B&W Fine Art Photography
B&W Fine Art Photography
Reader, beware: this is a rant, but not a luddite one. I covet new technologies, and I have often been an early and keen adopter of this kind of novelties. But the key is: never for the sake of the novelty alone. Everyone, me included, chases the latest camera with the illusion that it will …
It is probably worth repeating a few words of advice I gave in the previous review involving a Russian lens. Just skip ahead if you’ve read them already. Disclaimer First a bit of advice. A review is always speaking of a single lens, really, given quality control issues, the previous life accidents in a …
Disclaimer First a bit of advice. A review is always speaking of a single lens, really, given quality control issues, the previous life accidents in a pre-owned lens and so on. But with the so called Russian lenses this advice assumes an entirely new extent. First of all because of the extremely poor quality control …
Now it has been a while from my switch from the Canon Eos 5D Mark II to a Sony Nex 7 (yes, not A7). And in the meantime I’ve learned a few more things. You can find the previous post here: Why I switched from Canon to Sony Control layout I was afraid …
I never understood why people insisted on using an old twin lens reflex like the Rolleicord or the Rolleiflex, and even more difficult to understand for me was the attachment they seemed to develop to their cameras up to the point to prefer this old beauties to more substantial Hasselblad and the likes. Until, a …
You can read an update of my experience with the Sony Nex 7 here: Why I switched from Canon to Sony, an update A few weeks ago I made the switch from the Canon 5D Mark II to a Sony Nex 7. Yes, it is not a typo: I do mean Nex 7 …