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In my review of the NEX-5N with non Sony lenses, I explained why my Leica Summicron-R 50/2 may well be my least favourite lens, in spite of its almost legendary reputation: while technically perfect, it doesn’t do much that moves me. The little Voigtlander Colour-Skopar 35/2.5 PII draws in a wonderful classic way while still […]
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UPDATE: Some of these lenses have now been tested on the Sony NEX-7 camera. A summary of all this website’s reviews of the Sony NEX-5n and NEX-7 is now available. When I started reviewing the Sony NEX-5N, my intention was to use it exclusively with manual lenses to return to a more deliberate mode of […]
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UPDATE : A summary of all this website’s reviews of the Sony NEX-5n and NEX-7 is now available. As part of my ongoing review on the Sony NEX-5N, I have shot plenty of B&W pictures using the camera’s wonderful High-Contrast B&W picture effects mode. I find all the other modes rather gimmicky, but this one […]
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Update: The NEX-5N tested with 6 non Sony lenses (Leica-R, Leica-M, Zeiss ZM, Voigtlander & Zeiss C/Y). A summary of all this website’s reviews of the Sony NEX-5n and NEX-7 is now available. Two days ago, I welcomed the arrival of a Sony NEX 5N after my previous camera conked out on me. In that […]
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UPDATE 1: My God, it’s full of Stars!, a first look at astronomy with the Sony NEX-5N. UPDATE 2: A Slow-Food review of the Sony NEX-5N, using the NEX-5N exclusively with manual lenses. Some people change cameras often. I do so when mine dies and the event often is an opportunity to turn around, analyse […]
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As described in Camping in Red and Green, I spent last week-end hiking in Provence, to a beautiful little village called Bargeme that Michael Kenna has been photograpphing for some years and where a retrospective exhibition is being held. Michael Kenna happens to be one of my favourite photographers of all times. I can’t think […]
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