Recently, I’ve heard photographers decrying the rise of the cellphone camera, complaining that the pictures are terrible. “How can people do that? Don’t they care about quality? They’ll never know what a good photograph is.” It reminds me of the still-active kerfuffle in audiophile-land about music that’s undergone lossy compression – think MP3 and AAC…. [Read More]
Wag the dog part 7
When I started putting Leica lenses on the Sony NEX-5, I assumed that just about any Leica lens was going to be a big step up from the Sony 16mm that comes with the camera (you can also get the camera with the 18-55 mm zoom). I was surprised to find image quality to be… [Read More]
Wag the dog, part 6
In Wag the dog, part 3, I pronounced the Novoflex adapter’s flange distance perfect. That seemed to be true for the Tri-Elmar, but further experimentation with other lenses shows that some focus beyond infinity to a greater or lesser degree. The errors are small and would likely not be significant in normal photography, but the… [Read More]
Wag the dog, part 5
I decided to complete my testing of Sony and Leica lenses on the Sony NEX-5 by comparing some Leica lenses to the Sony 18-55 mm zoom. I used three Leica lenses for the comparison: The 16-18-21 mm Tri-Elmar, set at 18 mm to match the shortest setting of the Sony zoom The 24 mm f/2.8… [Read More]
Wag the dog, part 4
I did some lens testing this week: The Sony 16mm f/2.8 on the NEX-5 The 16-18-21 Tri-Elmar on the NEX-5 The 18mm f/3.8 Super Elmar-M on the NEX-5 and, just for completeness: The 16-18-21 Tri-Elmar on the M9 The 18mm f/3.8 Super Elmar-M on the M9 It wasn’t very formal, but was enough for me… [Read More]
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