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The Painter’s Camera – A Short Encounter with the Fujifilm GFX100RF
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 10/21/25 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 10/21/25

The Painter’s Camera – A Short Encounter with the Fujifilm GFX100RF

I only had the Fujifilm GFX100RF for a couple of days. Not enough time for a technical deep dive, but enough to experience how this camera positively impacted my way of working and seeing

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TTartisan 75mm F1.5 Swirly Bokeh
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 2/24/25 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 2/24/25

TTartisan 75mm F1.5 Swirly Bokeh

A remake of a classic character king, I just had to test it.

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Simera 50mm f/1.4 ASPH
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 1/9/25 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 1/9/25

Simera 50mm f/1.4 ASPH

The perfect middle ground between image quality and character? Find out why this has become one of my favorite lenses.

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Portraits with the PMI SmokeNINJA PRO Haze Kit
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 10/29/24 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 10/29/24

Portraits with the PMI SmokeNINJA PRO Haze Kit

There’s a new version of the Smoke Ninja. It’s just as portable as it’s predecessor and way more powerful.

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Lara & Luna
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 10/1/24 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 10/1/24

Lara & Luna

Always great to work with these two. Shot with a combination of modern and vintage lenses.

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Thypoch Simera 35mm F1.4 Review
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 9/17/24 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 9/17/24

Thypoch Simera 35mm F1.4 Review

Thypoch is a relative newcomer to the lens market but I’ve been wanting to test out one of their lenses ever since I saw the first samples. Now I got my chance.

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Wide Angle Portraits with Lara
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 5/8/24 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 5/8/24

Wide Angle Portraits with Lara

Can you use a wide angle lens for portraits? Let’s find out.

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A bit of Smoke
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 4/12/24 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 4/12/24

A bit of Smoke

Let’s try another portable smoke machine. This one is a real budget tool, does it hold up.

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Hazy Experiment - PMI Smoke Ninja
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 12/4/23 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 12/4/23

Hazy Experiment - PMI Smoke Ninja

A video about the Smoke Ninja, a smoke machine in your pocket.

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Fast Prime Lenses on a Budget - Sirui Sniper Series
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 11/28/23 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 11/28/23

Fast Prime Lenses on a Budget - Sirui Sniper Series

Is a set of budget fast primes good enough? Find out in this video.

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Change the lens on your X100V - WCL-X100 & TCL-X100 converter lenses
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 6/20/23 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 6/20/23

Change the lens on your X100V - WCL-X100 & TCL-X100 converter lenses

The X100-series has a fixed lens but what if you’d like some variation or, like me, doesn’t click with the 35mm field of view?

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Test: Fujifilm X-S20 and XF 8mm
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 6/6/23 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 6/6/23

Test: Fujifilm X-S20 and XF 8mm

I usually work with the higher end Fujifilm cameras and stay away from ultra wide lenses. But it’s also good to mix it up so when Fujifilm approached me to test this camera and lens, I took up the challenge.

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The Big X-T5 post
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 11/22/22 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 11/22/22

The Big X-T5 post

I was part of the launch campaign of the Fujifilm X-T5. Here’s my project, a review and a bunch of pictures.

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Is that a Superzoom or are you just happy to see me?
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 8/17/22 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 8/17/22

Is that a Superzoom or are you just happy to see me?

A superzoom is for beginner amateur photographers, right?
Well, maybe it’s a more useful tool than I thought.

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Gravel - Testing the Fujifilm X-H2s
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 7/13/22 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 7/13/22

Gravel - Testing the Fujifilm X-H2s

Did Fujifilm make the perfect photo/video hybrid camera? Let’s find out.

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Impro Bikepacking with the "poor man's Leica"
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 4/4/22 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 4/4/22

Impro Bikepacking with the "poor man's Leica"

A last minute bikepacking trip, documented with my oldest camera and a manual lens.

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Nysa through a vintage Minolta Rokkor 85mm F1.7 lens
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 12/12/21 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 12/12/21

Nysa through a vintage Minolta Rokkor 85mm F1.7 lens

I finally secured a good copy of one of the dream vintage lenses on my wishlist.

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XF33mm F1.4 - Sam
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 10/1/21 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 10/1/21

XF33mm F1.4 - Sam

A weather sealed lens? Let’s try it out in torrential rain.

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