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2024-03-28 Great Deals on Intel Macs + Grab the Best Thunderbolt 3 Dock for just $99

2024-03-02 Fujifilm GFX100S: ETTR at ISO 100/50, Histograms and More (Birches in Winter + Color Card)

2024-03-01 OWC Mad March Savings, Awesome Price on Thunderbolt Dock, Macs, etc

2024-02-23 Nikon Z8: Color Shift when Using Optimal ETTR — UPDATED with RawDigger Info Windows + Reader Comment

2024-02-21 Case Study: Sony A7R V: Metering, Dynamic Range, ETTR/ESTR, Camera Histograms, ETTR (Birch Trees)

2024-02-17 Nikon Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 S VR Macro Aperture Series: Birch Trees in Winter (Z8)

2024-02-17 Nikon Z8: Color Shift when Using Optimal ETTR (Birch Trees in Winter)

2024-02-04 Northern California Rainstorm 📹

2024-01-23 OWC Mad March Savings, Awesome Price on Thunderbolt Dock, Macs, etc

2024-01-20 Best SSD Ever for Photographers, Videographers? OWC Thunderblade X8 SSD with RAID-0 or RAID-5/4 Fault Tolerance

2023-12-11 OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock — my Favorite, and a Steal Right Now

2023-11-12 Snowshoe Hare in Half-Summer Half-Winter Fur

2023-06-23 Lundy Canyon: Massive Avalanche Damage from Winter of 2022/2023 —  Trees Sheared-Off Like Toothpicks

2022-11-21 Hasselblad XCD 55mm f/2.5 Aperture Series: Oil and Gas Shed in Snowstorm (X2D)

2022-04-18 Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/4.5-5.6 WR Examples: White Mountains Post Snowstorm

2022-02-10 Schneider Kreuznach LS 150mm f/2.8 IF Aperture Series: Clearing Snowstorm, Lundy Canyon View to Mono Lake (PhaseOne IQ4 150)

2022-02-04 Phase One IQ4: Stitching For Broader Field of View, Higher Resolution + Reader Comment

2022-02-03 Voigtlander M 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Winter Rose (Leica M11)

2021-12-15 Reader Question: Warm Winter Boots?

2021-07-06 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM Aperture Series: Rainstorm over White Mountains

2021-03-07 Thunderbolt and Random Disconnects SOLVED with OWC Thunderbolt Hub

2021-02-20 Thunderbolt 4 is Here, and It Solves a Variety of Headaches, with Hubs and Docks and Cables

2021-01-15 Leica 28mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH Aperture Series: Waning Sun on Aspen Winter Wonderland, Lundy Canyon (Leica M10 Monochrom)

2021-01-02 Leica M10 Monochrom Examples: Eureka Dunes on the Winter Solstice

2020-09-08 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S Aperture Series: Rainstorm at Conness Lakes

2020-09-06 OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: Discussing Various Configuration Possibilities for Photographers and Videographers

2020-09-05 Photographers and Videographers: Looking for an All-In-One Thunderbolt 3 Storage Unit and PCIe SSD Enclosure + Hub and Camera Card Reader?

2020-08-24 Nikon NIKKOR Z 20mm f/1.8 S Aperture Series: Sunlight After Rainstorm at Conness Lake 3

2020-07-30 Photographers and Videographers: get GigaBYTE Speeds up to 100 Meters Away with the OWC Thunderbolt 3 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

2020-07-12 NOW SHIPPING: OWC ThunderBay FLEX 8

Milvus 25mm f/1.4

Highest performing 25mm from Zeiss ever..

15mm f/2.8 Distagon

Ultra high performance in an extreme wild wide angle lens..

ZF.2/ZE 21mm f/2.8 Distagon

Brilliant imaging, even wide open, but with a few quirks. (Review in progress) .

50mm f/2 Makro-Planar

Versatility in a “normal” lens and macro too!.

Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon

Ultra high performance apochromatic normal lens, first in the Otus line..

Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Rendering Style

Rendering style, bokeh and beauty..

Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar Rendering Style

Rendering style, bokeh and 'transparency' without peer..

85mm f/1.4 Planar

True-to-life imagery..

100mm f/2 Makro-Planar

King of bokeh! Corner-to-corner sharpness, world class..

Nikon Z8

Setup, IBIS performance, focusing..

Nikon NIKKOR Z 20mm f/1.8 S

Fast ultra wide angle for Nikon Z..

Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S

Mid-range zoom expressly designed for Nikon Z cameras..

Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S

Fast portrait telephoto for Nikon Z..

