By philberphoto | Opinion
Market wisdom has it that good (photographic) investment is in glass. This is how this works: with film cameras, the camera itself has little influence on the end result. The film and the glass do. So get yourself a camera, keep it forever, and spend money on glass. The resulting business model for manufacturers is […]
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By pascaljappy | Opinion
To me, Seiko might just be the best watch brand on the planet. But don’t leave just yet. Let me explain. Here are a few criteria that make a watch desirable to enthusiasts : The movement. Either because of great precision or because of an innovative solution to a (mostly non-existent, in a […]
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By pascaljappy | Monday Post
In 1492, German Renaissance abbot Johannes Trithemius took a break from his numerous fields of research to write his “De Laure Scriptorum” (in praise of scribes) letter, to defend the (then) dying breed of scribes, whose expertise (knowing how to read and write) had been battered into redundancy for decades by one Johannes Gutenberg. The […]
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By pascaljappy | Opinion
So Sony announced the new iteration of their A7r range. And its promises are numerous and mouth-watering. Better AF, better sensor circuitry, a better battery, a better shutter mechanism, a better EVF, a better IBIS and the star of the show : pixel-shift. All at an unchanged price point. Sweet! Probably. Following […]
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By philberphoto | Monday Post
Ah what feels so good as opening a proper can of worms? I cannot resist, and thus open one called “Sony Vs Fuji”! Admittedly, Canon and Nikon still rank 1 & 2 in the “serious camera” space. But Sony and Fuji are the ones making progress at the expense of the over-conservative […]
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By pascaljappy | Opinion
Ask A-mount Sony users how they feel about the upgrade path for their dream cameras and you’re likely to suffer the burns of acid rain. I, myself, have been complaining a lot about the shortcomings of my photon-converter of choice : the A7r. Mind-bogglingly slow wake up times, a shutter loud enough to send a […]
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