By philberphoto | Monday Post
For all those of you familiar with Faust and similar myths, whereby a man loses/sells his soul to the Devil, you know how hard it is to get it back, and it usually involves the love of a fair maiden. Like that is going to happen to a man of my age, girth, condition, vanity […]
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By philberphoto | Monday Post , Opinion , Uncategorized
At some point it is good to look at the past to take stock of the present. Let’s go back to when “serious” digital cameras replaced film. Why did that happen? Practicality was the main reason, not IQ. Always-on LiveView and the ability to chimp, the instant availability of results, variable ISOs are but […]
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By pascaljappy | Review
As with the Zeiss Milvus 1.4/85 before, I took the opportunity of a workshop in Schwäbisch Gmünd during the recent Zeiss press launch to borrow a Batis 25 lens and make a series of test shots in the available time and location. As many of you know and lament, this is a hard lens to […]
Continue readingBy pascaljappy | News
Oh, the uncertainty of my photo microcosm! Convinced and satisfied by the recent A7rII launch, I sold almost all my lenses to pre-order the new Sony body, and buy back my former Zeiss Distagon 1.4/3 ZM and Zeiss OTUS 1.4/85 review samples. All doubt had vanished. Zenitude once again permeated my inner universe. And 1 […]
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By pascaljappy | Opinion
For its new range of lenses, Zeiss has again chosen an interesting bird name: BATIS. Flycatchers and other fast-flying passerines with striking Zorro-style eye-masks belong to that genus. If the usual birding metaphor is to be believed (the OTUS range is dedicated to f/1.4 lenses, OTUS meaning owl, birds with exceptional night vision, for instance) […]
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