A while back, I tested a group of medium telephoto lenses on the Sony a7II. The lenses in the last test were: Zeiss 85mm f/4 ZM (Leica M mount) Tele-Tessar. Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 Otus. Leica 90mm f/2 Apo Summicron-M ASPH. AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 G. Tamron SP AF Di 90mm f/2.8 Macro. The Otus and… [Read More]
Archives for 2016
Planning for long exposures
Back in the large-format film era, there were many images that showed pronounced motion blur from moving water. In many cases, it looked really nice. When films were slow and lenses stopped down to f/90, it was pretty easy to get moving water looking creamy, especially since midday was usually a time for siestas and… [Read More]
A book report – getting the pages flat
This is a continuation of a series of posts that I started what seems like a long time ago about getting a book designed and published. The series starts here. Almost all of the photos in the Staccato series are wider than they are high. Many are a great deal wider than the image height…. [Read More]
A book report — proofreading
This is a continuation of a series of posts that I started what seems like a long time ago about getting a book designed and published. The series starts here. I’ve already posted about how I’m proofing the images for the book. However, there’s a less-fascinating (to photographers) but still important, proofing task: all the… [Read More]
A book report — coloring outside the lines
This is a continuation of a series of posts that I started what seems like a long time ago about getting a book designed and published. The series starts here. A lot has happened since I last reported on this project in — gosh, has it been that long? — July. In this post, I… [Read More]
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