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2024-01-07 Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 Aperture Series: Icebergs in Dana Lake, View to Mt Dana 📹

2023-12-29 Tenaya Canyon, Late August

2023-12-24 East Face of North Peak from Twenty Lakes Basin

2023-12-13 Snowfield South of Mt Conness, Oct 8 2023 + the RIGHT LENS MATTERS

2023-12-12 Greenstone Lake Drainage to Saddlebag Lake, Clearing Storm, Oct 2 2023

2023-12-11 View to North Peak Along Saddlebag Lake Shoreline, Oct 2 2023

2023-12-11 Saddlebag Lake after Snowfall, Oct 2 2023

2023-12-09 In Praise of Digital vs Film (v4) + Reader Comments (updated late 2023-12-10 15:12)

2023-11-24 Fujifilm GF 55mm f/1.7 DUAL Aperture Series + Focus Stack: Lee Vining Creek, Classic Autumn in the High Sierra

2023-11-22 West fork of Lee Vining Creek, view to southern ride of Mt Conness.

2023-11-21 Mt Conness Summit View towards Rainclouds near Mt Dana

2023-11-13 Lee Vining Canyon, Oct 28 2023

2023-11-13 SHOOTOUT: Fujifilm GF 55/1.7 vs Fujifilm GF 35-70: Mt Conness SE Ridge (GFX100 II)

2023-11-11 SHOOTOUT: Fujifilm GF 55/1.7 vs Fujifilm GF 35-70: Snow-Crusted Cliff (GFX100 II)

2023-11-10 Fujifilm GF 55mm f/1.7 Aperture Series: Dusk View to Saddlebag Lake from Twenty Lakes Basin

2023-11-05 Fujifilm GF 55mm f/1.7 Aperture Series: View Across Saddlebag Lake, Fresh Snow

2023-09-21 Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/4.5-5.6: the #1 All-Around Best Lens for Fujifilm Medium Format

2023-09-20 Fujifilm GF 30mm f/5.6 TS: Contemplating Tilt + Shift with Another Scene

2023-09-20 Adobe Camera Raw Enhance Details with AI Denoise Seems to Work Magic, for Single Frames or for Focus Stacking

2023-09-20 Fujifilm GF 30mm f/5.6 TS: What would Tilt do for this Scene and Others Like It?

2023-09-08 Mountain Wildlife, September 2023 in Eastern Sierra and White Mountains

2023-08-24 Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5 Aperture Series @ 50mm: Icebergs in Dana Lake, View to Mt Dana

2023-08-24 Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5 Aperture Series @ 70mm: Mt Dana Summit from Dana Lakes

2023-08-24 Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5 Aperture Series @ 70mm: Icebergs in Dana Lake, View to Mt Dana

2023-08-23 Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 Aperture Series @ 21mm: Icebergs in Dana Lake, View to Mt Dana

2023-08-21 Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 Aperture Series @ 27mm: Icebergs in Dana Lake, View to Mt Dana

2023-08-20 Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 Aperture Series @ 22mm: Tenaya Creek Pool

2023-08-20 Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 Aperture Series @ 20mm: Pywiack Falls, Tenaya Canyon

2023-08-20 Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 Aperture Series @ 20mm: Clouds Rest From Tenaya Canyon

2023-08-19 Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 Aperture Series @ 32mm: Clouds Rest From Tenaya Canyon

Panasonic S1R Multi-Shot High-Res Mode

Evaluating Multi-Shot High-Res Mode..

Leica SL Typ 601

24-Megapixel vs mirrorless..

Leica 16-35mm f/3.5-4.5 Super-Vario-Elmar-SL ASPH

Ultra wide angle premium zoom lens relying on distortion correction..

Leica 24-90mm f/2.8-4 Vario-Elmarit-SL ASPH OIS

All-arounder zoom with dubious optical compromises..

Leica 28mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL ASPH

Fast short wide angle lens for L-Mount cameras..

Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux-SL ASPH

Fast apochromatic prime lens for L-Mount cameras..

Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL ASPH

Fast short normal lens for L-Mount cameras..

Leica 75mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL ASPH

Fast short telephoto lens for L-Mount cameras..

Nikon D850

The best becomes better..

Nikon D850 Focus Stacking

Unprecedented support for focus stacking in full-frame DSLR..

Nikon D850 Image Quality

Oustanding image quality, but with some limitations..

Nikon D810

Improvements on the workhorse D800E..

Overview of Video with Nikon D800, D800E, D4, Canon 5DM3

How does video quality compare with crop of mid-2012 DSLRs?.

Nikon D850 Monochrome Conversion by MaxMax.com

D850 with the RGB Bayer matrix removed for a true monochrome sensor..

Nikon D600

Full-frame 24 megapixel DSLR..

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

22 megapixel successor to the popular 5D Mark II..

Nikon AF-S 28mm f/1.4E ED

Nikon’s finest wide angle lens..

Canon TS-E 135mm f/4L Macro

Medium-long telephoto tilt/shift lens.

Nikon 19mm f/4E ED PC-E

Ultra wide tilt/shift lens.

Shift Lenses for Nikon and Canon

[Older material, but still relevant]. Shift lens performance of Nikon/Canon/Schneider/Olympus on various cameras..

Pentax HD DA 24-70mm f/2.8 SDM ED

Bread and butter zoom lens..

Pentax HD DA Limited 15mm f/4 ED

APS-C wide angle lens equivalent to 22mm on full-frame..

Canon 24mm f/2.8 IS USM

Canon’s compact high-performance 24mm prime..

Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM

Canon’s tiny and lovely pancake lens..

Canon 85mm f/1.4L IS USM

Canon’s best-ever medium telephoto and with image stabilization..

Canon 35mm f/1.4L II

Canon’s updated fast 35mm prime, evaluated on Canon 5DS R..

Sigma 12-24mm f/4 DG HSM Art

Fast constant-aperture ultrawide zoom..

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art

High performance mid-range zoom..

Sigma 24-105mm f/4 DG HSM Art

Wide angle to telephoto all purpose zoom..

Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art

A whopping 4/3 stop faster than other lenses in its range..

Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art

Sigma’s fast high performance wide angle..

Sigma 28mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art

Extraordinary optical efforts for outstanding performance..

Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art

Sigma’s fast and affordable moderate excellent wide angle..

Sigma 40mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art

Extraordinary optical efforts for outstanding performance..

Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art

Sigma’s fast high performance normal lens..

Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Sports

Extraordinary optical efforts for outstanding performance..

Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art

Sigma’s best portrait lens..

Sigma 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art

Extraordinary optical efforts for class-leading performance?.

Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art

Fastest 135mm lens yet, with ultra high performance..

Sigma Super Tele Varifocal 120-300mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM S

Sigma’s fast an flexible moderate super telephoto..

Schneider PC-TS Perspective Control Tilt/Shift Lenses

Tilt/Shift by Schneider for Canon and Nikon and other brands..

Nikon 50mm f/1.2 AIS

Nikon’s classic high speed normal lens.

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G

Nikon’s latest 50mm lens compared with the Zeiss ZF 50/1.4, Nikon 50/1.4D and Sigma 50/1.4..

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G

Nikon’s High Performance Moderately-Priced 50mm..

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 58mm f/1.4G

Nikon’s High performance normal lens.

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G

Nikon’s fast ultra wide angle..

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24mm f/1.8G

Versatile autofocus wide angle..

Nikon AF-S 24mm f/1.4G ED

State of the art design in a fast 24mm lens. Includes full-resolution images at f/1.4..

Coastal Optics 60mm f/4 UV-VIS-IR APO Macro

A superlative multi-spectral lens with perfect color correction..

Canon EF 11-24mm f/4L USM

Extreme wide angle zoom..

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III

Is the 3rd time the charm?.

Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L II and 24-70mm f/4L IS

Canon’s premium mid-range zooms..

Nikon AF-S 85mm f/1.4G

State of the art design in a fast 85mm lens..

Nikon AF-S 105mm f/1.4E ED

Nikon’s best-ever f/1.4 lens?.

Canon 200mm f/1.8L USM

Coveted super speed telephoto..

Canon-Wide Angle Prime Lenses

Comparing the 16-35mm f/2.8L II to most of Canon’s wide angle prime lenses. Optical performance, ergonomics, focus, build quality..

Nikon AF 16mm f/2.8D Fisheye

Exploring the 16mm fisheye for landscape photography, and correcting fisheye distortion..

Nikon AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED

Nikon’s ultra wide angle zoom and the Nikon 14mm f/2.8, critical focus shift behavior..

Hartblei 40/80/120mm SuperRotators

Medium format Zeiss glass in Hartblei precision tilt/shift lens barrels!.

Medium Format Magazine

Articles written for MediumFormat.com..

Phase One XF and XT Full-Frame Medium Format

Phase One XF System, Phase One IQ4, Schneider Kreuznach Lenses.

Schneider Kreuznach LS 35mm f/3.5

Wide angle 24mm equivalent for Phase One XF system.

Schneider Kreuznach LS 40-80mm f/4-5.6

Mid range zoom 27-54mm equivalent for Phase One XF system.

Schneider Kreuznach LS 80mm f/2.8

Compact normal 54mm equivalent for Phase One XF system.

Schneider Kreuznach LS 150mm f/2.8 IF

Medium telephoto 100mm equivalent for Phase One XF system.

Schneider Kreuznach LS 240mm f/4.5 IF

Long telephoto 162mm equivalent for Phase One XF system.

Fujifilm GFX100 II

Updated everything-better after 5 years..

