By Pascal Ollier | Opinion
The recent couple of posts on simplicity/complexity resonated with me in a particular way. When I started taking pictures some 30 odd years ago, I went for all-out simplicity. A body, a zoom lens and voilà! No need to change the lens, no need to focus, just P.H.D. (press here, dummy!). Since I […]
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By Paul Perton | How-To , Uncategorized
Just a few weeks ago, Cape Town was in real danger of becoming one of the world’s first major cities to run out of water. In several storage dams, the water level was nearing single digits; unrecoverable reserves, as the movement of water would stir up way too much silt and rubbish from the dam’s […]
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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 | Review
There are already plenty of Sony FE SEL70-200 f/4 G reviews online. But our feeling, here on DS, is that the new generation sensor on the A7R II interacts differently with given lenses than its predecessor, the A7R, did. So here are a few – straight out of camera – photographs made to illustrate the […]
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