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Review: Leica M4-P

admin — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:36:22 +0000

This one was my first Leica, and even if I eventually ended up selling it I regretted the decision right from day one.

The body of the features of the Leica M4-P are practically the same… Read the rest

Review: Pentax 67 45mm f/4

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:22:12 +0000

I wish I could say great things of this lens, because I like it a lot.

But, despite the quite useful focal length that brings a lot of space in your photos, this Pentax lens is… Read the rest

Review: Minolta M-Rokkor 28mm f/2,8 for Leica M

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:02:55 +0000

A little, sweet lens, the most overlooked of the entire Leica (well, Minolta…) M catalog probably because of its “bubble-related” problem.

Bubbles? Yes.

There are many theories about the causes, but this lens has almost in… Read the rest

Review: Pentax 6×7

admin — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:43:27 +0000

Thousand of pro use and have used this camera every days all over the world, so it has to be good, right?

And indeed it is.

But the real question is: it is good enough?

Don’t… Read the rest

Free Adobe Lightroom preset

admin — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:39:35 +0000

A little present for all my readers!

This is an Adobe Lightroom preset that I’ve developed mostly for people pictures, but that suits well even to some kind of landscape photographies:

Happy people… Read the rest

Review: Leica M6

admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:49:09 +0000

In a previous post (the one regarding the Canon Eos 1n) I asked if it still makes sense nowadays to use a 35mm camera.

The Leica M6 (and for what matter almost every Leica Ms) demonstrate… Read the rest

Review: Pocket Light Meter for iPhone

admin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:01:19 +0000

The software house Nuwaste studios produce an app very interesting for everyone still devoted to film photography that own an IOS capable device, say an iPhone or an iPod Touch.

It’s called Pocket Light… Read the rest

Review: Hasselblad Zeiss Planar 80mm f/2,8

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:37:27 +0000

The Sonnar is often overlooked because is the standard lens that almost everyone buy with an Hasselblad.

But this do not means that it is not a great performer.

Quite the opposite, indeed!

Designing a normal… Read the rest

Review: Hasselblad 500c/m

admin — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:37:16 +0000

Ok, I have to admit: this review is completely flawed.

I love the ‘blad!

The Hasselblad is the first auto-composing camera that I know of.

It has some kind of magic: every time I put it… Read the rest

FEM: Film Equivalent Megapixels

admin — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:54:16 +0000

How many megapixels does film have? And I mean: for real, not the bazillion that the “experts” ascribe to it. The complete and yet unfulfilling answer is: depends. Mostly by ISO and by the format size,… Read the rest