Sony A7R V

5th Generation standard-setting camera..

Sony A1

Technological tour de force..

Sony FE 28mm f/2

Fast wide angle..

Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM

High performance, high speed..

Sony FE 12-24mm f/4 G

Extreme wide angle zoom..

Sony Cybershot DSC-RX1 / RX1R

Full frame camera in an ultra-compact body with or without anti-aliasing filter..

Olympus Zuiko 12mm f/2 ED

A compact high performance fast wide angle..

Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 Distagon

Outstanding ultra wide angle performer..

Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4 Sonnar

Manual focus telephoto lens for full-frame mirrorless..

Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 Distagon

Autofocus wide angle for Sony full-frame mirrorless..

Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 Sonnar

Autofocus portrait lens for Sony full-frame mirrorless..



Blog posts, reverse chronological

2024

2024-03-28 Great Deals on Intel Macs + Grab the Best Thunderbolt 3 Dock for just $99

2024-03-02 Fujifilm GFX100S: ETTR at ISO 100/50, Histograms and More (Birches in Winter + Color Card)

2024-03-01 OWC Mad March Savings, Awesome Price on Thunderbolt Dock, Macs, etc

2024-02-23 Nikon Z8: Color Shift when Using Optimal ETTR — UPDATED with RawDigger Info Windows + Reader Comment

2024-02-21 Case Study: Sony A7R V: Metering, Dynamic Range, ETTR/ESTR, Camera Histograms, ETTR (Birch Trees)

2024-02-17 Nikon Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 S VR Macro Aperture Series: Birch Trees in Winter (Z8)

2024-02-17 Nikon Z8: Color Shift when Using Optimal ETTR (Birch Trees in Winter)

2024-02-04 Northern California Rainstorm 📹

2024-01-23 OWC Mad March Savings, Awesome Price on Thunderbolt Dock, Macs, etc

2024-01-20 Best SSD Ever for Photographers, Videographers? OWC Thunderblade X8 SSD with RAID-0 or RAID-5/4 Fault Tolerance

2023

2023-12-11 OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock — my Favorite, and a Steal Right Now

2023-11-12 Snowshoe Hare in Half-Summer Half-Winter Fur

2023-06-23 Lundy Canyon: Massive Avalanche Damage from Winter of 2022/2023 —  Trees Sheared-Off Like Toothpicks

2022

2022-11-21 Hasselblad XCD 55mm f/2.5 Aperture Series: Oil and Gas Shed in Snowstorm (X2D)

2022-04-18 Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/4.5-5.6 WR Examples: White Mountains Post Snowstorm

2022-02-10 Schneider Kreuznach LS 150mm f/2.8 IF Aperture Series: Clearing Snowstorm, Lundy Canyon View to Mono Lake (PhaseOne IQ4 150)

2022-02-04 Phase One IQ4: Stitching For Broader Field of View, Higher Resolution + Reader Comment

2022-02-03 Voigtlander M 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Winter Rose (Leica M11)

2021

2021-12-15 Reader Question: Warm Winter Boots?

2021-07-06 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM Aperture Series: Rainstorm over White Mountains

2021-03-07 Thunderbolt and Random Disconnects SOLVED with OWC Thunderbolt Hub

2021-02-20 Thunderbolt 4 is Here, and It Solves a Variety of Headaches, with Hubs and Docks and Cables

2021-01-15 Leica 28mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH Aperture Series: Waning Sun on Aspen Winter Wonderland, Lundy Canyon (Leica M10 Monochrom)

2021-01-02 Leica M10 Monochrom Examples: Eureka Dunes on the Winter Solstice

2020

2020-09-08 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S Aperture Series: Rainstorm at Conness Lakes

2020-09-06 OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: Discussing Various Configuration Possibilities for Photographers and Videographers

2020-09-05 Photographers and Videographers: Looking for an All-In-One Thunderbolt 3 Storage Unit and PCIe SSD Enclosure + Hub and Camera Card Reader?

