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Leica Summicron 35mm Takes on Home Depot
Sometimes life doesn’t leave as much time as we’d like for photography. That gap in time between one’s bachelor days and retirement can present a potential black hole of creativity and opportunity needed to exercise one’s Photography muscles and shoot like a boss…
Leica Summicron 90mm f/2 and Sony NEX-7 – Great Pair
Shooting Leica Boss doesn’t always require holding a Leica camera. Even the Boss of Bosses knows that you can get Leica goodness from a number of camera bodies. So the 90mm Summicron f/2 is an amazing tool. This is an early 1980′s Midland version. It’s compact, beautiful, sturdy, & deliberate. The problem is, on an [...]
Mirrorless Camera vs. DSLR Image Quality Video
So, there’s always a lot of debate about the image quality of the new mirrorless interchangeable lens systems and cameras like the Sony NEX-7 and Fuji X-Pro vs. DSLRs like the Canon 5D Mark III. This video is a simple tour of what the main differences are between the traditional DSLR systems and the newer mirrorless sytems. [...]
More EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 L IS. Portrait and shot tips
So, here’s a photo of the beautiful and talented Danni Lowe taken the other night at a “lock in” at Unique Photo in NJ. This was one of those kind of run-n-gun events with a bunch of lights, models, and props. So the shot setup and capture was about 120 seconds of GO GO GO. [...]
Test drive – Voigtlander Color Skopar 21mm f/4
So, I visited The Photo Village in NYC for the first time the other week to check out some of their used Leica gear and see about the Cosina / Voigtlander glass that they are also known for [they are a major US distributor for Voigtlander]. I left with the great little Voigtlander Color Skopar [...]
Seashore wildlife with the EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS
So, I’m no Nature photographer. But I recently red Moose Peterson’s book, Captured – and was inspired to try to capture a little wildlife while here at the shore in Wildwood NJ. I’m shooting with a Canon 60D and the EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L – which provides excellent image stabilization and about 480mm fullframe FOV equivalent. [...]
Canon Rumor New Lenses [Credibility Level = 0]
OK, I have a secret. I’m basically a Canon shooter. Canon’s gone a little buckwild with exotic glass lately. Seriously, guys – remember what happened LAST TIME when you were betting the farm on Diffractive Optics? Then no one loved concentric circles in their bokehs. Booo. In any event – let’s hope that we see [...]
Canon EF 135mm f/2L Review – We’re not worthy!
So this is my first gear review and I’ll apologize in advance – there are no test charts, photos of brick walls, MTF charts or nonsense like that. Get the specs and charts here if you need them (you don’t) This review is culled from 1 year of shooting with the 135L, along with photos [...]
Awesome Summicron 50mm f/2 review
Awesome review from 135 Street. If I had to sum up this review in just one paragraph or even, lets say one word, that word would be “sharpness”! Ok, I’m done. Just kidding . As a matter of fact this is probably the sharpest lens you will ever hold in your hand, period. Having the [...]
