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According to many photographers, myself included, the Mamiya 7 was the best camera ever designed. It allowed a reasonably priced but oh-so-high quality foray into nature with some of the best lenses money could buy and easy, silent operation in the field. Under any conditions, you returned with transparencies that could turn inspection under the […]
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Here is the paradox: take the Sony NEX camera, arguably the one which is trickiest when it comes to designing good lenses to work with it because of its very short registry (distance from lensor to back of lens) relative to sensor size, and yet, it is the almost perfect, universal platform for lenses of […]
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Did you ever try going out with a new prime lens only and finding out just how much one can do when there is no choice but one focal length? I find that a most enlightening and enjoyable choice. Some of my best pictures come just when I think: “ah! I can’t be bothered to […]
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Sony’s new RX1 camera could cause a sensation. It’s a gorgeous camera that could fulfil the dreams of many photographers. Small, full frame and equipped with a high pedigree lens in a configuration that could optimise the match between glass and silicon to provide unprecedented levels of image quality in a compact camera. So, should […]
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Rumours of a Full-Frame NEX camera to come recently triggered jolly flame wars with (uneducated) comments successively denouncing the technical impossibility of the task and, more interestingly, how pointless the whole endeavour is. Now that comes as no surprise. The photo world is dotted with interest niches and, as self-centeredness often overrides intellect, fanboy antics […]
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My friend Boris asked me if, after our first experience together shooting Ludwig’s crazy castle Neuschwanstein, I would be interested to shoot with him over an extended April week-end in the Lofoten islands. The what? Where? But Boris being who he is, meaning a superb landscape photographer, I accepted. We also decided to extend the […]
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UPDATE : Rolling review on the way Episode 1 : The review begins Episode 2 : The Olympus OM-D E-M5 as a street photography camera (with plenty more) I am writing these initial words in Notepad, tearing along the vineyards of Burgundy at 200mph in the fast train taking me from Paris back to my […]
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5 months ago, a tiny newcomer crossed the threshold of my house and joined the long line of cameras to replace an ageing Nikon D80. The Sony NEX-5n has caught my eye on sonyalpharumors and seemed like the right camera for a soon-to-come trip to Australia. I bought it with the intention of using it […]
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“Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet” the old TV ad used to go (maybe it still does). Except it ain’t. Happiness is WA. Southwestern Oz is simply the most refreshing, relaxing and stimulating place I know on earth. As Paradises go, Busselton is rather too touristy to make it to the top rungs of my […]
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On my way to the Louvre to make the pictures from the previous post (NEX-5n vs NEX-7) several interesting scenes caught my fancy, including several statues in an art gallery. UPDATE : A summary of all this website’s reviews of the Sony NEX-5n and NEX-7 is now available. As always, click pictures for larger versions, […]
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