Fujifilm GFX100S/100 Comparisons

Is 100 better than 45/50/60 megapixels?.

Fujifilm GFX100S

100 megapixels in a body the size of a 35mm DSLR!.

Fujifilm GFX100 Focus Stacking and FOCUS BKT

100 megapixels in a portable package!.

Fujifilm GFX 50S Image Quality

Image quality assessments..

Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 R WR

Compact wide angle.

Fujifilm GF 23mm f/4 R WR

Ultra wide angle equivalent to 19mm f/3.3. .

Fujifilm GF 30mm f/3.5 R LM WR

Compact wide angle.

Fujifilm GF 32-64mm f/4 R LM WR

Mid-range zoom lens equivalent to 26-53mm f/3.3..

Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/4.5-5.6

Compact wide angle.

Fujifilm GF 45mm f/2.8 R WR

Moderate wide angle equivalent to 37mm f/2.3..

Fujifilm GF 45-100mm f/4 R LM OIS WR

Slightly long zoom lens equivalent to 37-82mm f/3.3..

Fujifilm GF 50mm f/3.5 R LM WR

Slightly wide compact normal lens equivalent to 41mm f/2.9..

Fujifilm GF 55mm f/1.7

State of the art normal lens..

Fujifilm GF 63mm f/2.8 R WR

Standard normal lens equivalent to 52mm f/2.3..

Fujifilm GF 80mm f/1.7 R WR

Standard normal lens equivalent to 66mm f/1.4..

Fujifilm GF 110mm f/2 R WR

Ultra high speed telephoto equivalent to 90mm f/1.6..

Fujifilm GF 120mm f/4 Macro R LM OIS WR

High performance macro photography on medium format, equivalent to 99mm f/3.3..

Fujifilm GF 250mm f/4 OIS R WR

Telephoto equivalent to 200mm lens. .

Hasselblad H6D-100C

How does the very best perform in the field?.

Hasselblad HC 50mm f/3.5 II

High performance moderate wide angle.

Hasselblad HC Macro 120mm f/4 II

High performance all-arounder macro lens.

Hasselblad X1D

Mirrorless large format with leaf shutter lenses..

Hasselblad XCD 21mm f/4

18mm equivalent..

Hasselblad XCD 30mm f/3.5

25mm equivalent..

Hasselblad XCD 35-75mm f3.5-4.5

Normal lens equivqlent to 53mm..

Hasselblad XCD 65mm f/2.8

Normal lens equivqlent to 53mm..

Hasselblad XCD 80mm f/1.9

Moderate telephoto..

Hasselblad XCD 120mm f/3.5

Telephoto macro lens, 99mm equivalent..

Hasselblad XCD 135mm f/2.8

Moderate telephoto..

Pentax 645 90mm f/2.8 D FA 645 Macro ED AW SR

Medium telephoto macro lens for Pentax 645 digital and film..

Hasselblad H4D 50 Megapixel Medium Format DSLR

How does Hasselblad’s 3rd generation medium format entry measure up?.

Leica S2 37.5 Megapixel Medium Format DSLR

How does Leica’s medium format entry measure up in ergonomics, image quality, etc?.

Leica S Examples

Examples and comparison from the various lenses.

Leica S Typ 006

The last CCD-sensor Leica S model..

Leica 24mm f/3.5 Super-Elmar-S ASPH

Extreme wide angle with ultra high performance..

Milvus 15mm f/2.8

Milvus garb for the venerable 15/2.8 Distagon, with improved lens coating..

Milvus 18mm f/2.8

An outstanding 18mm design..

Milvus 21mm f/2.8

The classic 21/2.8 Distagon improved..

Milvus 25mm f/1.4

Highest performing 25mm from Zeiss ever..

Milvus 35mm f/1.4

Highest performing 35mm from Zeiss ever..

Milvus 50mm f/1.4

Outstanding build and optical quality in a normal lens..

Milvus 85mm f/1.4

Outstanding build and optical quality in a medium tele..

Milvus 100mm f/2M

The classic 100/2 Makro-Planar improved..

Milvus 135mm f/2

An Otus, in effect. Milvus garb for the 135/2 APO, with improved lens coatings on one element. See the ZF.2/ZE 135/2 review pages..

15mm f/2.8 Distagon

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

18mm f/3.5 Distagon

A brilliant, but also colorful character..

ZF.2/ZE 21mm f/2.8 Distagon

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

Ultra-wides Compared

Visualizing how 15mm, 18mm, 21mm compare..

25mm f/2 Distagon

Ultra high performance with a fast aperture..

25mm f/2.8 Distagon

A gem with unusual close-focus..

28mm f/2 Distagon

An artist’s drawing tool..

35mm f/1.4 Distagon

Strokes of a master..

35mm f/2 Distagon

Balance and poise..

50mm f/2 Makro-Planar

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

Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon

Fast high performance APO wide angle..

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..

Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar

Razor sharp with gorgeous bokeh..

85mm f/1.4 Planar

True-to-life imagery..

100mm f/2 Makro-Planar

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

135mm f/2 APO-Sonnar

Beautiful bokeh, razor sharp, superb color correction..

Canon RF 14-35mm f/4L IS USM

Compact ultra-wide zoom..

Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8L IS USM

Fast ultra wide zoom lens..

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM

Fast standard zoom lens..

Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM

Bread and butter all-around zoom..

Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro STM

All-arounder compact lens with macro capability..

Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM

High speed normal lens optimized for Canon mirrorless..

Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM

Compact ultralight standard lens..

Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L USM

High speed portrait lens optimized for Canon mirrorless..

Nikon Z7 IBIS and Focusing

Setup, IBIS performance, focusing..

Nikon Z7 Image Quality

Image quality..

Nikon NIKKOR Z 20mm f/1.8 S

Fast ultra wide angle for Nikon Z..

Nikon NIKKOR Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S

Ultra-wide fast zoom..

Nikon NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S

Ultra wide compact zoom for Nikon Z cameras..

Nikon NIKKOR Z 17-28mm f/2.8

Ultra-wide zoom lens..

Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S

Fast mid-range zoom expressly designed for Nikon Z cameras..

Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S

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

Nikon NIKKOR Z 26mm f/2.8

Ultra-wide zoom lens..

Nikon NIKKOR Z 28mm f/2.8

Ultra-wide zoom lens..

Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S

Moderate wide angle expressly designed for Nikon Z cameras..

Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S

Fast portrait telephoto for Nikon Z..

Nikon NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 S

Fast portrait telephoto for Nikon Z..

Sony A7R V

5th Generation standard-setting camera..

Sony A1

Technological tour de force..

Sony Alpha A7R IV

4th Generation standard-setting camera..

Sony Alpha A7R III

Attention to details: a solid upgrade over the A7R II..

Sony Alpha A9

Blackout-free 20 fps speed demon..

Sony FE 14mm f/1.8 GM

Ultra high performance extreme wide angle..

Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G

Compact ultra-wide angle lens..

Sony FE 28mm f/2

Fast wide angle..

Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM

High performance mild wide-angle..

Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 Distagon ZA

Fast and gorgeous moderate wide angle Zeiss design..

Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA

Fast high performance normal lens of Zeiss design..

Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM

High performance, high speed..

Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM

Top-grade medium telephoto..

Sigma FE 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art

Outstanding fast wide angle, DSLR optical design..

Sigma FE 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN Art

Native-mount ultra wide angle high performance zoom for mirrorless..

Sigma FE 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art

Native-mount mid-range zoom for mirrorless..

Sigma FE 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art

Ultra high speed native-mount moderate wide angle..

Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art

Highly corrected medium telephoto..

Sigma FE 70mm f/2.8 DG Macro Art

Macro lens also excellent for all-around shooting..

Voigtlander Z 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aspherical

High-grade manual focus normal lens..

Voigtlander Z 65 f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar

Ultra high grade macro all-arounder..

Voigtlander FE 21mm f/1.4 Aspherical

Fast high performance manual focus wide angle..

Voigtlander FE 35mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aspherical

High-grade manual focus wide-normal lens..

Voigtlander FE 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aspherical

High-grade manual focus normal lens..

Voigtlander FE 65mm f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar Aspherical

Ultra high grade macro all-arounder..

Voigtlander FE MACRO APO-LANTHAR 110mm f/2.5

High grade macro all-arounder at a modest price..

Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM

Fast extreme wide angle zoom..

Sony FE 12-24mm f/4 G

Extreme wide angle zoom..

Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM

Pro-grade f/2.8 wide angle zoom..

Sony FE 20-70mm f/4 G

Wide range zoom aimed at bloggers..

Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS

Barely good-enough telephoto zoom for Sony full frame mirrorless.

Samyang FE 24mm T/1.5

Wide angle lens adapted from DSLR, native E-mount, all manual..

Ricoh GR

Razor sharp 28mm lens on APS-C sensor and outstanding usability and features..

Sony Cybershot DSC-RX1 / RX1R

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

Olympus Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8 PRO Zoom

A high performance mid-range zoom..

Olympus Zuiko 75mm f/1.8 ED Telephoto

Beautiful bokeh, long reach fast speed, compact lens..

Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 25mm f/1.4 ASPH Micro 4/3

A fast and lovely 'normal' lens (50mm equiv) for Micro 4/3..

Olympus OM-D E-M1

A worthy upddate to the E-M5 with pro-grade build quality..

Fujifilm X-Pro1

Interchangeable lenses on a 16MP APS-C sensor.

Fujifilm Fujinon XF 14mm f/2.8 R

A low distortion ultra wide angle lens..

Fujifilm Fujinon XF 60mm f/2.4 R

Short telephoto macro lens..

Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 Distagon

Outstanding ultra wide angle performer..

Zeiss Loxia 25mm f/2.4 Distagon

Outstanding wide angle, superb performer..

Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon

Manual focus moderate wide angle for full-frame mirrorless..

Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar

Manual focus normal lens for full-frame mirrorless..

Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4 Sonnar

Manual focus telephoto lens for full-frame mirrorless..

Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8 Distagon

Autofocus extreme wide angle for Sony full-frame mirrorless..

Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 Distagon

Autofocus wide angle for Sony full-frame mirrorless..

Zeiss Batis 40mm f/2

All-around slightly wide angle/normal with close focus..

Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 Sonnar

Autofocus portrait lens for Sony full-frame mirrorless..

Zeiss Touit 12mm f/2.8 Distagon

Ultra wide angle lens for Sony NEX or Fujifilm X..

Leica X Vario

Leica’s 28-70mm APS-C compact camera..

Panoramas with the iPhone 6s Plus

Shooting + post processing tips with high-res examples..

Sigma dp0 Quattro

21mm f/5.6 equivalent FOV lens..

Sigma DP1 Merrill

28mm f/2.8 equivalent lens on APS-C sensor..

Sigma DP2 Merrill

45mm f/2.8 equivalent lens on APS-C sensor..

Sigma DP3 Merrill

75mm f/2.8 equivalent lens on APS-C sensor..

Leica M11

Leica M 60 Megapixels..

Leica M10-R

Leica M 40 Megapixels..

Leica M10 Monochrom

Leica M 40 megapixel monochrome sensor..

Leica M10

Leica M mount in slim body with SL-type sensor..

Leica M Typ 240 In Use

Overall design and behavior..

Leica M Typ 240 Compared To Full Frame Cameras

Relative sharpness and performance across cameras..

Leica M Monochrom Typ 246

24-megapixel CMOS monochrome sensor..

Leica M Monochrom In the Field

Field shooting the Leica MM, and comparisons..

Leica Q (Typ 116)

24-megapixel fixed lens compact full-frame..

Lens Quality control

How good is Leica quality control?.

Leica 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar-M ASPH

Leica’s widest prime lens..

Leica 24mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH

Leica’s fast wide angle..

Leica 24mm f/3.8 Elmar-M ASPH

Leica’s best-performing 24mm, and with a flat field..

Leica 28mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH

Leica’s fast 28mm..

Leica 28mm f/2 Summicron-M ASPH (pre-2016)

Leica’s widest lens utilizing built-in frame lines..

Leica 28mm f/2.8 Elmarit-M ASPH (pre-2016)

Leica’s smallest and lightest M lens with superlative performance..

Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH (2010 FLE)

Leica’s superlative and most natural lens for the M..

Leica 35mm f/2 Summicron-M ASPH

Leica’s f/2 35mm for the M..

Leica M 50mm Lenses

Six models to choose from..

Leica 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux-M ASPH

World’s fastest 50mm full-frame lens..

50/0.95 Noctilux Rendering Style

Understanding the Rendering Style of the Noctilux..

Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH

High performance but flawed 50mm normal lens..

Leica 75mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH

Leica’s medium tele for Leica M..

Leica 90mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH

Leica’s longer tele for Leica M..

Leica 90mm f/2 APO-Summicron-R ASPH

Compact lens for portraiture or similar..

Leica 100mm f/2.8 APO-Macro-Elmarit-R

Superb all-around macro and general-purpose lens..

Zeiss ZM 25mm f/2.8 Biogon

Compact wide angle with brilliant contrast..

Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 Distagon

Fast and ultra high performance moderate wide angle rangefinder lens..

Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 Distagon on Leica SL

A star performer sets the standard on the SL..

Zeiss ZM 35mm f/2 Biogon

All around razor sharp performer..

Zeiss ZM 50mm f/2 Planar

Pleasing and relatively inexpensive normal lens.

Voigtlander M Nokton 21mm f/1.4

Fast high performance wide angle..

Voigtlander M 28mm f/2 Ultron

Compact performer..

Voigtlander M 35mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aspherical

World-class performer for Leica M..

Voigtlander M 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aspherical

World-class performer for Leica M..



Blog posts, reverse chronological

2024

2024-01-07 Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 Aperture Series: Icebergs in Dana Lake, View to Mt Dana 📹

2023

2023-12-29 Tenaya Canyon, Late August

2023-12-24 East Face of North Peak from Twenty Lakes Basin

2023-12-13 Snowfield South of Mt Conness, Oct 8 2023 + the RIGHT LENS MATTERS

2023-12-12 Greenstone Lake Drainage to Saddlebag Lake, Clearing Storm, Oct 2 2023

2023-12-11 View to North Peak Along Saddlebag Lake Shoreline, Oct 2 2023

2023-12-11 Saddlebag Lake after Snowfall, Oct 2 2023

2023-12-09 In Praise of Digital vs Film (v4) + Reader Comments (updated late 2023-12-10 15:12)

2023-11-24 Fujifilm GF 55mm f/1.7 DUAL Aperture Series + Focus Stack: Lee Vining Creek, Classic Autumn in the High Sierra

2023-11-22 West fork of Lee Vining Creek, view to southern ride of Mt Conness.

2023-11-21 Mt Conness Summit View towards Rainclouds near Mt Dana

2023-11-13 Lee Vining Canyon, Oct 28 2023

2023-11-13 SHOOTOUT: Fujifilm GF 55/1.7 vs Fujifilm GF 35-70: Mt Conness SE Ridge (GFX100 II)

2023-11-11 SHOOTOUT: Fujifilm GF 55/1.7 vs Fujifilm GF 35-70: Snow-Crusted Cliff (GFX100 II)

2023-11-10 Fujifilm GF 55mm f/1.7 Aperture Series: Dusk View to Saddlebag Lake from Twenty Lakes Basin

2023-11-05 Fujifilm GF 55mm f/1.7 Aperture Series: View Across Saddlebag Lake, Fresh Snow

2023-09-21 Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/4.5-5.6: the #1 All-Around Best Lens for Fujifilm Medium Format

2023-09-20 Fujifilm GF 30mm f/5.6 TS: Contemplating Tilt + Shift with Another Scene

2023-09-20 Adobe Camera Raw Enhance Details with AI Denoise Seems to Work Magic, for Single Frames or for Focus Stacking

2023-09-20 Fujifilm GF 30mm f/5.6 TS: What would Tilt do for this Scene and Others Like It?

2023-09-08 Mountain Wildlife, September 2023 in Eastern Sierra and White Mountains

2023-08-24 Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5 Aperture Series @ 50mm: Icebergs in Dana Lake, View to Mt Dana

2023-08-24 Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5 Aperture Series @ 70mm: Mt Dana Summit from Dana Lakes

2023-08-24 Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5 Aperture Series @ 70mm: Icebergs in Dana Lake, View to Mt Dana

2023-08-23 Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 Aperture Series @ 21mm: Icebergs in Dana Lake, View to Mt Dana

2023-08-21 Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 Aperture Series @ 27mm: Icebergs in Dana Lake, View to Mt Dana

2023-08-20 Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 Aperture Series @ 22mm: Tenaya Creek Pool

2023-08-20 Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 Aperture Series @ 20mm: Pywiack Falls, Tenaya Canyon

2023-08-20 Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 Aperture Series @ 20mm: Clouds Rest From Tenaya Canyon

2023-08-19 Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 Aperture Series @ 32mm: Clouds Rest From Tenaya Canyon

2023-08-19 Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5 Examples: an August Hike from Saddlebag Lake to Twenty Lakes Basin

2023-08-18 Incredible Snow Level in Eastern Sierra

2023-08-16 Back from Trip to Eastern Sierra, White Mountains

2023-08-06 Nikon NIKKOR Z 14-24mm f/2.8 Examples: Upper Lundy Canyon (Z8)

2023-08-06 Nikon NIKKOR Z 17-28mm f/2.8 Examples: Upper Lundy Canyon (Z8)

2023-08-02 Voigtlander Z 65mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Aspen Island in Snow (Z8)

2023-07-31 Leavitt Meadows, July 11 2023

2023-07-21 Nikon NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 S Aperture Series @ 70mm: Eastern Sierra Mixed Forest (Z8)

2023-07-20 Nikon NIKKOR Z 26mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Eastern Sierra Mixed Forest (Z8)

2023-07-20 Nikon NIKKOR Z 28mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Eastern Sierra Mixed Forest (Z8)

2023-07-16 Sonora Pass Snowpack, July 11 2023

2023-07-12 Back from Trip... notes on Hwy 120 through Yosemite, Lee Vining Canyon

2023-07-01 Eastern Sierra Superbloom —  Everything Growing as if to Make up for Past 3 Years

2023-06-28 Voigtlander Z 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: View over Lower Lundy Canyon to Lundy Reservoir (Nikon Z8)

2023-06-26 Nikon NIKKOR Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S Aperture Series @ 14mm: Sunstar over Upper Lundy Canyon Ice Avalanche (Nikon Z8)

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

2023-05-21 Voigtlander M 35mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Alpine Creek, Downstream (Leica M11 Monochrom)

2023-05-10 Voigtlander M 28mm f/2 Ultron Aperture Series: Alpine Creek, Downstream (Leica M11 Monochrom)

2023-05-10 Voigtlander M 21mm f/1.4 Aperture Series: Alpine Creek, Downstream (Leica M11 Monochrom)

2023-04-19 Leica M11 Monochrom vs Sony A7R V Pixel Shift, Fujifilm GFX100S

2023-04-11 Sony FE 20-70mm f/4 G Aperture Series @ 21mm: Huge Laurel at Bend in Alpine Creek

2023-04-09 Sony FE 20-70mm f/4 G Aperture Series @ 24mm: Riparian Spring Green

2023-04-09 Sony FE 20-70mm f/4 G Aperture Series # 34mm: Riparian Spring Green

2023-04-07 Sony FE 20-70mm f/4 G Aperture Series: Alpine Creek @ 28mm

2023-04-07 Sony FE 20-70mm f/4 G Aperture Series @ 52mm: Riparian Spring Green

2023-04-06 Sony FE 20-70mm f/4 G Aperture Series: Alpine Creek @ 66mm

2023-04-06 Sony FE 20-70mm f/4 G Aperture Series @ 70mm: Riparian Spring Green

2023-03-11 Propaganda Experts Tell us that California Drought is Improving

2023-02-25 Sony A7R V 16-Shot Sony Pixel Shift vs Fujifilm GFX100S: Huge Laurel at Bend in Alpine Creek

2023-01-30 Reader Comment on 16-Shot Sony Pixel Shift: “360 MP images looks terrific... but does this matter?”

