The workshop attendees shoot the SLR Magic 50 LM T0.95 Hyperprime on the M9 and NEX-5n Since I am now back home at my desk I can go over more images that were shot at the workshop using the new SLR Magic lens. These were shot by me and a few others at the workshop, [Read More...]
SLR Magic REALLY IS Magical…the LM 50 T0.95 ROCKS WOW! So today was the last day of the workshop in Los Angeles and I have to say that this was the most amazing workshop to date. It was a jammed packed weekend with lots of cool guest speakers, many amazing passionate attendees and lots of [Read More...]
The SLR Magic 50 T/0.95 in the Studio – Noctilux vs Hyperprime So here we are at Day two of the LA workshop and everyone is having a blast. The day started with an amazing talk and presentation from Jay Bartlett on studio portraiture. Everyone took to the studio with their M9′s, E-P3′s, Fuji X10′s and [Read More...]
LINKS: The FIRST Fuji X-Pro 1 review, PIC of the new Olympus OM-D and more. So the 1st Fuji X-Pro 1 review is online. It has been translated with the help of Google so it will note read perfectly but you can get an idea of what the reviewer thought about it. Thanks to Vlad [Read More...]
Check out the interview B&H Photo did with me for their insights blog, posted today! -
Panasonic GX1 vs Olympus E-P3 – Part 3 – RAW OK, here we are with part 3 of this continuing comparison between the new Panasonic GX1 and the Olympus E-P3. This time, after the difference in JPEGs by each camera yesterday where the GX1 tended to underexpose a little and the Oly overexposing a little [Read More...]
Panasonic GX1 vs Olympus E-P3 – Part 2 – Out of Camera JPEGS, Color and AWB Continuing from yesterdays PART 1 with the high ISO testing between the Panasonic GX1 and Olympus E-P3, today we will take a look at out of camera JPEG quality as well as the color output from each camera. Also, [Read More...]
For the newbies…RAW vs JPEG – Fixing your photo in under one minute! So Christmas morning you woke up to find a shiny new digital camera under the tree. Ahhhh! Just what you wanted! You already took it out to shoot and maybe realized that your images look flat, washed out, or even really dull. [Read More...]
Just saw that popflash.com has the Chrome Leica M9-P IN STOCK. The chrome version is the one that is high in demand so it will probably sell quick. Of course you can buy this chrome M9-P and give it a hot pink paint job like crazy Kai over at digital rev. Lol. Maybe I should [Read More...]
With all of the camera releases of 2011 what was your favorite one of the bunch? Listed below are some of the cameras that appeared in 2011, mostly ones I covered or talked about. If you do not see your favorite on the list below you can add it in. I know my favorite, what [Read More...]
Wow! – Must see photos – Russia in color, a century ago Someone posted this link to my Facebook wall and after I checked it out I knew I had to share it here. It is a collection of amazing photographs taken between 1909 and 1912 by Sergei Mikhalovic Prokudin-Gorskii (died in 1944). As I [Read More...]
A Day at the Zoo with my Leica M9-P and 50 Summitar f/2 Since I live in Phoenix AZ I get to enjoy mild and beautiful winters. Full sunshine, and mid 60′s in December makes for a perfect time of year to head outdoors. In the summer when the heat rises to a blistering 105-115 [Read More...]
The SLT Magic HyperPrime 23 1.7 for Sony NEX – Coming Dec 2011/Jan 2012 Here you go! I expect this to be a great lens as the latest stuff coming from SLR Magic and their HyperPrime series has been damn good. I will be reviewing this lens soon. It is a 35mm equivalent on any [Read More...]
Question and Answer Wednesday – Your questions answered! A couple of years ago I used to publish a weekly Q&A post where I would answer some of the questions sent in by readers. With questions flooding my inbox every day, and many of them asking the same things, I figured i would bring this back [Read More...]
Some low light high ISO snaps with the Nikon V1 I went out to a 10 year anniversary party of the town of Surprise, AZ tonight and brought along the Nikon V1 and 10mm lens to see just how it would do in low light without flash AND high ISO. Would the color get degraded? [Read More...]
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