Pick (a) Pocket: The Minolta TC-1
April 1, 201610 CommentsPhoto GearvBookThe Minolta TC-1 is 27% smaller than my iPhone 6S, more ergonomic, and loads the world’s finest collection of retro filters — film. If only it could get a dial tone.
Author Archive for Egor – Page 11
POV
March 1, 201615 CommentsMusings7.4 billion people. 7.4 billion competing points of view. Sometimes it's therapeutic to have a blog.
jaPANorama
February 1, 201616 CommentsMusingsPhoto GearvBookWho in their right mind would drag an old Widelux F7 panoramic film camera to Tokyo some 15+ years past the dawn of the 21st Century? Precisely.
Camera Season: The Leica SL
January 1, 201613 CommentsPhoto GearThe Leica SL is a big camera... with a big list of pro features... and a really really big native lens. To review it properly would require an equally big article. Which is exactly why this isn't a proper review. Instead, this article looks only at one particular aspect of the Leica SL — its ability to work with adapted M-mount rangefinder lenses.
Extending Myers-Briggs
December 7, 201521 CommentsMusingsThanks to yours truly, the oft-maligned corporate tool known as Myers-Briggs has a new extension that applies directly to photographers. Whether or not this is a good thing is totally up to you.
A Minor Delay
November 30, 20159 CommentsULTRA newsWhat does one do when one vows to publish at least one article per calendar-month, yet arrives back home — jet lagged and fully booked — on the final day of a month spent mostly in Tokyo? One writes a short article to explain why there's no article that month — thus honoring (though somewhat deceptively) one's vow.
On Myth and Minitars
September 17, 201521 CommentsPhoto GearRecently, the mad scientists at Lomography surgically removed the Minitar lens from their cult-classic LC-A camera, tarted it up by grafting on a Leica M-mount bayonet, and sent it into the night to tempt us weak and sinful lens addicts. I'm only human. I succumbed. And here, for the benefit of other weaklings, is my report from the stone-cold morning after.
Is Relevance Relevant?
August 19, 201512 CommentsMusingsA relatively relevant reflection on irrelevance.
Human 2.0
July 20, 20153 CommentsMusingsI haven't seen any mention via online rumour sites, but I think it would be rather ignorant to assume that someone somewhere isn't hard at work on the Human 2.0 project. What new features can we look forward to? What bugs will finally be fixed? And is there anything that can be done to actually make me a better photographer?
Copy Proof
June 22, 201512 CommentsMusingsIn this article, I tackle the trendy subject of copyright infringement, and reveal my secret method for discouraging would-be image thieves.
Sentences and Sensibility: Leica’s M (246) Pt. 2
May 14, 201549 CommentsPhoto GearThis is ULTRAsomething's second installment in the "Sensibility Series." It features thousands of words, grouped into hundreds of sentences — a handful of which are actually about the topic it purports to discuss: the Leica M Monochrom (Type 246). I should also mention that it's populated with over a dozen actual photos — and not a one of them falls into the category of "pretty marketing shot" or "test shot." Undeterred? Then read on.