Leica recently sent out a press release describing a new special edition version of the M8.2. Dubbed the “Safari Edition” it features an olive green paint job and matte silver colored ELMARIT-M 28mm f/2.8 ASPH.lens with a matching Billingham bag. A tribute to the 1960 M3 “Safari Edition”, only 500 of these babies are...
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Server is up and operational. One table was corrupted in the database, but a quick Repair Table command cleared that up. Allon-sy!
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The server that hosts PlanetAMD64/PlanetX64 is currently offline due to a concussed RAID controller. In spite of the fact that I have that server backed up to Mozy Pro, with a RAID 5 plus a hot-spare drive, the one real hardware failure that could kill us happened: RAID controller failure. Technically it’s not dead,...
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I would be remiss if I failed to talk about other medium format systems that offer an extensive solution for landscape and architectural photography. Case in point: Hasselblad. Long time purveyor of medium format cameras, Hasselblad has gone digital in a very big way. Their H-System is currently on its fifth generation with the...
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OK, this is not exactly a picture taken by me, but I did design the wallpaper. This is an Alpa 12 SWA technical camera with a Leaf Aptus-II digital back. It is used for architectural and landscape images because of its shift capabilities and the extremely high pixel count (up to 60 megapixels depending...
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Hartblei is a name that is not very well know on this side of the pond. This Ukrainian lens maker recently moved it headquarters to Munich, Germany. And struck a major deal with Medium Format Digital Back giant, Phase One, producing the tilt-shift lens for their Phase One Medium Format camera. I recently acquired...
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Jedi Knight Originally uploaded by Carlos Echenique This week’s image required the use of my tripod (Manfrotto 190XDB + Gitzo 1278M + RRS B2 Pro Clamp), RRS L-Plate on my D300, Nikon ML-3 Wireless Remote Trigger, Nikon D300 + Nikkor 35mm f/2 and my Parks Lightsaber (Volition Grip + Blue Phase Blade). Image was...
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Wow. Just got through possibly the worst coverage of Macworld I have ever seen. One can see that Steve Jobs is truly the dynamic force behind the scenes in Cupertino. To wit: No Steve = No live video feed No Steve = No Snow Leopard update No Steve = No Blu-ray support announcement No...
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I met Jim Lee at the PhotoPlus Expo in New York City last October. Jim was demonstrating his invention, the BRNO baLens Lens Cap. This clever gadget combines a custom white balance tool with a lens cap. The practical offshoot of this combo is that you have one less bit of kit to have...
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On Ur WallzOriginally uploaded by Carlos Echenique I have decided as a photographic exercise to blog about one of my photos every week. The photos have to be taken that week and I will post 52 of them during the course of the year. This first image is a tribute to Lolcats, a unique...
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