Posts under ‘Reviews’

Last year, on September 9, 2009 (09/09/09), Leica Camera surprised everyone by unveiling their second generation digital M rangefinder camera, the Leica M9. The photographic world was pleasantly surprised that Leica, who had vehemently denied the development of a new digital rangefinder, managed to pull this rabbit out of the hat.

Last year, Cosina’s Voigtlander division introduced a new lens in it’s SL II lineup. This tack-sharp 20mm wide angle lens produces stunning results and is a very good addition to any enthusiast’s lens collection.

Leica dealer, Leica Fanatic, and good buddy David Farkas has posted his extended Leica S2 System Review based on his trip to Leica High Command (at their invitation). Read on and enjoy a well thought out and comprehensive review.

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OpenACircle is an online collaboration and social networking site aimed at providing home-based and small-to-medium businesses with an affordable means to collaborate over the web. I was asked by them to review their service offerings. I am being compensated (slightly) for my efforts.
Using the concept of circles, OpenACircle seeks to combine social networking, desktop & [...]

One of the marvels of digital photography is the fact that taking photos no longer requires an investment of cash every single time you want to see how your photos turned out. One thing I tell my students all the time: TAKE PHOTOS! With digital, there is no recurring cost to practice.
This will lead you [...]

Last October I attended the Photo Plus Expo in NYC (coverage here) and there had the opportunity to talk to The Animoto Guys. There I was introduced to one of the most amazing Web 2.0 applications I have ever seen – Animoto.
For the uninitiated, Animoto allows you to produce stunning, one-of-a-kind, professional-grade music video style [...]

One of the questions I often hear from my photography students is “Why does my photo look fine on the screen, but the colors are all wrong when I print it?” The moment you ask that question (even to yourself), you have crossed over into the Twilight Zone known as colorspace management.
In a nutshell, the [...]

Cosina Voigtlander (CV) is a japanese camera maker that specializes in 35mm film rangefinder cameras. They also make their own lenses and are quite good at it since Cosina is the manufacturing partner of Carl Zeiss, AG. While the lion’s share of lenses they make are for Leica Thread Mount (LTM) and Leica M-mount, they [...]

Nikon,D300,Review
On August 23, 2007 Nikon introduced two new pro-level cameras: the top-of-the-line D3 and the more modestly priced D300. Both cameras offer weather-sealed bodies, 12.3 Mpix sensors, high-speed photography, 51-point autofocus, 1,005 point exposure sensor but the D300 offers all this in a small body form-factor with a DX sensor (1.5x EFOV) for only $1,799 [...]