I spent a week at the Outer Banks of North Carolina with extended family. I shot over 800 images using only two lenses – a Voiglander Nokton 50mm f/1.5 (newest version) and a Leica M 28mm ASPH f/2.0. The next few articles will be some reflections and experiences on this…
First, sorry for the lack of posting this month – vacation and boy scout camp put a damper on computer time, but certainly not the photography time. I’m processing about 1,000 images from a week at camp, solely with the X-Pro1 and X100s. Some of the images will surprise you…
UPDATED: I updated some of the links to Camera Quest and changed ‘dealer’ to ‘distributor’ as Stephen so kindly pointed out! Thanks, Stephen! I received my 10th anniversary, nickel plated, brass housed, Voigtlander 50mm Heliar. This lens is a screw mount and collapsable, reminiscent of the early film days. Voigtlander…
Storm clouds are a great opportunity for photography. I’ve said before that the exposure is key to being a great photographer. Well, storm clouds offer some of those challenges. For starters, the dynamic range inside the cloud is very wide. Where the sun pokes through is extremely bright and easy…
Sometimes you just nail the exposure. I find that when that happens to me, it was really just perfect lighting. Ironically, yesterday I posted about the importance of getting the best possible exposure as the top priority. Today, I went down the Reef Bay trail to some 1,000 year old…
First, this is not scientific, but a simple review of two images to compare the flare in two Leica wide angle lenses. In order to make a more thorough conclusion, one would need to take multiple images at varying f/stops and conditions with more measurable data. I decided to make…