René Burri was not only a Magnum photographer, but an inspiration to many photographers. Swiss born in 1933, René Burri passed on October 20, 2014. There is much written about him and his photographs surround the internet. His wikipedia article can be found here. Here I leave my tribute to…
Anyone that follows my photography knows that I love the Leica M rangefinder system -using digital and film bodies – and the Leica glass is second to none in most instances. So, with 3 new M bodies, 10 new lenses and 4 new cases introduced at Photokina, why am I…
Fuji pulled the X-Pro1 firmware version 3.0 due to a flaw in the movie mode. Today’s post is not about the photographic quality of the X-Series, but rather the reason that Fuji has made the X-Series the best camera on the market today. I may be stretching, but I don’t…
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…
UPDATE: I spoke with my contact at a Leica dealership and they confirmed that the build of the X Vario is much more like the Leica M and less like the Leica X2. The weight alone is about double the X2. I think the look is similar, but the frame…
The most recent firmware is released for the Fuji X100S. The version number is 1.03. My camera is not old an contains 1.01 from the factory, so I have updated to this firmware. Both 1.02 and 1.03 fix problems I have not experienced – issues with the OVF (optical view…
A new Leica M is on the way to be announced On June 11, says the Leica web site. The new model is slated to take the spot between the X2 and the classic digital M system and dubbed the ‘mini’. Presumably, the mini designation means small. This is an…
I have been using the beta version of Lightroom 2.1 for the last month or so with great success. Well, now Lightroom 2.1 is ready for release! You can get the downloads for Windows here and for Macintosh here. The readme file can be Downloaded here. A few things to…
Backing up image files in Adobe Lightroom continues to be a hot topic. It is the most laborious and tedious part of my Lightroom workflow, but also the most necessary. Anyone that has lost an image because of poor backups, and I am one of those, will agree. I found…
The user’s guide for Lightroom Galleries LRG Complete RC2.5.4 is now released. You can download it from the side bar here. Please note that we are releasing the User’s Guide at least as often as new release candidates come out. The frequency is high to keep up with the enormous…