By pascaljappy | Opinion , Review
It’s the most peculiar activity, football. Having recently been given the opportunity of an evening inside the shiny stadium that hosts Olympique de Marseille, probably France’s most notorious team, if not the most famous or successful, I thought this was a great opportunity to move mankind forward one big step by proving that the Hasselblad […]
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By Paul Shadarevian | Review
(Pascal) Please welcome new contributor Paul Shadarevian, who shares his love for the combination of modern cameras with more traditional lenses. Something I can defintely relate to 😉 Thank you, Paul. All yours (/Pascal). I have long been a fan of the Sony A7 series after looking for a full frame camera that did not […]
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There is a lot of snobbery and prejudice in photography, and internet amplification syndrome ensures that strongly held beliefs are perpetuated, even when they may not be easy to substantiate with empirical evidence. In fact, it’s better if views cannot be substantiated, as then there can be no limit to the endless conversations about lens […]
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By philberphoto | Review
Minuscule pleasures. I owe this notion to Philippe Delerm’s book: “The first gulp of beer and other minuscule pleasures”. It encourages me not to overlook what is pleasureable, however small, banal and mundane. This is not a lens review in the conventional sense. Others do this far better than I ever could. For me, all […]
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By Chris Stump | How-To , Review
My wife, son, and I recently enjoyed a family wedding in Ogunquit, Maine. We live on the coast just a couple of hours north, so it was a pleasant little drive for us to join the extended clan for a few days. I’ve photographed weddings as a primary or side business for decades, and even […]
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By pascaljappy | Review
Something wasn’t right. Why would Zeiss release a 100/1.4 lens when their existing 85/1.4 was already hailed by most experts as possibly the best lens ever made? The first minutes of investigations almost derailed my plans for the future. Frankly, this overview of the lens wasn’t off to a great start. My Sony […]
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By Adrian | Opinion , Review , Travel Photography
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 photography. A couple of years ago, Dear Susan founder Pascal wrote about the concept of “undestination photography“, to eschew the cliched and instagrammed spots over-run with […]
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By pascaljappy | Review
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 requested for my initial review and the first one I wanted to go in my own bag. And the […]
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By pascaljappy | Review
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 extraordinary design. It’s not all good news, however. Ergonomics unfortunately lag far behind optics. At least for most people. Let’s […]
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By pascaljappy | Review
A 3 day review of the Hasselblad XCD 4/21 in Paris.
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