By pascaljappy | News
This was our first warning. The sound of sirens and rotations of a chopper made us look for signs of smoke or worry about a serious road accident. Both wild fires and road casualties are unfortunately a regular part of life in this neck of the woods. 4 years ago a huge fire […]
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By pascaljappy | Review
Some lenses are clearly designed with specialists in mind, while others can shine at any challenge you throw at them. The Leica Macro-Elmarit-R 60mm f/2.8 is (almost) one such lens. It focuses right up to 30cm from the sensor (15cm from the front lens), which equates to a 1:2 reproduction ratio. A figure that can […]
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UPDATE : A summary of all this website’s reviews of the Sony NEX-5n and NEX-7 is now available. For my review of the NEX-5N camera with Leica & Zeiss lenses, I was loaned a Leica Summarit-M 75/2.5 by co-author Caroline and really like it a lot. It made me long for a longer 😉 lens, […]
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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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