2023-01-12 Sony Pixel Shift on Sony A7R V: Performance Proofs of Difficult Scenes with Pixel Shift + Focus Stacking

2023-01-06 Sony A7R V Focus Bracketing Example @ 12mm: Failure to Reach INF so Badly Blurred, (“Chocolate Brown Alpine Creek”)

2022

2022-12-23 SHOOTOUT: Sony A7R V Pixel Shift vs Fujifilm GFX100S @ 20/16mm: the Medium Format Killer Keeps Delivering

2022-12-22 Sony A7R V Pixel Shift + Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM @ 21mm: Comparing Pixel Shift to Single Shot (Huge Laurel at Bend in Alpine Creek)

2022-12-21 SHOOTOUT: Sony A7R V Pixel Shift vs Fujifilm GFX100S @ 26/21mm: the Medium Format Killer Keeps Delivering

2022-12-20 Sony A7R V Pixel Shift + Voigtlander FE 35mm f/2 APO Dual Aperture Series: Alpine Creek Bottom

2022-12-19 Sony A7R V Pixel Shift + Voigtlander FE 35mm f/2 APO: Comparing Pixel Shift to Single Shot (Huge Laurel at Bend in Alpine Creek)

2022-12-19 SHOOTOUT: Sony A7R V Pixel Shift vs Fujifilm GFX100S @ 42mm/35mm: the Medium Format Killer Debuts

2022-12-06 SHOOTOUT: Fujifilm GFX100S + Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 vs Hasselblad X2D + Hasselblad XCD 21/4: Huge Laurel at Bend in Alpine Creek

2022-12-04 Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 Aperture Series @ 26mm: Huge Laurel at Alpine Creekbend

2022-11-30 Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 Aperture Series @ 29mm: Half-Bare Big Leaf Maple, Alpine Creek

2022-11-28 Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 Aperture Series @ 25mm: Half-Bare Big Leaf Maple, Alpine Creek

2022-04-10 Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/4.5-5.6 WR Examples: Pine Creek

2022-04-09 Stunning New Photo Book: Inside the High Sierra, by Claude Fiddler — Good Reactions 

2022-04-07 Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/4.5-5.6 WR Aperture Series @ 35mm : Lee Vining Creek

2022-03-23 5 Years and Counting, Fujifilm Medium Format Autofocus Lacks Precision and Accuracy for Erratic Sharpness + Reader Comments

2022-03-05 SHOOTOUT @ 50mm: Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/4.5-5.6 vs Fujifilm GF 50mm f/3.5 vs Fujifilm GF 32-64mm f/4: Huge Laurel along Alpine Creek

2022-03-04 Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/4.5-5.6 Aperture Series @ 70mm: Cluster of Bay Laurel Trees by Alpine Creek

2022-03-03 Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/4.5-5.6 Aperture Series @ 40mm: Flowering Trees along Alpine Creek

2022-03-03 SHOOTOUT @ 63mm: Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/4.5-5.6 vs Fujifilm GF 63mm f/2.8 vs Fujifilm GF 32-64mm f/4: Huge Laurel along Alpine Creek

2022-03-01 Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/4.5-5.6 WR Aperture Series @ 35mm : Huge Laurel along Alpine Creek

2022-02-12 Schneider Kreuznach LS 35mm f/3.5 Aperture Series: Alabama Hills Moonset over Mt Whitney (PhaseOne IQ4 150)

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

2022-02-07 Schneider Kreuznach LS 35mm f/3.5 Examples: Moonset over Mt Whitney, Pre-Sunrise (PhaseOne IQ4 150)

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

2022-01-24 Leica 28mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH Aperture Series: Big Laurel At Alpine Creek (Leica M11)

2022-01-24 Leica 24mm f/3.8 Elmar-M ASPH Aperture Series: Big Laurel At Alpine Creek (Leica M11)

2022-01-24 Leica 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar-M ASPH Aperture Series: Big Laurel At Alpine Creek (Leica M11)

2022-01-19 Voigtlander M 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Big Laurel At Alpine Creek (Leica M11)

2022-01-18 Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 Distagon Aperture Series: Big Laurel At Alpine Creek (Leica M11)

2022-01-17 Leica M11 + Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 Distagon Examples: Alpine Creek Ad-Hoc Handheld, High ISO

2022-01-09 Stunning New Photo Book: Inside the High Sierra, by Claude Fiddler

2021

2021-12-26 Fujifilm GF 80mm f/1.7 Aperture Series: Pine Creek Building and Machinery

2021-12-26 Fujifilm GF 80mm f/1.7 Aperture Series: Pine Creek Fir Trees

2021-12-25 Fujifilm GF 80mm f/1.7 Aperture Series: Pine Creek Tungsten Mine Infrastructure

2021-12-21 Leica 28mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL Examples: Tenaya Canyon (Leica SL2)

2021-12-21 Leica 28mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL Aperture Series: Tenaya Canyon Above Pywiack Falls (Leica SL2)

2021-12-21 Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 Distagon Aperture Series: Tenaya Canyon Creekbed Pool (Leica SL2)

2021-12-20 Leica 24mm f/3.8 Elmar-M ASPH Aperture Series: Tenaya Canyon Creekbed (Leica SL2)

2021-12-19 Leica 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar-M ASPH Aperture Series: Tenaya Canyon (Leica SL2)

2021-12-18 Leica 28mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL Examples: Tenaya Canyon (Leica SL2)

2021-12-13 SHOOTOUT @ 35mm: Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L vs Canon RF 14-35mm f/4L: Alabama Hills Drainage, View to Mt Whitney

2021-12-13 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L Aperture Series @ 70mm: Cottonwood in Alabama Hills Drainage, View to Mt Whitney

2021-12-13 In Praise of Digital vs Film (UPDATED, v3)

2021-12-12 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L Aperture Series @ 50mm: Cottonwood in Alabama Hills Drainage, View to Mt Whitney

2021-11-29 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L Aperture Series @ 50mm: Pine Creek Tungsten Mine, Aerial View

2021-11-28 Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM Aperture Series: Pine Creek Tungsten Mine, Aerial View

2021-11-14 Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8L Aperture Series @ 35mm: Aerial View of Pine Creek Mine

2021-11-11 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L Aperture Series @ 43mm: Mt Whitney Fish Hatchery Building

2021-11-08 Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM Aperture Series: Upper Pine Creek

2021-11-08 Canon RF 15-35 f/2.8L Examples: Eastern Sierra

2021-11-07 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L Examples: Eastern Sierra

2021-11-03 Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8L Aperture Series @ 16mm: Lundy Beaver Pond and High Peaks at Dusk

2021-11-02 Zeiss ZE 21mm f/2.8 Distagon Aperture Series: Big Laurel at Bend in Alpine Creek (Canon EOS R5)

2021-11-01 SHOOTOUT @ 24mm: Canon RF 14-35/4L vs Canon RF 15-35/2.8L vs Canon RF 24-70/2.8L: Alpine Creek

2021-11-01 Canon RF 14-35mm f/4L Aperture Series: Big Laurel at Bend in Alpine Creek (Canon EOS R5)

2021-10-31 Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8L Aperture Series: Big Laurel at Bend in Alpine Creek (Canon EOS R5)

2021-10-30 Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro STM Aperture Series: Alpine Creek Riparian Canopy (Canon EOS R5)

2021-10-30 Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro STM Aperture Series: Alpine Creek (Canon EOS R5)

2021-10-17 Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM Aperture Series: Blue Water among Orange Streambed Boulders, Tenaya Canyon (Sony A1)

2021-10-14 Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM Aperture Series: Colorful Autumn Forest, Tenaya Canyon Streamside (Sony A1)

2021-10-10 Sony A1 Examples: Glacier Canyon, Mt Dana

2021-10-10 Sony FE 24-120mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS Examples: Glacier Canyon, Mt Dana

2021-10-07 Hiking Glacier Canyon (Mt Dana) — Working on Examples

2021-10-02 Eastern Sierra Air Quality September 28/29/30: Stunningly Clear, but Oct 1 brings the Nasty Stuff

2021-09-27 Leica 28mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL Aperture Series: Stagnant Tenaya Creek in Forest (Leica SL2)

2021-09-27 Eastern Sierra Air Quality September 27: Still Lousy from Forest Fires, but hope for a short reprieve tomorrow

2021-09-25 Eastern Sierra Air Quality September 25: Still Lousy from Forest Fires

2021-09-24 Total Failure of Piñon Pine Nuts in Inyo Mountains

2021-09-24 Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL Aperture Series: View North to Mt Conness from Puppy Dome

2021-09-23 Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL Aperture Series: Peaks and Valley, Mt Conness Southern Spur

2021-09-21 Forest Fire Smoke Plagues the Eastern Sierra and Yosemite

2021-09-18 Leica 28mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL Aperture series: Tenaya Creek

2021-09-14 Some National Forests in California Closed for Fire Concerns to Reopen Thursday Sept 16, Inyo National Forest soon OPEN

2021-09-12 Alternative to Closed California National Forests: Yosemite Day Pass System

2021-09-02 Fujifilm Medium Format Elbows into 35mm Territory: Fujifilm GFX50S II and Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/4.5-5.6

2021-09-01 National Forest Service Closes All Southwest Region National Forests in California

2021-08-28 Reader Comment: “wealth of material you have accumulated over the years of shooting around Sierra Nevada/White Mountains”

2021-08-21 Where to Photograph in a State Largely Veiled in Smoke?