2020-08-24 Nikon NIKKOR Z 20mm f/1.8 S Aperture Series: Sunlight After Rainstorm at Conness Lake 3

2020-07-30 Photographers and Videographers: get GigaBYTE Speeds up to 100 Meters Away with the OWC Thunderbolt 3 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

2020-07-12 NOW SHIPPING: OWC ThunderBay FLEX 8

2020-06-09 OWC Thunderblade 16TB Thunderbolt 3 SSD: Double the Fun

2020-05-17 First Look: OWC ThunderBay 8

2020-04-26 Photographers and Videographers can Now Have up to 80TB Internal SSD in Mac Pro and/or 80TB SSD on each Thunderbolt 3 Bus

2020-04-13 Rainstorm Sweeping the Owens Valley

2020-02-29 Phase One IQ4 with Schneider Kreuznach LS 150mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Cottonwood Tree Glowing in Winter Shade

2020-02-02 28-Core Apple Mac Pro with AMD Radeon Pro Vega II

2020-01-29 Why I Returned the 16-Core 2019 Mac Pro... Wanted 28 Cores!

2019

2019-07-15 Lundy Canyon Resident Beaver Made it Through Winter + Sow and Cub (black bear)

2019-06-26 An 8TB Hyper Fast SSD. Best Drive Ever For Me

2019-03-21 The New 2019 iMac 5K for Photographers

2019-03-16 Looking for a Capacious Supremely Fast SSD for Your Photo or Video Work? OWC Thunderblade Thunderbolt 3 SSD

2019-03-13 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art Aperture Series @ 24mm: Alabama Hills Rainstorm Creek (Nikon D850)

2019-03-08 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art Aperture Series @ 24mm: Alabama Hills Rainstorm Creek (Nikon D850)

2019-03-06 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art Aperture Series @ 24mm: Alabama Hills Rainstorm Creek (Nikon D850)

2019-02-07 Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Examples: Snowstorm Lundy Canyon (Nikon D850)

2019-02-06 Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Sprinter in Snowstorm (Nikon D850)

2019-01-20 Fujifilm GF 250mm f/4 R LM OIS WR: Making a 91-Megapixel Panorama “Winter Solstice Sunrise on Mt Whitney” (Fujifilm GFX-50R)

2019-01-10 Drives Full, Upgrading to OWC Thunderbay 6 with Six 14TB Drives (84TB total space)

2018

2018-12-01 Zeiss Milvus 15mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Sprinter Van in Clearing Snowstorm, White Mountain Road (Nikon D850)

2018-11-01 OWC Products Compatible with new 2018 MacMini, 2018 MacBook Air, 2018 iPad Pro

2018-10-11 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S Aperture Series at 24mm: Snowstorm Meltwater Pond View to Mt Conness Eastern Ridge

2018-09-20 Need LOTS of Storage up to 72TB? OWC Launches the Thunderbay 6, a Six-Drive Thunderbolt 3 Enclosure, with RAID Options

2018-08-13 OWC Drive Deals

2018-07-17 Gear for the Mountains

2018-07-16 Don’t Slip and Break a Hip: Five Ten 'Camp Four GTX' Hiking and Approach Shoe and/or Winter Shoes Four You?

2018-07-06 OWC Mercury Helios FX Thunderbolt 3 Expansion Chassis for PCIe Graphics Cards

2018-04-28 OWC Thunderblade SSD Shipping in All Capacities up to 8TB — Ideal for Video Production and Capture. and/or Silent and High Capacity Photoshop Workflow

2018-04-20 Morning Snowstorm follows Gorgeous Evening Sunset at Canyons Overlook, Zion National Park

2018-01-26 Reviewed: 2TB LaCie Bolt 3 Thunderbolt 3

2018-01-18 REVIEWED: LaCie 2Big 20TB Thunderbolt 3 Storage Dock

2018-01-14 Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/1.4 Aperture Series and Focus Stack: Icy Boulder in Lee Vining Creek

2018-01-12 2018 Is the Year for Thunderbolt 3 To Flower

2018-01-12 Shipping Soon: OWC Thunderblade 4 Thunderbolt 3 SSD with Blazing-Fast Performance in 1/2/4/8TB capacities.

2017

2017-12-25 New iPhone, iPad, Mac, etc? Cables and Related

2017-12-17 Fujifilm GF 45mm f/2.8 R WR Examples: Lundy Canyon Just Before the Winter Solstice

2017-12-10 Fujifilm GF 45mm f/2.8 R WR: Early Winter Examples in Eastern Sierra

2017-11-27 HOT! OWC Envoy Pro EX 2TB Thunderbolt 3 SSD + Time Machine and Backup Tips + More

2017-11-21 Black Friday Sneak Preview Deals at OWC + Note on Big Fast Thunderbolt Storage

2017-10-03 Gear for the Mountains

2017-09-15 OWC USB-C Mini Travel Dock for Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C Macs such as 2016/2017 MacBook Pro, 2017 iMac 5K

2017-08-18 Heavy Snow Remains in Sierra in Places + Trout Dead From Spawning Attempt?

