Category: Cameras
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Short review of Sony NEX-5
First thing first: I prefer a Contax 139, or a Nikon FM2, to the Sony NEX-5. But this comparison would be too much heterogeneous: the NEX is a digital camera. As such, the NEX is a great camera, and I think that disparaging it mostly comes from a psychological embarrassment of the kind “too small,…
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Some cameras, many cameras
Having just received my second Contax 139 (to replace my beloved original one that I got when I was 16), I reckon this is the right time to summarise my photographic equipment. I am not a collector. I own cameras and lenses because I use them, with the only exception of the first in the…
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Durham Cathedral
Some time ago I proposed it would not be difficult to improve on the quality of the current photos of Durham found on the web. I photographed the Cathedral and… well, what would the Cathedral be without the potent lighting equipment that surrounds it? Here it is. By the way, my iStock collection of Durham…
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Portrait cameras
People talk of good portrait lenses, but usually forget about good portrait cameras. My Bronica SQ-A is a great camera, but not a great portrait camera. Unless used in a studio, on a tripod, with the mirror locked up and with your eyes on the model rather than in the viewfinder, what happens in practice…