2021-07-17 Sony FE 14mm f/1.8 GM Examples: Pine Creek Forest

2021-07-15 Fujifilm GF 30mm f/3.5 Aperture Series: Boulder amid Suncups, view to Mt Conness

2021-07-15 Fujifilm GF 30mm f/3.5 Aperture Series: Greenstone Lake with Mt Conness Peaks

2021-06-26 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM Examples: Lundy Canyon, Dawn and Dusk

2021-06-03 Voigtlander FE 35/2 APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Pine Creek Mining Buildings

2021-06-02 Fujifilm GF 80mm f/1.7 R WR Aperture Series: 9050 Pine Creek Road (GFX100S)

2021-05-31 Sony FE 35/1.4 GM Aperture Series: Pine Creek Peaks

2021-05-31 Shootout: Voigtlander FE 35/2 APO-Lanthar vs Sony FE 35/1.4 GM: Pine Creek Cliffs

2021-05-29 Sony FE 14mm f/1.8 GM Aperture Series: Pine Creek Tungsten Mine, Snow Flurries

2021-05-22 Fujifilm GF 80mm f/1.7 R WR Aperture Series: Pine Creek Valley view to Freshly-Dusted High Peaks (GFX100S)

2021-04-30 Fujifilm GFX100S + Fujifilm GF 30mm f/3.5 Aperture Series: Giant Bay Laurel amid Creekside Forest, Alpine Creek

2021-04-28 Fujifilm GFX100S + Fujifilm GF 30mm f/3.5 Aperture Series: Creekside Forest, Alpine Creek

2021-02-16 Voigtlander M 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Now Available for Leica M Mount

2021-02-12 SHOOTOUT: Voigtlander FE 110mm f/2.5 vs Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM: View over Saddlebag Lake to Southern Spur of Mt Conness (Sony A7R IV)

2021-02-07 How Good is the Sony A7R IV for Monochrome vs the Leica M10 Monochrom and/or Nikon D850 Monochrome?

2021-01-24 Leica 24mm f/3.8 Elmar-M ASPH Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills Boulders to Mt Whitney Range (Leica M10 Monochrom)

2021-01-23 Leica 100mm f/2.8 APO-Macro-Elmarit-R Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills to Mt Whitney Drainage (Leica M10 Monochrom)

2021-01-22 Leica 90mm f/2 APO-Summicron-R ASPH Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills to Lone Pine Peak and Mt Whitney (Leica M10 Monochrom)

2021-01-22 Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills to Lone Pine Peak and Mt Whitney (Leica M10 Monochrom)

2021-01-21 Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills to Mt Whitney Range (Leica M10-R)

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

2021-01-14 Leica M10 Monochrom Examples: Alabama Hills, Lone Pine Lake, Mt Whitney Trail

2021-01-13 Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 Distagon Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills to Lone Pine Peak and Mt Whitney (Leica M1-R)

2021-01-10 Leica 28mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills to Lone Pine Peak and Mt Whitney (Leica M1-R)

2021-01-09 Leica 28mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH Aperture Series: Backlit Snowy Meadow, Lundy Canyon (Leica M10 Monochrom)

2021-01-09 Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 Distagon Aperture Series: Animal Tracks near Snowy Creek, Lundy Canyon (Leica M10-R)

2021-01-09 Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 Distagon Aperture Series: Frosty Creek to Snowy Mountainside, Lundy Canyon (Leica M10-R)

2021-01-07 Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH Aperture Series: Lone Pine Peak and Mt Whitney Sunrise from Alabama Hills (Leica M10-R)

2021-01-07 Leica 24mm f/3.8 Elmar-M ASPH Aperture Series: Lone Pine Peak and Mt Whitney Sunrise from Alabama Hills (Leica M10-R)

2021-01-06 Leica 24mm f/3.8 Elmar-M ASPH Aperture Series: Ancient Tree Trunk at Lone Pine Lake (Leica M10 Monochrom)

2020

2020-12-30 Leica M10R Long Exposures (Alabama Hills View To Mt Whitney)

2020-11-01 Shootout: Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM vs Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8 Distagon: First Ice on Beaver Pond, Lundy Canyon

2020-10-27 Shootout: Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM vs Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 Distagon: First Ice on Beaver Pond, Lundy Canyon

2020-10-26 Gorgeous Fall Color in Lundy Canyon: Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM in the field in Eastern Sierra

2020-10-03 Some California National Forests Have Reopened, Including Inyo National Forest (Yosemite, White Mountains, Eastern Sierra)

2020-10-01 Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM Aperture Series: Big Tree at Bend in Alpine Creek (jaw-dropping focus shift and lens skew)

2020-09-30 Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM Shootout @ 12mm vs Sony FE 12-24mm f/4 G: Big Tree at Creek Bend

2020-09-30 Forest Fires: Many California National Forests remain Closed Through October 8 Including Eastern Sierra, White Mountains, Yosemite High Country

2020-09-22 Looks Like the Eastern Sierra Fall Color Season is Toast

2020-09-10 Shootout: Nikon NIKKOR Z 24mm f/1.8 S vs Nikon NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4S: Clearing Storm Over Mt Conness Eastern Ridge

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

2020-09-07 Nikon NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S Aperture Series @ 14mm: View Towards Rock Creek Peaks from Pine Creek

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

2020-07-04 July 4th Conditions Vary Widely Year-to-Year in the Mountains

2020-06-17 Lenticular Clouds from Alabama Hills — Panoramic View

2020-06-15 Lenticular Clouds from Alabama Hills

2020-06-15 Hasselblad XCD 65mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Sagebrush Nook, Alabama Hills

2020-06-15 Hasselblad XCD 65mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills Formations, Last Light on High Peaks

2020-06-15 Hasselblad XCD 65mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills Formations to Mt Whitney Range, Dusk

2020-06-14 Hasselblad XCD 65mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Lichenized Rock Formations at Dusk, View to Lone Pine Peak

2020-06-13 Hasselblad XCD 80mm f/1.9 Aperture Series: Alabama Hills Formations, Late Dusk

2020-06-12 Hasselblad XCD 35-75mm f/3.5-4.5 Aperture Series @ 75mm: View over Alabama Hills Granite Formations to Last Orange Light on Mt Whitney

2020-06-12 Hasselblad XCD 35-75mm f/3.5-4.5 Aperture Series @ 35mm: Last Orange Light on Mt Whitney from Alabama Hills Lichen-Covered Formations

2020-06-10 Hasselblad XCD 35-75mm f/3.5-4.5 Aperture Series @ 35mm: View Past Rock Formations to Main Alabama Hills

2020-06-10 Hasselblad XCD 35-75mm f/3.5-4.5 Examples with Focus Stacking (and without)

2020-06-09 Alabama Hills this spring was A+ Prime

2020-05-26 Hasselblad XCD 135m f/2.8 + TC 1.7x Aperture Series: View Down Canyon to Owens Lake Facility (Hasselblad X1D II 50C)

2020-05-25 Alabama Hills Is Open to Visitors and Campers as of Friday May 22

2020-05-24 Hasselblad XCD 80mm f/1.9 Aperture Series: Lichen-Covered Granite Slab, View to Owens Lake (Hasselblad X1D II 50C)

2020-05-23 Hasselblad XCD 65mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Lichen-Covered Granite Slab, View to Owens Lake (Hasselblad X1D II 50C)

2020-05-17 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills to Wind Driven Snow on Whitney Range (Sony A7R IV)

2020-05-12 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Examples: Mixed Lighting over Western Alabama Hills (Sony A7R IV)

2020-05-08 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills to Wind Driven Snow on Whitney Range (Sony A7R IV)

2020-05-07 Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G Aperture Series: Alabama Hills Granite Monolith, Sunrise (Sony A7R IV)

2020-05-05 Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G Aperture Series: View Towards Big Pine and Eastern Sierra, Dusk (Sony A7R IV)

2020-05-03 Sony FE 20mm f/1.8G Examples: Alabama Hills and Inyo National Forest

2020-04-29 Fujifilm GF 45-100mm f/4 Aperture Series @ 56mm: Alabama Hills Desert Wash, Sunrise View To Mt Whitney (Fujifilm GFX100)

2020-04-16 Fujifilm GF 50mm f/3.5 and Fujifilm GF 250mm f/4 Examples: Mt Whitney Foothills

2020-04-16 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art Aperture Series @ 70mm: View Past Lone Pine Campground to White Mountains (Sony A7R IV)

2020-04-14 View over White Granite Boulders and Sages and Grasses past Alabama Hills formations to Mt Whitney Peaks

