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Good advertising is focused and accurate. It eschews flourish for clarity and demonstrates a product's or service's unique capabilities.
With a single exception, CP+2018’s mirrorless camera booths were the opposite. In bold typography and with pretty models, they postured style, and lacked substance, or, ineptly, they revealed the weaknesses of the products they demonstrated.
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A month ago I ordered the X-H1. It arrived at my office just as I was off to CP+ 2018. It is a fine camera at an interesting price. In my opinion, it is far easier to hold and to use than the X-T series, the 1 which previously I owned and which helped push me into the world of Leica. And, it certainly feels better in the hand than a Sony A7iii.
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A question I'm often asked - what is your favourite 50mm lens? - is tough to answer. In terms of aesthetics, Voigtländer's 50mm 1,5 Nokton ASPH is hard to beat. And while its handling isn't great, it is also built damn well. Its colour, bokeh, and overall draw are ridiculously good. It retails for around 1000$ USD.
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I loved the pre-Milvus version of this lens, but when I sold my D800 I had no place to use it. It did't work on my M240, it didn't work on my Fujifilm X-T1- a fact the Leica SL and Novoflex's active EOS/SL adapter changed.
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The biggest money-makers in my studio are the GFX-50s, and the Schneider APO Makro 120mm F/5,6 Digital. Because the combination - in between which a Cambo Actus GFX and Cognisys StackShot 3x are sandwhich - is far from pretty, the Schneider must wait for its day in the sun.
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Soon after the GFX-50s was announced I sold my Hasselblad CFV-50c and Linhof M679cs. And, under the assumption that I'd use it like my favourite 50mm lens, I purchased the 63mm F/2,8 GF lens.
Reviews for it are good. It is light, easy to use, and despite making F150-like noises when focusing, keeps to itself. I hope to use it someday. Until then, I'll use it as a prop, or advertising for my portfolio.
For this image:
Taking camera: Fujifilm GFX-50s
Taking lens: Sinaron Digital 100/4 enlargment lens (Composit showdown - YouTube)
Focusing system: Cambo Actus GFX (more on this technical camera here)
Cognisys's automated macro and other products have been in the back of my mind since late 2016. Recently extreme macro (up to 6x) photography has become more and more important for my work. As a result, I've had to invest in automation- or a friend put it, letting the robots do my work.
After watching the above video, by all means click on the below link to find out more about the Cognisys StackShot 3X extended and the stable, repeatable world of automated macro photography.
Disclaimer: I picked my copy up from a local online retailer in Japan. This review is unaffiliated with anyone but my own bad attitude.
I wasn’t a 40mm guy on 26 November when my VM 40mm/F1,2 copy came in. After capturing about a thousand images of my daughter, a few of my wife, and about a dozen bokeh frames of our beloved IKEA Christmas tree, I’m ready to say that I’m still not a 40mm guy- at least not on a Leica M.
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Photo credit: FCC filing, via Leica Rumors
There are but a handful of hours before the Leica M10 will be announced in Wetzlar. Leica Rumors have kept a tabs on what we know about the camera and what we can only guess.
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Frequently I am asked what cameras/lenses I use to photograph amps, DACs, earphones, speakers, jewellery, etcetera. The short answer is: something with geared focus and flexible bellows. The long answer is: because I have gone from Horseman to Rollei to Novoflex to Fujifilm to Linhof, and seemingly back to Rollei, why not check with me next year?
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