Something wasn’t right. Why would Zeiss release a 100/1.4 lens when their existing 85/1.4 was already hailed by most experts as possibly the best lens ever made? The first minutes of investigations almost derailed my plans for the future. Frankly, this overview of the lens wasn’t off to a great start. My Sony […]
Posted on DearSusan by pascaljappy.
My wife, son, and I recently enjoyed a family wedding in Ogunquit, Maine. We live on the coast just a couple of hours north, so it was a pleasant little drive for us to join the extended clan for a few days. I’ve photographed weddings as a primary or side business for decades, and even […]
Posted on DearSusan by Chris Stump.
Minuscule pleasures. I owe this notion to Philippe Delerm’s book: “The first gulp of beer and other minuscule pleasures”. It encourages me not to overlook what is pleasureable, however small, banal and mundane. This is not a lens review in the conventional sense. Others do this far better than I ever could. For me, all […]
Posted on DearSusan by philberphoto.
There is a lot of snobbery and prejudice in photography, and internet amplification syndrome ensures that strongly held beliefs are perpetuated, even when they may not be easy to substantiate with empirical evidence. In fact, it’s better if views cannot be substantiated, as then there can be no limit to the endless conversations about lens […]
(Pascal) Please welcome new contributor Paul Shadarevian, who shares his love for the combination of modern cameras with more traditional lenses. Something I can defintely relate to 😉 Thank you, Paul. All yours (/Pascal). I have long been a fan of the Sony A7 series after looking for a full frame camera that did not […]
Posted on DearSusan by Paul Shadarevian.
It’s the most peculiar activity, football. Having recently been given the opportunity of an evening inside the shiny stadium that hosts Olympique de Marseille, probably France’s most notorious team, if not the most famous or successful, I thought this was a great opportunity to move mankind forward one big step by proving that the Hasselblad […]
Posted on DearSusan by pascaljappy.
The Nikon Z7 for a first effort, is pretty good, IMHO. Sure it may not have Sony like eye detection focus and it has the cardinal sin of just a single memory card. Not having these 2 features has not impacted on my photographic adventures over the last 12 months and some 12,000 images. The […]
Posted on DearSusan by Dallas Thomas.
I took some photos again at this year’s Classic Yacht Regatta in Newport, RI, USA. It had been a few years. Amazing how different the sky and ocean can be year to year. And it’s always a treat to be out on the water, especially with the estimable Onne van der Wal. This was my first major […]
Posted on DearSusan by Chris Stump.
Is this a review? Nope. Statement of the obvious? Nope. I’m deep in a personal preference fight with myself. I have to stop and take stock; Zeiss’ 25mm Biogon, or the 35 Distagon. Which is more likely to be my lens of choice as I wander the streets? Most people would forgive me choosing my […]
Posted on DearSusan by Paul Perton.
Two friends (Dallas and Philippe), two similar 100mm macro lense, one location. Do they produce similar photographs, and how do the lenses compare on looks? Dallas (Milvus 100 Makro) begins Philippe and Pascal have a tradition of naming their equipment (photographic). Naming things has never really been my thing. Until I purchased a Zeiss Milvus […]
Posted on DearSusan by Dallas Thomas.
In October 2015, Light, an aptly named California-based company, announced the development of a new camera concept, which claimed to change the way we practice photography. The Light L16 was designed to have 16 lens/sensor modules of various focal lengths and to use computational image technology to stitch and fuse the individual photographs together. Intrigued […]
Posted on DearSusan by Jean-Claude Louis.
The tethering cable for my X-H1 arrived a couple of days ago. It’s a beast; bright orange, 5m long and weighs about as much as a photocopier. I’ll need to anchor it properly to the tripod, or it’ll rip the USB port out of my camera. First job – test with Lightroom to see if […]
Posted on DearSusan by Paul Perton.
Plastic, the 30+ year old lens certainly is. Fantastic remains to be seen 😉 Can a cheap and old design be of any use on a (relatively) modern mirrorless camera that’s not even the right format for it ? Feeling the aperture ring jump hesitantly from one notch to the next brings up […]
Posted on DearSusan by pascaljappy.
I hold to my belief that photography is primarily a documentary activity insofar as, unlike painting, photography records reality or some small slice thereof. This characteristic links all the great photographers from Adams to Cartier-Bresson, from Arbus to Karsh, Weegee to Mapplethorpe and Capa to Edgerton. These people were masters of the craft and elevated […]
Posted on DearSusan by AlanMacKenzie.
My intuition and some available tests, online, hinted at the fact that the longer the focal length, the easier it would be for a lens to cover a wider sensor than what it had been designed for. In the case of this Distagon 25, I couldn’t have been more wrong … I feel kind […]
Posted on DearSusan by pascaljappy.
This thing about testing old lenses on modern bodies is a very contrarian pursuit. Having been wowed by two lenses that shouldn’t have performed well, I’m now let down by an old favourite of mine. Mandler-era Leica lenses have always made my knees tremble. With their nice level of fine detail but generally sift appearance, […]
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Can the vintage wide-angle miracle repeat itself? Afther the surprising Otus 21 act of the Zeiss Distagon 25/2 ZF.2, can this Leica Summicron-R 35/2 morph into a wonderful 28/1.4 for the X1D? No, it can’t 😉 😉 😉 But it put on a worthy fight! Vintage style. Let’s recap briefly my recent sampling […]
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David Barth will probably hate this title. That matters, because David Barth is the founding father of Pixii, a new entry to the ailing field of camera manufacturers. David believes that a totally new approach – in this case combining current and old tech- can offer a really different product and experience to the well-heeled […]
Posted on DearSusan by philberphoto.
Can an expensive 11Mpx rangefinder camera with no rear screen be the best news in a long time for the photography industry? I wouldn’t rule it out completely … During my 2 weeks tenure, the camera delivered some of the most pleasant shooting experiences ever, all cameras in my past and present included. For sybarites […]
Posted on DearSusan by pascaljappy.
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity in my photography, because so much of it is about me. My recent post on the “short game” underscores how this sort photography speaks to me because it lets me put more of my imprint on images than other genres. So it is logical that, after having filled the […]
Posted on DearSusan by philberphoto.