2020-04-11 Fujifilm GF 45-100mm f/4 Aperture Series @ 100mm: Sagebrush and Weathered Granite Hillside to Wind-Whipped Whitney (Fujifilm GFX100)

2020-04-10 Evicted from Alabama Hills: Security Theater Brought to Bear on Health

2020-04-09 Cold Storm Hits the Alabama Hills Area

2020-04-05 Fujifilm GF 45-100mm f/4 Examples: Alabama Hills (Fujifilm GFX100)

2020-04-04 Scaling to 240 Megapixels with Gigapixel AI: the Voigtlander 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar image “Alabama Hills Plain View to Mt Whitney Range”

2020-04-03 Shootout: Fujifilm GF 50mm f/3.5 R LM vs Fujifilm GF 45-100mm f/4: View Over Granite Formations to Mt Whitney (Fujifilm GFX100)

2020-04-02 Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G Examples: Alabama Hills (Sony A7R IV)

2020-04-01 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Examples: Alabama Hills (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-31 SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19: Access to Alabama Hills, Eastern Sierra Status

2020-03-31 Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G Aperture Series: View Over Dry Wash to Early Sun on Mt Whitney Range (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-30 Fujifilm GF 50mm f/3.5 R LM WR Aperture Series: Alabama Hills View Southwest to Receding Sierra Nevada, Last Color in Sky (Fujifilm GFX100)

2020-03-29 Fujifilm GF 50mm f/3.5 R LM WR Aperture Series: Alabama Hills Granite to Whitney Range (Fujifilm GFX100)

2020-03-28 Fujifilm GF 50mm f/3.5 R LM WR Examples: Alabama Hills (Fujifilm GFX100)

2020-03-26 Today’s Weather in Alabama Hills

2020-03-25 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Examples: Alabama Hills (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-25 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: Stars Over Mt Whitney, Pre-Dawn Deep Blue Sky (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-23 Today’s Weather in Alabama Hills

2020-03-22 Voigtlander 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Alabama Hills Plain View to Mt Whitney Range, Pre-Dawn (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-21 Voigtlander 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Examples: Alabama Hills (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-19 Smart Move with COVID-19: Boost Your Immune System with Sleep, Outdoors, Lowering Stress, Eating Well

2020-03-17 A Tale of Two Stores: Coronavirus Infection Vectors

2020-03-16 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Examples: Alabama Hills (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-05 Phase One IQ4: a Few More Examples

2020-03-05 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Examples: Lee Vining Canyon (Sony A7R IV)

2020-02-26 Phase One IQ4 with Schneider Kreuznach LS 80mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Last Light on Cottonwood Tree, View to Mt Whitney

2020-02-26 Phase One IQ4 + Schneider Kreuznach LS 35mm f/3.5 Examples: Alabama Hills

2020-02-26 Phase One IQ4 + Schneider Kreuznach LS 35mm f/3.5 Aperture Series: Alabama Hills Creekbed, Late Dusk

2019

2019-12-13 Good Evening from Alabama Hills

2019-12-13 Good Morning from Alabama Hills

2019-12-12 Schneider Kreuznach LS 240mm f/4.5 Example: Alpenglow On Mt Whitney (Phase One IQ4)

2019-12-12 Good Morning from Alabama Hills

2019-12-06 Phase One IQ4 + Schneider Kreuznach LS 150mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: MemChu

2019-11-22 Making Sharp Images: Case Study: Major Sharpness Gains via Ideal Focus with Lenses having Peripheral Forward Field Curvature (Pine Creek High Peaks)

2019-11-07 Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art Examples: Eastern Sierra, Yosemite and Twenty Lakes Basin

2019-11-06 Weather in Eastern Sierra is Exceptional, Idyllic

2019-11-03 Voigtlander 65mm f/2 APO Macro-Lanthar Aperture Series: 'View to Mt Conness from Tuolumne Meadows Area, Early Night' — also evaluates long exposure noise on Sony A7R IV

2019-10-31 Voigtlander 65mm f/2 APO Macro-Lanthar Aperture Series: View to Mt Conness Past Granite Dome, Late Dusk

2019-10-28 Found a new Top-Flight Shooting Location in Yosemite

2019-10-24 Nikon D850 monochrome Examples: Eastern Sierra Man-Made Structures

2019-10-21 Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art: Pine Creek Examples

2019-10-20 Voigtlander 65mm f/2 APO Macro-Lanthar Examples: Pine Creek Panoramas

2019-10-14 Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art Examples: Eastern Sierra, Pine Creek

2019-10-14 Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN Art Examples: Eastern Sierra at Pine Creek

2019-10-14 Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar Focus Stack: Twisted, Burned, Broken Downed Tree High in Pine Creek Canyon

2019-10-13 Various Zeiss Milvus and Zeiss Otus Lenses Now with Monochrome Examples from Nikon D850

2019-10-13 Razor Sharp Zeiss Milvus 135mm f/2 Aperture Series on Nikon D850 Monochrome: Pine Creek Mining Buildings from Pine Creek Trail (up to 183 megapixels)

2019-10-11 Eastern Sierra Nevada: Fall Color in Full Swing, get there soon!

2019-10-06 Comparing Sony A7R IV to Sony A7R III Resolution: Pine Creek Mining Buildings

2019-10-06 Epic Monochrome Panoramas at Pine Creek, Rock Creek with Nikon D850 monochrome

2019-10-05 Dusk, Rock Creek

2019-10-04 You Won’t Believe Your Eyes... Zeiss Milvus 135mm f/2 Aperture Series on Nikon D850 Monochrome: Pine Creek Mining Buildings (up to 183 megapixels)

2019-10-04 Jaw-Dropping Sharpness with Zeiss Milvus 85mm f/1.4 Aperture Series on Nikon D850 Monochrome: Pine Creek Mining Buildings (up to 181 megapixels)

2019-10-03 Nikon D850 monochrome: Pine Creek Peaks and Crescent Moon, Dusk

2019-10-03 Nikon D850 monochrome: Creating a Color Image from Monochrome Using Filters

2019-09-30 November-Like Shooting Conditions in Eastern Sierra

2019-09-28 Nikon D850 Monochrome Examples in Eastern Sierra, Focus Stacked and Presented at Up to 182 Megapixels

2019-09-28 Shootout: Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN Art vs Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2 Distagon: Twenty Lakes Basin, View Towards Mt Conness Drainage (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-27 Shootout: Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art vs Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon: Twenty Lakes Basin, View Towards Mt Conness Drainage (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-27 Jaw-Dropping Image Quality: Sony A7R IV with Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN Art Examples: Eastern Sierra

2019-09-27 Nikon D850 Monochrome: Blending Two Exposure Bracketed Frames for a 4X Reduction in Noise

2019-09-25 Autumn Color Season Starting in Eastern Sierra

2019-09-23 Nikon D850 Monochrome Examples, Eastern Sierra

2019-09-09 Fujifilm GF 110mm f/2: Panoramas in the Eastern Sierra

2019-09-09 Focus Stacking Selfies with the Fujifilm GFX100 (Mt Whitney Zone Sign)

2019-08-24 Fujifilm GFX100 Focus Stacking in Tuolumne Grove, Yosemite

2019-08-20 Fujifilm GFX100 Focus Stacking For Selfies, People: White Mountain Peak, Mt Whitney

2019-08-07 Fujifilm GF 110mm f/2 R LM WR: “Panoramic View of Tuolumne Meadows, Mt Conness, Mt Dana, Mt Gibbs at Dusk” (800 megapixels, GFX100)

2019-08-05 Fujifilm GF 23mm f/4 R WR Aperture Series: Alpine Meadows view towards North Subpeak of Mt Conness (GFX100)

2019-08-04 Fujifilm GF 23mm f/4 R WR Aperture Series: Tenaya Creek View to Half Dome (Fujifilm GFX100)

2019-07-31 Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L Aperture Series: Sunset Glow on Tenaya Creek

2019-07-31 Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L vs Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro STM: Tenaya Creek Basin

2019-07-30 Voigtlander FE Nokton 21mm f/1.4 Aspherical Aperture Series: Spring Flowers Along Tenaya Creek

2019-07-29 Shootout: Voigtlander FE Nokton 21mm f/1.4 Aspherical vs Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8: Tenaya Creek and Lingering Ice

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

2019-07-11 Three Canon EF 200mm f/1.8L USM Aperture Series: Lee Vining Creek Through Meadow + Young Pine Amid Its Ancestors + Mt Dana, Earth Shadow Rising (Canon 5Ds R)

2019-07-11 Snow Levels in Sierra Nevada Appear to Be a Record

2019-06-18 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S Aperture Series @ 24mm: Bonsai View Down Lundy Canyon (Nikon Z7)

2019-06-15 Leica 75mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL Aperture Series: Decrepit Green Building at Ellery Lake (Panasonic S1R)

2019-06-11 Yosemite: Hwy 120 / Tioga Pass Road Status

2019-05-04 Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux-SL ASPH Examples: Lee Vining Canyon (Panasonic S1R)

2019-04-25 Zeiss Milvus 135mm f/2 Examples @ 187 Megapixels: Lee Vining Canyon (Panasonic S1R)

2019-04-24 Shootout: Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 Distagon vs Leica 16-35mm f/3.5-4.5 Elmarit-SL ASPH vs Leica 24-90: Downed Aspen in Lee Vining Creek (Panasonic S1R)

2019-04-15 Panasonic S1R: Multi-Shot High-Res MODE1 vs MODE2 with Moving Leaves and Water

