Finally? Sony Alpha A7III Review 2025 in Progress...Part 1

Finally? Sony Alpha A7III Review 2025 in Progress... Part 1

November 2025, Carl Garrard

When Sony shifted to full frame mirrorless cameras back in 2013, the writing was on the wall. For years I told countless people online that Sony would very soon abandon the original A-Mount that they inherited from the purchase of from Konica Minolta and go all in a new mount based entirely on the E mount going forward. Very few agreed or believed me, and I took a lot of heat from those in denial about the obvious. The monumental shift from Minolta ergo design that proceeded to the new mirrorless design was pretty much anti-Carl preferred ergonomics and design. Sony has had their best success in the camera market with the FE mount, but their products, for more than just ergonomic reasons, did not interest me in the slightest. That's why I have never reviewed a single Sony FE camera on my blog. It's not because of my past history with the company or other conspiracy theories that some of you following the blog may be aware of. 

Canon's EOS 40D- An Even More Budget Bargain (New photographers need to read this!)

Canon's EOS 40D- An Even More Budget Bargain (New photographers need to read this!)

November 2025, Carl Garrard

Over the years I've written a few words about the Canon 40D on this blog, including a pretty comprehensive review here. But here I am again. And this time it's about how much of a bargain the 40D is in 2025 (six years after that review, 18yrs after its announcement). For those of you who are inspired to learn photography from the fundamentals up and don't want a camera to take all the challenge and reward out of photography by doing everything for you (cough... pretty much all  new cameras), the Canon 40D is a camera I still recommend to this day. It checks off everything a learning photographer would need to start, and, it's a camera that you can grow deep into as your skills advance. Today, it's got to be one of the most incredible bargains on the used market, and don't count out the fun factor either.