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Alaskan Cruise Photo Gear Guide

August 18, 20098 CommentsPhoto Gear

Have you ever hunted through a photography forum for answers to such questions as, "What lens should I take on my Alaskan cruise?" or, "Should I bring a tripod on my Alaskan cruise?" If those forums left you with more questions than answers, I suggest you grab a cup of coffee, click on this link, and get reading. It contains a wealth of statistical information about both lens and camera usage, plenty of analysis comparing different stabilization techniques, and a cornucopia of discussion about all the photographic flotsam and jetsam that you might not even have considered taking aboard. Even if you're not planning an Alaskan cruise, this article might just make you want to take one.

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Geeking Out with a 50 ‘Cron

July 17, 20092 CommentsPhoto Gear

There are geeks and then there are photo geeks. In the old days, geeks worked in carnivals and were oddly entertaining folks who swallowed swords, hammered spikes into their nostrils, and decapitated chickens and snakes without benefit of a cleaver. The photo geek, by contrast, is not nearly so riveting. In fact, photo geeks are downright dull. They photograph things like test charts and brick walls, and talk about spherical aberrations and aperture diffraction rather than composition, light, and shadow. In general, I tend to avoid partaking in the nerdier aspects of photo geekiness. But ever since I began sharing M-mount lenses between the Leica M8 and the Panasonic DMC-G1, I've been consciously aware that they perform quite differently on the two cameras. Because of the way I use these lenses, I'm not actually bothered by this — but readers of this blog feel otherwise, and they asked me to write specifically about the differences between these cameras when using M-mount lenses. This article discusses one such lens — a 1991 Leica v5 50mm f/2 Summicron — and the performance differences one sees when mounting it on a Panasonic DMC-G1 vs. a Leica M8.

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Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

January 2, 2009No commentPhoto Gear

A short, subjective review of the Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM with sample images.

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Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM

December 18, 20081 commentPhoto Gear

A short, subjective review of the Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM with sample images.

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Lensbaby 3G

December 18, 2008No commentPhoto Gear

A short, subjective review of the Lensbaby 3G with sample images.

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Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

December 18, 20081 commentPhoto Gear

A short, subjective review of the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II with sample images.

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Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM

December 15, 2008No commentPhoto Gear

A short, subjective review of the Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM with sample images.

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Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L

December 15, 2008No commentPhoto Gear

A short, subjective review of the Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L with sample images.

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Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye

December 15, 2008No commentPhoto Gear

A short, subjective review of the Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye with sample images.

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