2019-04-13 Panasonic S1R Multi-Shot High-Res Mode: the Largest Advance in Image Quality in a Decade and It Works with Motion = OMG

2019-03-18 Sigma 28mm f/1.4 DG HSM Aperture Series: Road Grader, Alabama Hills (Nikon D850)

2019-03-15 Pentax HD D FA 24-70mm f/2.8 SDM ED Aperture Series @ 24mm: Sunset over Snowy Landscape, White Mountains View to Sierra Nevada (Pentax K-1 II)

2019-03-13 Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG HSM Sports Panorama: Clouds at Sunrise, Alabama Hills and Mt Whitney Range

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)

2019-03-07 Shootout: Zeiss Otus 28/1.4 vs Sigma 28/1.4A: Alabama Hills Creek to White Mountains (Nikon D850)

2019-03-06 Sigma 28mm f/1.4 DG HSM Aperture Series: View of Peaks near Mt Whitney, Very Late Dusk (Nikon D850)

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

2019-03-06 Sprinter in Alabama Hills (Panorama)

2019-03-05 Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG HSM Sports Examples: Mt Whitney and Alabama Hills, Pre-Dawn to Early Sun

2019-03-05 Sigma 28mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: Alabama Hills, Dusk (Nikon D850)

2019-03-04 Camping in Alabama Hills (Late Dusk Shot with Sigma 28mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art), UPDATED with Reader Comment

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

2019-02-04 Sigma 40mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Examples: Lundy Canyon Portraits (Nikon D850)

2019-01-30 Fujifilm GF 250mm f/4 R LM OIS WR Exmples: Lundy Lake Area (Fujifilm GFX-50R)

2019-01-29 Fujifilm GF 23mm f/4 R R WR Aperture Series: Last Old Cabin at Lundy Resort (Fujifilm GFX-50R)

2019-01-24 Fujifilm GF 250mm f/4 R LM OIS WR: Making a 155-Megapixel Panorama “High Peaks Over May Lundy Mine” (Fujifilm GFX-50R)

2019-01-20 Fujifilm GF 23mm f/4 Examples: Alabama Hills (Fujifilm GFX-50R)

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)

2018

2018-11-21 Ice Skating the Eastern Sierra

2018-11-21 Hasselblad H6D-100C + Hasselblad HC 50mm f/3.5 II: Twenty Lakes Basin + More White-Tailed Ptarmigan

2018-11-17 Hasselblad HC 120mm f/4 II Examples: Lundy Canyon

2018-11-17 Hasselblad HC 50mm f/3.5 II Examples: Lundy Canyon

2018-11-17 Hasselblad H6D-100C Dynamic Range

2018-11-06 Revenge of the Beaver: Lundy Canyon Road Blocked by Felled Aspen

2018-11-04 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM Examples at f/1.2: Lundy Canyon Evening

2018-11-03 SHOOTOUT: Nikon Z7 + Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S vs Sony A7R III + Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 (Lower Lundy Beaver Pond)

2018-11-02 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM Examples at f/1.2: Beaver in Beaver Pond

2018-10-31 Zeiss Batis 40mm f/2 CF Examples: Bishop Creek at Dusk, Handheld

2018-10-31 Coastal Optics 60mm f/4 UV-VIS-IR APO-Macro Aperture Series (Many), on Nikon Z7

2018-10-25 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S Aperture Series @ 70mm: Conness Creek Lower Waterfall

2018-10-25 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S Aperture Series at 70mm: Lower Lundy Canyon Beaver Pond

2018-10-25 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S Aperture Series at 34mm: Conness Creek Lower Waterfall

2018-10-25 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S Aperture Series at 52mm: Snow Flecked Conness Ridgeline, Sunset

2018-10-24 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 Aperture Series: Creek and Aspen and Essence of Eastern Sierra

2018-10-21 Nikon Z7: Validating Focus Accuracy, Exposure, Handheld with IBIS and Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 (Bishop Creek)

2018-10-20 Zeiss Batis 40mm f/2 CF Aperture Series: Bishop Creek Aspen

2018-10-20 Zeiss Batis 40mm f/2 CF Aperture Series: View up Bishop Creek, Late Dusk

2018-10-15 Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Lundy Canyon at Dusk (Nikon Z7)

2018-10-11 Nikon Z7: Examples, Handheld with IBIS, Very Slow Shutter: Lundy Canyon (Various)

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

2018-10-10 Nikon Z7: Examples, Handheld with IBIS, Very Slow Shutter: Lundy Canyon (Zeiss Otus 28/1.4)

2018-10-08 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S Examples Using IBIS, Conness Lakes Area

2018-10-08 Zeiss Milvus 18mm f/2.8 Examples on Nikon Z7: Mt Conness Basin East

2018-10-08 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S Aperture Series at 30mm: Trail Along Lower Conness Lake

2018-10-07 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S Aperture Series at 24mm: Summit View at Dusk Over Upper Conness Lake

2018-10-05 Testing the Nikon Z7 and Nikon NIKKOR S 24-70mm f/4 S in the Eastern Sierra

2018-10-01 Zeiss Loxia 25mm f/2.4 Distagon Aperture Series: Rock Creek

2018-10-01 Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon Aperture Series: Rock Creek

2018-09-30 Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Rock Creek

2018-09-30 Sony 85mm f/1.4 GM Aperture Series: Staggered Tree Trunks, Rock Creek

2018-09-30 Sony 85mm f/1.4 GM Aperture Series for Bokeh / Visual Impact: Aspen Trunks at Rock Creek

2018-09-29 Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Rock Creek with Flowers

2018-09-29 Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Rock Creek

2018-09-23 Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Upper Conness Lake

2018-09-23 Saddlebag Lake is Drained, Dam Looks to Have Serious Integrity Issue via Meter-Wide Hole

2018-09-19 Sigma FE 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: Tenaya Canyon Pool

2018-09-19 Compared: Sony 85mm f/1.4 GM vs Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4: Portraits at Tenaya Pool

2018-09-15 Back from Eastern Sierra

2018-09-13 Sigma FE 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: Hiker at Upper Conness Lake

2018-09-12 Soaring Eagle Cloud

2018-09-10 Compared: Zeiss Loxia 25mm f/2.4 to Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2: View from Dana Lakes to Mt Conness

2018-08-31 Hasselblad X1D + Hasselblad XCD 21mm f/4 E Examples: Rock Creek and Yosemite

2018-08-31 Hasselblad X1D + Hasselblad XCD 120mm f/3.5 Aperture Series: Flowering Riparian Plant, Late Summer, Rock Creek Area

2018-08-31 Hasselblad X1D + Hasselblad XCD 120mm f/3.5 Aperture Series: Aspen and Pine Forest, Rock Creek

2018-08-30 Hasselblad X1D + Hasselblad XCD 120mm f/3.5 Aperture Series: View Over Trees To High Peaks, Rock Creek High Country

2018-08-29 Hasselblad X1D + Hasselblad XCD 21mm f/4 Aperture Series: Ellery Lake

2018-08-28 Hasselblad X1D + Hasselblad XCD 21mm f/4 Aperture Series: Rock Creek, S-Curve

2018-08-28 Hasselblad X1D + Hasselblad XCD 21mm f/4 Aperture Series: Rock Creek, Upstream View

2018-08-27 Hasselblad X1D + Hasselblad XCD 21mm f/4 Aperture Series: Contemplating Rock Creek

2018-08-22 Summited Mt Whitney, Headed Home

2018-08-16 Hasselblad X1D + Hasselblad XCD 21mm f/4 Aperture Series: Low View Up Alpine Creek

2018-08-16 Hasselblad X1D + Hasselblad XCD 21mm f/4 Aperture Series: Dark Log in Alpine Creek

2018-08-15 Back in 2001 the Nikon D1X Went to Mt Whitney; Here in 2018 the Hasselblad X1D Gets Its Shot

2018-07-30 Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon Aperture Series: Red Blueberry Scrub View To Mt Conness (Sony A7R II)

2018-07-26 The Ferguson Fire near Yosemite Valley: Save your Lungs and Your Health if Traveling in California, But Applies to Much More than Smoke

2018-07-20 Mono Lake from Mt Dana, Pre-Dawn

2018-07-16 P100 / N100 Particulate Respirator Works for Smoke

2018-07-16 Zeiss Milvus 15mm f/2.8 Examples: Eastern Sierra

2018-07-15 Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar Examples: Monitor Pass Area

2018-07-13 Three Sigma for Sony 70mm f/2.8 DG Macro Aperture Series: Closed Flower Seedheads, Yellow Flower, Crooked Pine

2018-07-13 Sigma for Sony 70mm f/2.8 DG Macro Aperture Series: Southern Ridge of Mt Conness

2018-07-12 Sigma 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: Mt Conness Green Meadow, Dusk

2018-07-10 Attention Allergy/Asthma Sufferers: Extreme Pollen Levels in Eastern Sierra Nevada / Yosemite at 8500 Ft on up to 10,600' and Higher

2018-07-06 Reader Comment: Canon 135mm f/4L TS-E, Canon Tilt/Shift Lenses

2018-07-02 Attention Allergy/Asthma Sufferers: Horrible Pollen Levels in Eastern Sierra Nevada

2018-06-26 Canon 85mm f/1.4L IS Examples: Saddlebag Lake Area

2018-06-26 Canon 85mm f/1.4L IS Aperture Series: Mt Dana, Early Morning

2018-06-26 Canon 135mm f/4L TS-E Aperture Series: Ancient Orange Tree Trunk

2018-06-25 Canon 135mm f/4L TS-E Aperture Series: Sprinter Van at Sunrise

2018-06-25 Canon 135mm f/4L TS-E Aperture Series with Tilt: Metal Railing and Shadows Atop Saddlebag Lake Dam

