In a previous post – you can see it here – I mentioned Dr. Pratt’s developer in passing. A web search for it yields no results. I’d like to give the formula and instructions for its use here, so that it becomes part of the collective cyber-consciousness. Dr. Pratt’s developer is a two-solution paper developer… [Read More]
Landscape Light
No, that’s not “Landscape Lite”, as in lo-cal, dumbed-down, mindless eye candy. It’s light, as in easy-on-the-back, footloose-and-fancy-free, spontaneous, fluid, and instinctual. The key is leaving the tripod at home, and restricting your total equipment weight to five pounds or so. On a recent trip to Jackson Hole, I gave it a try. I took… [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]