By Paul Perton | Opinion
Nestled in my cupboard down in the Western Cape is a veritable Aladdin’s Cave of Nikon lenses. The 50 f1.4, 28 f2.8 and 105 f2.5 are all pre-AI and years-long favourites. There’s a much loved (and bitch to focus) 500mm f8 mirror and lots more – right across the technology spectrum, up to the point […]
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By Pascal Ollier | How-To
I had always wanted to “have it all” in one shot. Simultaneously, pano and stitching are too complicated, time consuming for me. When going digital seriously after leaving both my film years and a first dabble with pocket cameras, I screwed a Sigma 12-24 onto a Nikon D 200 first and 300 afterwards. To me, […]
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By pascaljappy | Review
I must be getting rusty. As the time comes to write a review of the Zeiss Loxia 25 that co-author Philippe so kindly lent me for a 2-week trip to Japan, words fail me. The thing is, there isn’t a lot to say about this lens, if you stick to the conventional review process. It […]
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By Paul Perton | Review
I thought I’d done with zoom lenses some years ago, when the Sony NEX showed me just how many quality images I could shoot with manual prime lenses and a little more personal application. I’m convinced that this simple symbiosis had a radical impact on my photography and so, was determined to stay on […]
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By philberphoto | Monday Post
I need help here. Or, at least, I need company. I am in the process of looking at lenses in the event that I decide to rebuild a new camera system. So I am looking at quite a few possibilities, and researching the pictures made by various lenses, all mounted on Sony A7x cameras. I […]
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By Paul Perton | Opinion
Cats years are reckoned to be nine of ours. Dogs, seven. There’s agreement on that, but not much on camera longevity, especially if it’s a Leica. I’m not sure I don’t think that’s a bit disingenuous. Got it yet? Yes, I succumbed a year ago. I bought an almost brand new […]
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Around a year ago, Philippe wrote this review of the then new Sony “G Master” (GM) 24-70mm f2.8 zoom for their full frame E mount cameras. In his review he talked about the excellence of the lens, it’s resolution, it’s sharpness, it’s contrast, but also it’s lack of “magic”. His conclusion was that many modern lenses such […]
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By Paul Perton | Opinion
Surrounded by friends of many decades and places past, a week of salmon fishing on the Spey has become a part of our annual calendar. Filled with food, laughter, a more than adequate supply of booze and an occasional fishy catch, there are also quiet times in most days which allow for photographic exploration and […]
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By Steffen Kamprath | Opinion
I recently overheard a conversation in a pub between two photographers which went like this:* #1 … It doesn’t matter! Imagine that on the upcoming model of the camera with vastly improved AF! Faster, more focus points, 98% coverage, always on-point … #2 But 6 months ago you said, the current generation has incredible fast […]
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By pascaljappy | Review
This is a very interesting guest post by Brian Patterson on how and why to adapt enlarger lenses to outfit modern day cameras. Refreshing … Be sure to click on the clematis shot, it is full size and shows the lovely image quality of the lens. Brian, thanks a lot for sharing this. That’s […]
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