This is part 2 in a series of posts on the prototype Kolari Vision thin-stack sensor modification for the Sony a7II. The series starts here. There are many reasons to expect that lenses designed for the zero-thickness sensor stack of film will do better with a thinner stack on a digital sensor, and the previous… [Read More]
Archives for July 2015
Kolari Vision thin-stack mod on a7II — 28mm Elmarit-M
The nice folks at Kolari Vision have loaned me a prototype of a Sony alpha 7 Mark II (hereafter called the a7II) which has been modified with a thinner sensor stack and removal of the anti-aliasing (AA) filter, with the aim of providing better corner performance with rangefinder legacy lenses. Though a prototype, I expect… [Read More]
Making pictures from one spot
I’ve been working on a series of photographs all made from the same location. I may move my tripod a few feet, but, since the hills which are the subject are several miles away, there is no discernible effect, other than my being able to point the camera in slightly different directions because of foliage… [Read More]
A call to action
This year is the 50th anniversary of Arlo Guthrie’s song-cum-rap “Alice’s Restaurant“. In the song, Guthrie tells the story about how an arrest for littering made him ineligible for the draft. Toward the end, he calls for draft resistance movement based on his experience. As far as I know, it didn’t go anywhere despite the… [Read More]
Stitchery
From the mailbag: Hi Jim, I have been following your landscape photos and they are absolutely brilliant. I saw you mentioned something about stitching and was wondering if you could detail your method. Reason I am asking is that I am going to get rid of my A7r in preparation for the M2 and will… [Read More]