#1232. I tested Vero
So you don’t have to 😉 – Maybe you should, though! In a recent roundup of news, I linked to a Peter McKinnon video detailing 10 reasons to try out the social platform Vero. It seems to provide an...
View Article#1267. Canon G650. Preview of a (good) small photo printer
The Canon G650 proves quality isn’t tightly linked to printer size. As regular victims of my self-pitying rants on digital-printing complexity know, I’ve been looking at ways of doing my own test...
View Article#1279. “For god’s sake stop dithering…”
I doubt I’d have justified the cash, if fate hadn’t played a major role; the pay out for a burglary at my home near Cape Town in September last year has been sitting in my bank for a while, giving me...
View Article#1295. Leica SL2 Repair Review – Part 1
This article is going to be a bit of a departure from my usual efforts at showing a travel location in a different light, usually infra-red. But first, we need to have a little background. For the past...
View Article#1304. Leica SL2 and Nikon 50mm AIS Review
Welcome back to my review of the post repair Leica SL2 and a select lens. In this section we will be looking at the Nikon 50mm f1.4 AIS lens mounted on an inexpensive Fotasy “NK-L L” adapter, because...
View Article#1310. Little John, the Laowa 58mm f:2,8 Ultra-macro
There are multiple stories as to why Laowa are called Laowa. The recently-come-to-prominence Chinese lens-making company itself is called Anhui ChangGeng Optics Co. Ltd., and it trades under Venus...
View Article#1312. Leica SL2 and Zeiss 35mm F1.4 ZM Distagon Review
Welcome back to my post-repair review of the Leica SL2 and a selection of third-party lens. In this section we will be looking at the Zeiss 35mm f1.4 ZM Distagon lens, which many readers here at Dear...
View Article#1318. Pushing Boundaries Parr Punchy And TTArtisans
Disclaimer : Right up front for those concerned there is no expectation of privacy in public in the Far South. Street photography is legal and not a crime. I was recently gifted a TTArtisans 23mm F/1.4...
View Article#1337. United Colours of X1D
Since my recent love letter to Hasselblad consisted mainly of b&w photographs, a few readers rightly contested my praise of the X1D’s colour science 😉 This post is here to explain what it is I like...
View Article#1349. Diversity in GAS
This weekend, I was fortunate enough to try 4 cameras Here’s another brief post from me as I return from a quick visit to the UK to see friends and family. My X1D stayed at home to keep luggage...
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