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  • [TIPS] Opening lens rings without slots: the Vacuum Pad Lens Opener

    by SASABEEIJI
    When there are no pits to grip Most lens retaining rings have two small pits for a spanner. Many name rings and front rings do not, and that is wh...
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  • [TIPS] Leica M lenses on an L-mount body: the Rayqual LM-LA

    by SASABEEIJI
    Keep your M lenses when you move to L-mount If you shoot an L-mount body and already own Leica M lenses, the Rayqual LM-LA lets you keep using the...
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  • [TIPS] Using classic lenses on a Fujifilm X camera

    by SASABEEIJI
    Manual lenses and Fujifilm's dials go well together Fujifilm X bodies already ask you to set aperture and shutter speed by hand, so a classic manu...
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  • [TIPS] Using classic lenses on a Nikon Z camera

    by SASABEEIJI
    One Z body, a whole shelf of old lenses Nikon's Z mount has a short flange distance, so almost any classic SLR or rangefinder lens can sit in fron...
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  • [TIPS] Using classic lenses on a Sony E-mount camera

    by SASABEEIJI
    The most popular body for old lenses Sony E-mount bodies - the NEX series, a5000 and a6000 series, a7 and a9 - have a short flange distance and a ...
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  • [TIPS] Finding the right Rayqual adapter: start from your camera mount

    by SASABEEIJI
    Two questions, one adapter Every adapter is named for a pair: the lens mount in front and the camera mount behind (for example LM-SaE is Leica M l...
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  • [TIPS] What is a lens mount adapter, and why Rayqual?

    by SASABEEIJI
    Old glass on a new body A lens mount adapter is a precision ring that sits between a lens and a camera body with a different mount. Mirrorless cam...
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  • [TIPS] How to choose a lens cover for your telephoto lens

    by SASABEEIJI
    Made for one lens, not one size fits all A telephoto lens spends its life on a strap, in a bag and on a tripod, and every one of those leaves mark...
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  • [TIPS] Fitting an Easy Cover and its screen protector

    by SASABEEIJI
    Ten minutes, no tools An Easy Cover is a stretchy silicone skin molded for one camera model. Fitting it is easy, but doing it in the right order k...
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  • [TIPS] What a silicone Easy Cover protects you from

    by SASABEEIJI
    Small accidents that add up Most damage to a camera body does not come from one big drop. It comes from the strap buckle rubbing the corner, bumpi...
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  • [TIPS] Camouflage a camera or protect a tripod with EASY WRAPPER Bandage

    by SASABEEIJI
    A hook-and-loop tape with no hooks on the outside EASY WRAPPER Bandage is a 5 cm wide, 2 m long strip whose lining sticks firmly to its own outer ...
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  • [TIPS] EASY WRAPPER: which size fits your gear?

    by SASABEEIJI
    A wrapping cloth that holds itself closed EASY WRAPPER is a wrapping cloth without tapes, buttons or zippers. The outer fabric and the back fabric...
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