Unless the MTF charts lie or there are other serious flaws, I know what my first ultra-wide lens will be: http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english/lens/digital/8_16_45_56.htm

My dear wife quaryn_dk this Christmas orchestrated a conspiracy to get me some special gifts for Christmas and birthday (which is 29/12): New lenses for my camera! Since I've promised to not buy more camera equipment except for money I earn from photography, and I'm finding it damn hard to actually earn anything, let alone make a profit, these two lenses ( Read more... )

It's interesting seeing more of the various "levels" of lens quality that's involved in professional photography ( Read more... )

Since my brain seems to have zonked out for now, I'll just post this little tidbit of photography ranting:
You cannot zoom with your feet!
So many people will tell you that instead of using a zoom lens, you should just "zoom with your feet", moving backwards or forwards to change magnification. Well, that's not zooming, that's changing perspective ( Read more... )

So I wrote earlier that I'd be buying a cheap (~€125) telezoom (Tamron 70-300 macro) if I didn't get something that would negate the need for that for my half-birthday.  It'd be good for teaching me what direction I should go once I have more money.  I'm now reconsidering that.  While it would be nice to have a long tele while in Germany ( ( Read more... )

I'm finding that 10x15 cm just doesn't look like much on a restaurant wall, even when framed, so I'm gonna increase the size on the pictures for the exhibit to be mostly 20x30 cm, except for some triples of 10x15s for narrow spaces and a single centerpiece (the butterfly) that I'll try to do in 30x40 or 30x45 (depending on whether I can crop it ( Read more... )

We've gotten a nice splash of snow here last week while Mickey has been in Oslo, but little sun, so no chances to take really good pictures of it. Then Thursday night I went up to join her for the weekend, thinking Norway must have much prettiness in winter. It turned out to have a lot of snow, or at least to get it while I was there -- some 30 ( Read more... )