This is a loaded question depending on who you speak with. Some are tied to brands and some to focal lengths. The purpose of this discussion is to figure out what weaknesses a typical lens has and which of those weaknesses may be most important to have fixed. Finding a…
Pages for Black and White with the Fuji X-Series Settings for Great Black and White with the Fuji X100s – Part I Settings for Great Black and White with the Fuji X100s – Part II (here) It’s a long time coming, but I wanted too finish the discussion I started…
I waited for two days as the tracking number showed my package getting closer to delivery. Like the initial hype of the Leica X-Vario, I didn’t want to build my expectations too high for the X-E2, but the concept of the X-Trans II sensor and better focusing was too tempting….
Light. Light is the essence of photography. Concentrated light can enhance and change the mood of many photographs. The absence of light can have the same mood altering effect. The creative fun in photography is learning which and when to use what kind of light! I pass an old Coca-cola…
There are several photography quotes I really like. First, “the best camera is the one you have with you” and second, “practice, practice, practice.” There is no doubt in my mind that anyone aspiring to produce great photographs has to practice exposure techniques more than anything else. Learning the physics…
One of the unique attributes of the FujiFilm X-Series is the way the color pixels are laid out on the sensor. Most color digital sensors have a pattern of red, green and blue pixels. Without going into great scientific detail, there are more green pixels than red or blue, but…
How often in today’s world do we get lazy and let something else make our decisions for us? The Auto Gremlin is culprit. The car will keep the temperature at an automatic level we set. The RSS feeds keep us from having to visit each web site and look to see…
The Monochrom is producing black and white images that remind me so much of my days developing silver halide (which I still do, by the way, with a Leica MP). I have also written a variety of posts on how well the Fuji X100s in-camera JPEG’s deliver in terms of…
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…
On monday a large storm front moved through the Charlott, NC region. The wind was blowing hard and the clounds kept coming in waves. They would string out in a long line and you could see where the change in temperature was in the atmosphere. The hot and cold spots…