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I got an e-mail from a photo buddy in Australia earlier in the week. He has stopped updating his excellent photo blog, largely because he feels that the page views and feedback he receives don’t match the work that he puts in. I’m sad about that – I really enjoy his work; in addition to […]
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[Note : Access the complete summary of our review of the Sony A7r system (camera review, native lenses, alternative lenses, opinions … )] The lure of mounting a tiny & fantastic Leica-M lens on a (reasonably) tiny & (unreasonably) fantastic Sony A7r is one of the major reasons so many people took the plunge … only […]
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“Whatcha photographing mate?” It’s early November and I am standing on Wellington’s spectacular waterfront, close to the Maori-named national museum, Te Papa. The weather is overcast and I’m not sure how to answer this curious local. “Dunno. I’ll know when I get home and see what they look like then.” The Kiwi shrugged and wandered […]
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Photo workshops? Tired or wired?
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By now, it’s pretty certain the new Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA will be a stellar performer on the equally new Sony A7 and A7R cameras. Brilliant samples such as the one below by ijsvogel at Dyxum have shown us just how good. Click here to access ijsvogel’s samples at Dyxum. But the pressing […]
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Hi every one. Here is a third contribution from our South African friend Paul Perton, a pro photographer from Cape Town who is defending our rights to make blurs a part of our art! Go Paul! I particularly like the notion that there are many types of blurs and as many ways of producing them. […]
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Short answer: NO. They’re a bargain. The end. ============= Disclaimer : Let me state upfront that I am a fanboy, but of Voigtlander and Leica lenses. Not of Zeiss. The first lens to go when I decided to switch from my current Nikon D800e to the Sony A7R was my Zeiss Distagon ZF.2 25/2mm. It […]
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Rumor websites are often criticised but here’s my big THANK YOU to Andrea, administrator of SonyAlphaRumors, who has rekindled my love affair with Sony. Readers might recall my steamy love affair with the Sony NEX-5n a couple of years ago that was interrupted by two technical break downs and ended in a divorce by frustration […]
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Consistency of style is an important distinction between amateurs and true artists. An Ansel Adams print is immediately recognisable, as are the works of many other famous names. Whereas amateurs often have no style of their own or have too many, exploring various appealing alleys simultaneously. I believe modern image manipulation software is partly responsible […]
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This is a new article by Paul Perton, who shares a love of fuzzy images with yours truly 😉 === A couple of years ago, I (re)discovered manual lenses, after many years of using cameras with auto-everything. In moments, my photography changed as I learned that a much more deliberate approach would be necessary for […]
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