The Leica 28mm F2.8 Elmarit is not one of the most expensive (Leica) lenses, but sure is one of the best performing at the wide end. Its Aspherical! As with a lot of my gear reviews, the photo samples in this are available in full res to check out. A...
There are two versions of the Leica 50mm F2 Summicron. The non APO, or the amazing uber expensive APO. Both are F2. The APO is, by accounts, way sharper, but this review is about my non APO version (which is still bloody amazing). All the images in this review are available in...
So what happens when a shotgun hits a drone? Well, I recently found out. I was taking some video footage of a shotgun range in action. Was getting some awesome looking clips and shots of clay targets flying past and getting fit. But then…opps. I flew a little too close...
I’m actually stunned I did this. The Las Vegas Skyjump is nearly 900ft high from the top of the Stratosphere Tower. When you get to the top all the over buildings in Vegas look tiny! When I was in Veags in 2013, I chickened out of doing the jump and regretted it until...
This photo of the Munich Residenz Antiquarium is somthing I am very fond of. I thought I’d use it to show you how, and my philosophy to processing RAW images into usable files. It started life as a CR2 RAW from a Canon 6D. 24-105L, F8, 50ISO. For each of...
Ok, so recently I used some Frequent Flyer points to upgrade myself into first class on a Qantas flight from LAX to MEL. I’ll actually give a quick shout out to Point Hacks, which has a load of great info on building up your points quickly and how to get the best...
Well, yes, they sure can. You can apply filter after filter to your RAW or even JPG files and end up with an image that can look like it was taken on large format glass plates, crisp 1950s black and white, or off tinited/contrasty 1970s film, or more recent professional...
I’m comparing what are two if the best cameras by two of the best manufactures with what is regarded as some of their best lenses as far as sharpness goes. I was inspired to run this test myself after reading up on Ken Rockwell’s similar test here. Me personally, I...
I’m a Leica Street photographer, traveller, avid reviewer, marketer and blogger. I am, by my own admission, a gear nut but I don’t buy gear just to test it or pixel peep. I’m only interested in the art that can be produced with the gear. And seeing what emotions can be brought out in those who see my photos.