affordable. So camera body of under 1,000 euros.

PROSUMER
Will it be a high-end camera with a crop sensor? Or an affordable full frame? It's completely up to you

PRO
You are looking for the highest quality. That may cost some in euros & drops of sweat (size and weight)
What do you want to use the camera for?

Holidays
Carefree shooting, without having to think about shutter speed, ISO or aperture. Without having to change a lot of lens. Fun is paramount, but the image quality must be good.

Landscape or studio
Many megapixels, a high dynamic range, low noise and beautiful, saturated colors. A camera with a large, clear viewfinder.

Sports or nature
Dust, drizzle or freezing cold? It is extremely important that your camera can take a beating. And quickly focuses. Shoots many images per second without the buffer becoming full. And…

Review: CANON RF 800MM F11 IS STM
The Canon RF 800mm F11 IS STM is a telephoto lens for the Canon R system with a number of…
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50 megapixels is not enough
To double the resolution,you need 4 times as many pixels At the start of the megapixel race, you could see clear differences in resolution…
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AF test (2): How accurate is Auto Focus?
In a previous article about the speed of the auto focus, we discussed how the various AF systems work. And why…
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How do I spot dirt/dust on the sensor?
With system cameras with interchangeable lenses, it is unavoidable that the sensor will get dirty—whether that is dust from the environment, oil from moving parts (like the mirror in an SLR camera), fibers from a cleaning brush/cloth or an unintentional fingerprint. It happens to us all, although you do not see it on every picture. Even if you never change lenses, there is a chance of the sensor getting dirty. A small number of the—generally more expensive—cameras and lenses are extra-well sealed against dust. Even that is no guarantee that no dust will reach the sensor. Dust is everywhere. If you use a zoom lens that changes length when zooming in and out, then you also suck new air—and thus dust—into the camera. The question is thus not whether your sensor will get dirty, but when your sensor will get so dirty that you will start to see it.
How do you recognize dust and other dirt on a camera sensor? Someone who wants to buy a second-hand camera should certainly know the answer to this question. How do you clean a sensor, and how do you prevent it from getting dirty again?

Panasonic GH4R / V-Log L
At the start of this month, the Panasonic GH4R was announced at the IFA trade show in Germany, along with an extensive software update for existing Panasonic GH4 users. The GH4R is Panasonic's answer to the growing demand from the film industry for a hybrid photo/video camera with unlimited (read: longer than 30 minutes uninterrupted) 4K recordings in diverse recording speeds and formats (Cinema 4K: 4096x2160 / 24 fps and QFHD 4K: 3840x2160 / up to 30 fps in MOV/MP4), including compatibility with V-Log L video.
The new functions - except for the unlimited video - are also available for existing users of the Panasonic GH4 via a paid software upgrade, by purchasing a software key and updating the firmware of the camera to version 2.4. The updated GH4 can not record for longer than 30 minutes without interruption after installation of the firmware update. I have made a number of 4K video recordings of situations with an extremely high contrast, in order to see whether I could see a difference between Vlog-L and the ‘Natural’ image style of the Panasonic GH4.

AF test (1): How fast is auto focus?
For cameras and lenses, speed and accuracy of the auto focus are an important part of our testing procedure. We have written little about that, and we are going to change that. The differences in AF speed and AF accuracy between the various camera types, such as SLRs and mirrorless system cameras, are significant. The fastest AF is ten times as fast as the slowest! That a mirrorless system camera with contrast AF is slower than an SLR camera with phase-detection AF appears to be a fable. The lenses used do play an important role. Why is that? And what can you do with it? |