2017-04-10 All Time Record Snowpack in California Sierra Nevada

2016

2016-11-24 TESTED: OWC 40TB Thunderbay 4 Mini SSD

2016-11-23 OWC 40TB Thunderbay 4 Mini SSD

2016-11-02 2016 MacBook Pro: Solving the Port Compatibility Problem: the OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock

2016-10-24 Early Winter in the Sierra

2016-01-28 Zeiss 50mm f/2 Makro-Planar Examples: Sierra Autumn to Early White Mountains Winter

2016-01-13 Leica 180mm f/2.8 APO-Elmarit-R Aperture Series: Pines in Heavy Snowstorm (A7R II)

2015

2015-12-16 400GB SSD for $99: Old Dog Laptop? Puppy It! Or 1.6TB Thunderbolt SSD? Easy as Pie.

2015-12-14 OWC Drive Dock Takes 2 Bare Drives (HDD or SSD), Thunderbolt 2 or USB3: General Use, Video-Shoot Backup, etc

2015-11-24 Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 Distagon Examples: Post-Snowstorm Climb (Sony A7R II)

2015-11-02 First Substantial Winter Storm + More Zeiss Images on Canon 5DS R

2015-10-30 Yosemite Snowstorm: the Day After

2015-10-16 Big Fault-Tolerant Storage for Photographers: Deal on the OWC Thunderbay 4

2015-10-13 Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 Distagon Examples: White Mountains Before the Storm

2015-10-01 First Snowstorm of the Season, White Mountains

2015-08-31 Gear for the Mountains

2015-08-22 Deal on Big Storage for Photographers: OWC Thunderbay 4 RAID-5 Edition with Extra 4TB Drive

2015-06-26 Back From Mountains Unexpectedly Early Due to Forest Fires

2015-06-14 Two Sony FE 28mm f/2 Aperture Series: 'Waterfall View of Mt Conness Sub-Peak' and 'Snowstorm Rolls in Over Saddlebag Lake' (Sony A7R)

2015-06-13 Sony FE 28mm f/2 Aperture Series: Gnarled Stump in Snowstorm, Hoover Wilderness (Sony A7R)

2015-06-10 Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 Sonnar Aperture Series: Pine by Creek in Heavy Snowstorm

2015-06-06 Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 and 85mm f/1.8: Snowstorm in the Hoover Wilderness Examples/Narrative

2015-06-04 Snowstorm in the Hoover Wilderness (with Zeiss Batis, Sony 28/2)

2015-05-15 20TB for Photography or Video Storage

2014

2014-11-21 Faster Photoshop Scratch for Memory-Limited Macs with Thunderbolt 2

2014-11-16 Zeiss 55/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Glacial Blue, Winter’s Icy Hint (Nikon D810)

2014-11-14 4TB of SSD or 8TB of HDD in Thunderbolt 2 Mini Enclosure

2014-10-16 Apple iMac with 5K Display, Also new MacMini with Dual Thunderbolt 2 Port

2014-09-17 Heading Out to Mountains, and Eastern Sierra Nevada Weather and Travel Conditions

2014-09-04 Zeiss 21mm f/2.8 Distagon: Brilliant and Sharp (Aperture Series Pine Creek Buildings Thunderstorms, Nikon D810)

2014-08-24 Pentax 645Z+ 90/2.8 Aperture Series: Thunderstorms over Pine Creek Drainage

2014-08-23 Zeiss 55/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Thunderstorms over Pine Creek Drainage (Nikon D810)

2014-06-25 Big Storage for Video or Photography: OWC Ships Thunderbolt 2 Thunderbay

2013

2013-11-16 Not So Warm After All. But the Idyllic Pause Before Winter

2013-09-01 Sony RX1R: Extreme Dynamic Range (Outhouse Rainstorm Sunset)

2013-06-10 With a Little Luck, a June Snow Storm?

2012

2012-01-20 Zeiss Guide: Zeiss 25/2 Distagon Aperture Series (Bush in Snowstorm)

2011

2011-11-20 A Day’s Shooting in a White Mountains Snowstorm with the Zeiss 25mm f/2 Distagon

2011-11-08 Zeiss 25mm f/2 — Ideal Focal Length for Landscape

2010

2010-09-30 Off for some shooting fun

2010-06-14 Patriarch Grove, White Mountains, June snowstorm

2010-03-07 Signs of Spring in Winter

2009

2009-10-05 Back from Yosemite high country — snowstorm!

2008

2008-01-24 Clearing snow storm

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