Unique Blend of Compactness, Super Speed and Perfect Imperfections: 1930s Sonnar Lenses on the Leica M9 and M Monochrom
By BRIAN SWEENEY The revival of rangefinder photography in the 21st century has been guaranteed by the availability of the new generation of Leica digital cameras. The Epson RD-1 and Leica M8 opened the digital world to rangefinder enthusiasts. The M9 allowed use of 80 years of…
Et Voilà the Leica Mini M — the First EVIL M?
It sure doesn’t get boring in the photography gear world. We’re expecting a full-frame Sony NEX sometime in 2014, are just told that Panasonic will revive the legendary DMC-L1 with a “dream camera” successor, and now Leica does what I expected them to do back in March…
Bangladesh Garment Industry — The Pains of a Success Story
Sorry for recently pulling the post dedicated to Taslima Ashkter’s A Final Embrace. Error of judgment. It’s one thing to post a photography of dead people on the front page — and another thing, as someone commented, to exploit such victims. Looks like the couple, embracing in…
B.D. Colen and the Perception of Depth
By ALICAIR PELTONEN B.D. Colen was walking his dachshunds in his Brookline, MA, neighborhood when he decided to return a phone call from his best friend from college, Bill Potter. Colen says he babbled for a bit with small talk before Potter finally got a chance to…
Hedge Fund Attack — Sony Breakup Looming?
I just reported on Sony’s first annual profit in five years. It reached that milestone largely thanks to the weakening yen and some belt-tightening, including the consolidation of businesses and the sale of its American headquarters. Now Sony’s back in the headlines: An American hedge fund billionaire…
Seen in the Wild: Zeiss Touit Lenses and Hasselblad Lunar Hands-On First Impressions
By BRAD MORRIS Allow me to introduce myself. I am an Australian-born photographer based in Hong Kong, having lived most of the last 30 years in Asia. I tend to specialize in portraits, live music with some commercial studio work, travel and street photography thrown in to…
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Street Photography Bible: The Lightness of Seeing
There are many other ways. This is the purist’s way. One of the beauties of the purist’s street photography is its…
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