January 2009 - Photo Jottings

January 29 2009

1/29/09

Check out the Sony 85mm F/1.4 Carl Zeiss Planar review.  This is an expensive special use lens aimed at advanced amateurs, as well as professional photographers.  Uses include portraiture work, and available light, hand-held shooting.  This very well built lens is sharp wide open, but exhibits normal veiling haze and axial color fringing at F/1.4-2.  Big deal, when…

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January 23 2009

1/23/09

I have a new Favorite links page now located on the Nav bar to the left.  It’s incomplete, so I’ll be adding to it occasionally, until I get them all up and organized.  Look for the Sony 85mm F/1.4 review sometime next week.  I’m running it through the paces right now.

Has anyone noticed the Sony A900 sensor is…

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January 20 2009

1/20/09

I have a couple of updates, one of them way overdo!!  But first, check out the guy cruising through the neighborhood with a jet pack on!  Click the picture for a quick tour and explanation.

Next, and the one way overdo is the lens review methods and terminology page.  This page explains what’s behind the lens reviews, the …

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January 15 2009

1/15/09

Check out the review of a “really wide” wide-angle zoom lens, the Sigma 12-24mm F/4.5-5.6.  I got carried away again, (didn’t I just say that?) and posted quite a few pictures, so dial up users be patient. I finally lucked out and picked up a good Sigma lens without having to send it back immediately for warranty work!  …

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January 12 2009

1/12/09

I got a little carried away with the lens reviews updates, and decided to include some MTF charts (on G and CZ) and internal lens illustrations on most Sony lenses.  Go here for an example, and scroll down to the last product shots.  I pulled these from the Sony pdf lens & accessories brochure, though Sony hasn’t updated …

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January 4 2009

1/4/09

I’ve finished all the full frame lens reviews, so there’s no gap in results anymore.  I’m re-checking all the “DT” lenses for any inaccuracies, then I’ll move on to more lens reviews.  Proof reader Andy; I updated the Minolta TC compatibility paragraph!!  Thanks.

 Also, I moved the October home page entries to the Home page archives, so if something…

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