Probably the best 85mm lens in 135 format, Zeiss Otus 85mm lens just became the newest member in my camera bag. No doubt it’s a fantastic portrait lens. But you can use it to shoot landscape as well. I’ve been using manual focus lenses almost exclusively for years and I totally agree with what others […]
Read moreA northern cardinal
This photo of a male northern cardinal was taken with Fujifilm X-Pro1 and Konica Hexanon AR 400mm f/5.6 UC AE lens. At f/16, the chromatic aberration (CA) along tree branches is well noticeable under this kind of backlight situation. Fortunately, the CA can easily be removed in the post-processing. The contrast, sharpness and color are […]
Read moreShooting Film
For years, I have been shooting both film and digital. Yet this year might be my last year shooting film, for it has become less and less practical for me in the past few years. This is just a thought, and still in doubt is whether or not I would give up films before I […]
Read moreCold
Comparing to the temperature today in Madison, the weather was actually not too bad when I was in Munising, MI, a week ago. The highest temperature was 8 degrees below zero around noon, and it may reach 17 degrees below zero tonight. Plus wind chill, it’s more like 30 to 40 degrees below zero. On […]
Read moreSimplicity
Once again, I am trying to work towards simplicity. This time the focus is on my photo equipment, and I think I have made a right decision recently, which is to go for a digital medium format camera. At the same time, most of my 35mm format digital and film equipment have to go. My […]
Read moreFujinon SW 105mm f/8
It’s been a very busy month in May. I took this picture on May 1st, but did not have it developed until today (June 5th). A special note to this picture is that it’s taken with the Fujinon SW 105mm f/8 lens that was successfully removed from my broken Fujifilm G617 camera and then mounted […]
Read moreTwo Trees
Some of you may know that I broke my Fujifilm G617 few months ago, and Fujifilm couldn’t repair it because the parts are no longer available. Not that I repaired it by myself, but I bought another one because I really love this format. Winter is finally gone. I feel it’s too hot already.
Read moreHasselblad to cease production of V system
Hasselblad announced yesterday that they are going to put their V system to an end. It’s not a surprising news, but I was always wondering when this day would come. I bought my first Hasselblad, a 501CM, in 2007, and my first project with the camera was 7 Days in Glacier National Park. Later I […]
Read morePhotokina 2012
It has been a very exciting photokina so far this year, if not the most exciting in the past decade. It’s good to see that Canon and Nikon finally make 35mm full-frame digital cameras more affordable, namely, Canon EOS 6D and Nikon D600. Sony’s A99 may be innovative, but I’m not a fan of electronic […]
Read moreLens cap
To be more precise, this should be called a lens cover instead of a lens cap. One of the advantages of this kind of cover is that I would not forget to take it off when shooting, which always bothers me when using a rangefinder or an external viewfinder with which I don’t see through […]
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