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#745. (Monday Post 02 July 2018) – Further Adventures in La La Land
It was a fairly normal day. I continued to argue* with the good bad folks who host (sic) the photos on my website, whilst preparing some event coverage quotes for a couple of perspective clients...
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#751. The Hasselblad X1D. Digital photography home at last ?
Some say our childhood centerfolds stick with us for the rest of our lives. Mine were the Mamiya 7 and the Rollei SL66. The Bret Sinclair and Danny Wilde of film photography, if you will, and a darn...
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#758. The Standard British Handful; Fuji’s 16-55 zoom
A full SBH – the very thought made my iPhone wobble I thought I’d done with zoom lenses some years ago, when the Sony NEX showed me just how many quality images I could shoot with manual prime lenses...
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#781. The Leica M9 Journey: Class, Crass or Fast Glass – No One Rides for Free
I thought it was high time that I continued my tale of Leica M9 ownership… If I jumped from a bridge, would you follow? It’s been nearly a year now (where has this expletive deleted year gone?!)...
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#783. Reviewing the Zeiss Loxia 25
I must be getting rusty. As the time comes to write a review of the Zeiss Loxia 25 that co-author Philippe so kindly lent me for a 2-week trip to Japan, words fail me. The thing is, there isn’t a lot...
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#794. What’s In My Bag (Dallas) ?
Milvus 50/1.4 How things change in 12 months! I started writing this article in October 2017 and didn’t get around to finishing it. 2018 text is in italics. Milvus 35/1.4 Whats in my Bag? Well,...
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#795. What’s (in) my bags ? (Pascal)
This could end up being a devastatingly short post. During my last trip (to Japan, as you might have guessed from the dominantly Japanese photographs of my recent posts …) all my (non smartphone) shots...
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#805. What’s in my bag? Part 2
So. I’m going out to wander the streets. I want to disappear, so as to be able to get the shots I want. Unlike many street photographers, I don’t want my subject(s) to see me. I think capturing a...
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#809. GAS Strikes Again – Z 7 Vs D850
My last bout of GAS was in May 2018, see #739. An Acute Attack of GAS – Sony A7R111/Nikon D850. Whilst extremely happy with the D850, the release of the Zs did get my mind ticking over. It...
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#826. The Hasselblad X1D. Take 2.
Reviewing kit isn’t the same as owning it. During a review, you look for signs of grandeur, evidence of flaws, factual information to communicate in order to inform potential purchases. Living with a...
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#835. When Audrey met Mjölner (Zeiss Distagon 1.4/35 ZM on Hasselblad X1D)
They are named Novoflex, but should really call themselves the match makers. When cameras and lenses have Romeo and Juliet upbringings and their parents refuse to see them wed, Novoflex swoop in and...
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#837. Caesar takes on Thor (Zeiss C-Sonnar 1.5/50 ZM on Hasselblad X1D)
It might surprise some readers that the Viking empire once streched further than the Roman empire. The Vikings being less interested in administration than in pillaging, their presence on conquered...
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#840. Hasselblad XCD 3,5/30mm review
This lens is responsible for 70% of my photographs with the Hasselblad X1D, so it seems like a good starting point for a review of that camera’s now rapidly growing lens system. It isn’t an easy...
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#843. What’s in my Bag? (Adam)
Late to the party (but always nice to be invited) it’s high time I shared with you the contents of my bag! The obvious choice for me was the Billingham Hadley small. To me this bag has everything...
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#846. The Voigtländer 40mm f:1.2 for Sony: the un-Otus.
Voigtländer 40mm f:1.2 for FE mount (c) Cosina Voigtlander The Voigländer 40mm f:1.2 for Sony mirrorless (FE mount) is designed and made by the Japanese firm Cosina, who bought the rights to the...
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#847. Hasselblad XCD 3.5/45mm review. The best all rounder ?
Here is a second Hasselblad X1D lens reviews. My intention isn’t to bore anyone but to provide some sort of repository for the information I wish I’d had access to before deciding to jump in....
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#850. 3 days in Paris with the Hasselblad XCD 4/21 (minimalist review).
This is the widest lens in the Hasselblad X1D’s current native range. And it’s keeper. Unfortunately. My finance plan for acquiring an “augmented” 5-lens X1D field kit was to sell 2 or 3...
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#855. Hasselblad XCD 3.5/120 review – dealing in gentle absolutes!
Let me spoil you the end right away. This lens is ridiculously good, even by Hasselblad standards. While I will go into details further down this page, just know I couldn’t find fault with this...
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#864. Hasselblad XCD 3.2/90 review. Better than the OTUS 85?
A weird shift has happened during my evaluation of the 5 Hasselblad XCD lenses at my disposal. Having been mesmerized by Hans Strand’s first sample photos with the XCD 30, that lens was the one I...
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Dear Susan’s contributors have varied photographic interests, taken with varied equipment, but often with a unifying aim to avoid the obvious, and often taking an independent path to interesting...
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