Compact, competent & steady. You want this lens. At time of writing, the Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 G OSS for full frame Sony E-mount (i.e. the A7, A7r, A7s) cameras is a bit of a white buffalo. Few have seen one in the wild. Fortunately, I got my hands on one to purchase, thanks to a […]
Sony A7r: A better APS-C camera than the Sony A77?
A provocative title – but a real consideration Ok, it’s not really fair to call the A7r a “better crop camera” than an A77… but a comparison between the two is quite interesting. One really cool thing about the Sony A7r that has become more and more apparent is that it is an excellent APS-C […]
The SWITCH – 7 Stages of moving from Canon to the Sony A7r.
The Leica Boss loves Leica. This is established. But this doesn’t mean I have an “M-only” view of photography. Actually – I always shot Canon. My Dad shot Canon and I caught the “bug” from him. In 1996, I saved enough to purchase my first SLR (an EOS Elan IIe) and I received my first […]
My cat is unimpressed with the FE 24-70mm f/4 OSS
The jury is still out on how I feel about the FE 24-70mm f/4 OSS. It does quite a few things unreasonably well. Like stupidly well. It is also comically bad in some ways. One thing is absolutely clear… the cat is NOT impressed with this lens. Share!
Sony FE 24-70mm – What did you expect? A bag of primes?
The Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 4/24-70 ZA came in from B&H the other day, and sat at my desk for a few hours. I wasn’t filled with that excited “Christmas morning” feeling that usually comes with a package from B&H. Why? Because it’s a zoom lens. A middle-of-the-road zoom lens… and I was only hoping for […]
Sony’s “Crop Mode” Saved Me $2,800.00
I’m an unapologetic gearhead. But the 75mm Summicron was too indulgent even for the Leica Boss. Leica’s 75mm APO Summicron f/2 APSH is an amazing lens. It’s discussed very little, but quietly possesses an image quality that rivals the best lenses ever designed. It is technical perfection while retaining a wonderful, “emotional” rendering. I had […]
The A7r + Summicron 35mm f/2 ASPH – HOLY Curved Plane of Focus!
UPDATE: Yes. “Curved Plane of Focus” doesn’t really mean anything. Geometry types will hate the title – given that planes are not curved. Mr. Itri from high school would have been ashamed of me. The A7r is TORTURE for certain lenses. Very bad things. So what’s happening in those corners? Here’s a quick demonstration of […]
Sony A7r + Leica Summilux 50mm f/1.4 ASPH – Does it bokeh?
Question: Does the Sony A7r (or the A7) bokeh with the Leica Summilux 50mm f/1.4 ASPH? Answer: Yes. Of course. If you pixel peep bokeh (especially bokeh balls) – you may find that aspherical lenses do create some roughness and texture in the out of focus highlights – but it’s really splitting hairs. The Summilux 50mm […]
Your A7r wants a wide angle lens. What do you do?
Your Sony A7r or A7 wants a wide angle lens. What now? First, let’s get this out of the way. At the launch of the A7 and A7r, the forum talk started a frenzied look into the corners of the images with rangefinder lenses. Color shifts are quite evident with most lenses wider than 50mm […]
Shot Recipe. Snowy Tree – Sony A7r + Leica Summarit 35mm f/2.5
Here’s a step-by-step process for achieving the effect in the following photo – taken during a pretty nasty, wet snow here in New Jersey with the Sony A7r (ILCE-A7r) and Leica Summarit M 35mm f/2.5, wide open (f/2.5) at ISO 160 and 1/2000 sec. The idea was to have a relatively low-contrast, mily shot with […]