Gear Talk

WHO IS THIS CAMERA AIMED AT? Maybe VLOGGERS? Hikers wanting the lightest camera possible?

I just set up 3 unique hand painted backdrops from Gravity backdrops in Europe

Echo and Reverb are a BIG PAIN for filming. Today we overhaul the studio with some pretty cool acoustic panels to up our video and audio game!

Blackforest vs Artisan & Artist vs Lowepro... what should you be looking for?

FX vs DX - $6500 vs $2000 - the results are impressive!

The New Tamron vs the Nikon 70-200mm and the 200mm F2!

Hands on with the new Tamron 70-200mm - includes loads of sample images.

Sony just announced a new 100mm f/2.8 STF GM OSS that is $1500 and T5.6!! & a 85mm f/1.8 that looks like a bargain!

At $1299, this is LESS THAN 50% of the price of the new Nikkor 70-200mm.

Whether you are shooting surfers, wildlife or spy photography, 1200mm opens up loads of possibilities.

Do you shoot primes or zooms? What is your favourite lens? 

These are the SUPERSTAR lenses of the portrait world - from 50mm f1.2 to 85mm Otus to 200mm f2.0. Check it out!

Review GIVEAWAYS and sale

What is a 'standard lens'? Is it 50mm? Is it 35mm? Is it somewhere in between? And why would Tamron make a 35mm and a 45mm lens when they are only 10mm apart?

In this video I explain the main forms of distortion and why true rectilinear lenses are so damn big and expensive!

Real FIELD TESTED Review - Portraits, landscape, sports, street & more.

Just announced - check it out.

7 pieces in the new collection - let's take a look

Progress marches on.

Live from the floor of Photokina - with sample images

Two Zeiss 85mm lenses for Sony full frame compared - includes some sample images

Great to see some new lenses from Tokina

sweet... I wish.

A great improvement over generation 1 - which I already own and like.

It is huge and expensive. It is also SUPER sharp with creamy bokeh. This is so nice... I think I will buy one!

OMG it's the OMD too! Sorry this video kind of sucks... we were told we had maximum 10 minutes with the camera... 8 minutes after we started - midway through filming.

Introduction to these new milvus beauties.

This lens is going to be verrrry popular.  Check out the samples

New 20mm lens for Sony E Mount cameras.

Speed demon in a tiny body.

Collapsible 4k drone.

Beast of a lens - with some serious distortion!

First native 50mm macro for Sony A7 series.

51.4 megapixel medium format mirrorless camera

Hands on review of the new 5D Mark IV

Sweet new lenses from Samyang

The D810 replacement will be with us soon - here is my wishlist of improvements.

A few weeks travelling in Bhutan with this new video tripod. What do you think of the results?

The D3400 is the new entry level DSLR offering from Nikon, replacing the D3300 - so what's new??

Triple the price of the 50mm 1.4G?

Nikon have just announced the worlds fastest autofocus 105mm lens. It looks good, but I foresee a few problems - let's talk it through.

BEAST!!!

Full res sample images http://bit.ly/D5vs1DXii-images

The future? Or still over priced and pointless?

How to get the best results using long lenses for travel photography

2.5tb of data in a month... it is a lot to process - LITERALLY!

Join us as we put the new flagship crop camera through it's paces in the field - birding, sports and outdoor portraiture.

My top travel tips.

Gear, settings and technique to get the sharpest portraits

With close to 10,000 shots taken in REAL challenging situations - this is a FIELD TESTED REVIEW.

Unboxing and sample images

Last chance! All of my video courses on 50% sale for March 2016 only.

Impressive camera. Check it out

It all comes down to SERVICE.

Check out this bad boy - VC handholding down to 1/8th a second!

Two outstanding 85mm options for your Sony full frame mirrorless.

New superfast zoom for the art series.

The new king of speed.

Handling, focus, VC testing and image samples.

Check out the sample images

G Master is here... almost

F1.8 to f2.8?? Sounds pretty sweet!

3 new premium compacts... is there a market for them?

Hotly anticipated super fast zoom lens from Sigma.

Two sweet new lenses from Tamron

How does it compare to the Nikon, Canon and Sony options??

How do these 3 premium telephoto lenses compare once you add a teleconvertor into the mix??

Just announced a 24-70 f2.8 and 70-200 f2.8 as well as an 85mm f1.4. And a new a6300 APSC camera.

The Canon EOS-1DX Mark II & how it compares to the Nikon D5 - and why I think Nikon will revise the D5 price and specs before launch.

Don't let your old lenses gather dust!

The newest member of the team

2 manual cine lenses and the a6000 make for a great compact travel video set up.

Delving deep into the spec sheet reveals a very surprising limitation on the video functionality of this camera!

Check out all the news at http://mattgranger.com/d500

Worlds best sports camera?

Lets see how they perform side by side.

At less than half the price of an Otus lens, how close is the 135 APO image quality??

New show, starts next week.

14 bit uncompressed RAW is here... and it totally kills the buffer!

Well, kind of an announcement.... more of a placeholder

There is more to Tilt Shift lenses than you may realise.

Looking to buy a prime? Make sure you get the RIGHT one with this 3 step buying guide.

Three A7R2s went with us to Mongolia... only 2 survived.

Very annoying to not be able to take any sample images with it - maybe the staff were tired of being asked, but I found both I spoke with rude and unhelpful... pity, this looks like a fantastic lens.

New for Tamron - their first ever primes - both f1.8 and both with VC, I am sure these will interest some folks. Here I have a hands on test and check out the VC capabilities of them versus the 24-70mm VC from 2014.

A few weeks in the field, thousands of frames - here are my thoughts.

Filled with NAS HDD's, this thing flies - fastest realistic storage option I EVER tested!

My biggest packing video ever!

Understand what is happening inside your camera - what is sync speed?

World's first look at the Commlite Nikon to Sony AF Adapter.

Few issues get people as upset as this one - is mirrorless the future?

Looking for a fast premium 35mm for your FE Sony??

ISO, Detail, Stabilisation, battery life, 4k Video... all the top line tests to see if this camera suits YOUR needs.

Extra light? Less DOF? Better optical performance!?! Sounds too good to be true.

$1500 for an f4 native zoom... worth the investment?