2018-06-25 Canon 135mm f/4L TS-E Aperture Series with Tilt: Rushing Downstream

2018-06-25 Canon 135mm f/4L TS-E Aperture Series with Tilt: Saddlebag Lake Dam Spillway, Oblique View

2018-06-24 Working in the Field in Eastern Sierra

2018-06-24 Canon 135mm f/4L TS-E Aperture Series with Maximum Shift: Pine Above Valley, Early Blue Morning

2018-06-24 Canon 85mm f/1.4L IS Aperture Series: Sunrise on Mt Conness

2018-02-13 Shootout: Zeiss Milvus 15mm f/2.8 Distagon vs Nikon 14mm f/2.8D ED: Alpine Creek, Low View

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

2017

2017-12-26 Fujifilm GFX: Is It Better than 35mm Cameras? (Sunrise, Lundy Canyon Waterfall)

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

2017-12-17 Family Fun: Ice Skating on Lundy Lake

2017-12-16 Sony A7R III Pixel Shift with Sony Imaging Edge vs Single-Frame Adobe Camera Raw

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

2017-12-08 Fujifilm GF 45mm f/2.8 R WR Aperture Series with Focus Stack: Across Green Icy Lake to Blue Mountainside

2017-12-08 Fujifilm GF 45mm f/2.8 R WR Aperture Series: View Down Lundy Lake, Late Afternoon

2017-12-07 Fujifilm GF 45mm f/2.8 R WR Aperture Series with Focus Stack: Lundy Lake, Green Ice at Dam End

2017-11-15 Time to Head for Home

2017-11-14 The Significance of Automated Focus Stepping for Focus Stacking (Nikon D850)

2017-11-14 Deep Stacking with the Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Using Nikon D850 'Focus shift shooting'

2017-11-13 iPhone Panos Suck; iPhone Panos Rock: Panoramic Images of Saddlebag Lake / Hoover Wilderness Area

2017-11-13 Stacking at f/1.8?!

2017-11-13 Depth of Field Akin to f/128: an Incredible Near-Far Focus Stack with the Zeiss Milvus 18mm f/2.8

2017-11-11 Late Season Shooting in the Eastern Sierra

2017-11-07 Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon: Some New Focus Stacking images (Nikon D850)

2017-11-07 Zeiss Milvus 25mm f/1.4 Aperture Series + Focus Stack: Healthy Bristlecone Bark (Nikon D850)

2017-11-06 Zeiss Milvus 25mm f/1.4: a Few More Eastern Sierra Examples Added

2017-11-06 Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2 Aperture Series: Rock Creek White Stripes + White Peaks (Nikon D850)

2017-11-06 File Size as an Accurate Proxy for Image Detail

2017-11-05 Good Evening, from 11-6

2017-11-02 Zeiss Milvus 25mm f/1.4: Aperture Series + Focus Stack: Waterfall Icicles (Nikon D850)

2017-11-02 Zeiss Milvus 25mm f/1.4: Long Term Keeper, Maybe the Best Wide Angle Zeiss has Made + the Human Perspective

2017-11-01 Warm in Van, Trout Grilled, Killer Weather, Best Fishing Ever, Red Wine... Makes up for the Tough Days

2017-11-01 Nikon 105mm f/1.4E: How a TINY Change in Focus Alters Performance

2017-11-01 Zeiss Nikon 105mm f/1.4E Aperture Series: View Down to Conness Creek Drainage

2017-11-01 Zeiss Milvus 25mm f/1.4 Stacking Examples: Glacier Canyon and Dana Lakes (Nikon D850)

2017-10-29 Desert Springs Trout—Yum!

2017-10-29 Shootout: Zeiss Milvus 25mm f/1.4 vs Zeiss 25mm f/2 vs 25/2.8: StripedBoulderToMountainside (Nikon D850)

2017-10-29 Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art Aperture Series + Focus Stack: Boulder View to Sub-Peak of Mt Conness

2017-10-28 Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: Trees on Barren North Rocky Face (Nikon D850)

2017-10-25 Zeiss Milvus 25mm f/1.4 Aperture Series:Flare with Sun Just Out of the Frame

2017-10-25 Nikon 105mm f/1.4E Aperture Series: Sidelit Giant Boulder (Nikon D850)

2017-10-24 Zeiss Milvus 25mm f/1.4 Aperture Series: Colorful Green Boulder, Dusk (Nikon D850)

2017-10-24 Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: View Over Conness Creek Drainage to Saddlebag Lake (Nikon D850)

2017-10-24 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: View Over Conness Creek Drainage to Saddlebag Lake (Nikon D850)

2017-10-22 Zeiss Milvus 25mm f/1.4 Examples: Yosemite High Country (Nikon D850)

2017-10-16 Travel Advisory Update: Eastern Sierra, Owens Valley, Mono Lake, Mammoth Lakes Awful for Photography

2017-10-15 Mickey Mouse moves into Mercedes Sprinter van with me in the wilderness to get out of the cold

2017-10-15 Travel Advisory: Smoke from Sonoma Fire in Yosemite, Eastern Sierra, Owens Valley, Mono Lake Areas

2017-10-12 Travel Advisory: Heavy Smoke in Owens Valley / Eastern Sierra from Sonoma Fire

2017-10-07 Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED Focus Shift Case Study: Lee Vining Canyon Fresh Snow (Nikon D810)

2017-10-05 Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/1.4: Examples, Eastern Sierra

2017-10-04 Heads Up: Eastern Sierra Fall Color Coming on Strong, Probably Will Peak within a Week

2017-10-01 D850 vs D810 Sharpness: Pine Creek Forested Hillside

2017-09-29 Nikon D850: First Look at Noise Under Field Conditions, Gross Underexposure

2017-09-27 Nikon D850: First Look at Noise Under Field Conditions, Gross Underexposure

2017-09-24 Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/1.4 Distagon: Excellent for Focus Stacking

2017-09-21 Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: Clearing Storm over Tenaya Dome

2017-09-03 Shootout: Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon vs Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/1.4: Lundy Painted Face Rock (Nikon D810)

2017-08-25 Sony 12-24mm f/4 G Examples: Dana Lakes and Glacier Canyon

2017-08-24 Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 GM 3-Way Shootout vs Sony 12-24mm f/4 and Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8: Morgan Pond

2017-08-23 Sony 12-24mm f/4 G Examples: Rock Creek and Morgan Lakes area

2017-08-23 Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 GM Examples: Rock Creek and Morgan Lakes area

2017-08-23 Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 GM: Imaging Performance @ 16mm, Single Frame vs 3-Frame Stack: Flowers in Meadow to High Peaks, Dusk

2017-08-23 Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 GM 3-Way Shootout vs Sony 12-24mm f/4 and Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2: Rock Creek Meadow

2017-08-21 Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 GM 3-Way Shootout vs Sony 12-24mm f/4 and Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8: Rock Creek Meadow

2017-08-19 Sony 12-24mm f/4 G @ 24mm: Single Frame Performance at f/11 vs Focus Stacking at f/11 (Downed Tree, Last Kiss of Sunlight)

2017-08-19 Sony 12-24mm f/4 G @ 12mm: Single Frame Performance at f/11 vs Focus Stacking at f/11 (Pine at Morgan Lake)

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

2017-08-14 East Side of Yosemite Choked with Smoke, but to the South it is Clear (Update: Fire Out)

2017-08-12 Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 GM Aperture Series: Aspen by Creek

2017-08-04 Fujifilm GF 110mmm f/2 R WR Aperture Series: Lone Pine, Waiting for Sunrise (UPDATE)

2017-08-03 Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Ellery Lake at Dusk

2017-08-03 Nikon 28mm f/1.4E Aperture Series: Fishing Boats at Dawn, Lundy Lake

2017-08-03 Sony 12-24mm f/4G Aperture Series @ 12mm: Melting Out Dana Lake #3 (A7R II)

2017-08-03 Sony 12-24mm f/4G Aperture Series @ 12mm: Raindrops Fall on Dana Lake (A7R II)

2017-08-03 Sony 12-24mm f/4G Aperture Series @ 17mm: Dana Lake Iceberg (A7R II)

2017-08-03 Fujifilm GF 110mmm f/2 R WR Aperture Series: Lone Pine, Waiting for Sunrise

2017-08-02 Fujifilm GF 23mm f/4 R WR Aperture Series: Lee Vining Canyon at Dusk

2017-08-02 Overview of Yosemite Valley for New Visitors

2017-07-25 Heading to Mountains

2017-07-17 Leica M10 ISO Series from ISO 100 to ISO 6400

2017-07-12 Leica M10 Examples with 18/3.8 Super-Elmar-M ASPH and Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 Distagon: Dana Lakes Hike

2017-07-09 A Casualty of the 2016/2017 Snowfall: Bighorn Sheep

2017-07-05 Leica M10 Examples with 18/3.8 Super-Elmar-M ASPH and Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 Distagon: Saddlebag Lake

2017-07-04 Leica M10 Examples with 18/3.8 Super-Elmar-M ASPH and Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 Distagon: Saddlebag Lake

2017-07-03 4th (Leica M10 at Saddlebag Lake)

2017-06-11 Reviewed: Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS

2017-06-06 Sierra Melt: Grant Lake Overflows, Brings Hope for Mono Lake Water Level

2017-06-04 Sony A9: Two Examples of Pattern/Banding Noise at ISO 100 (Pine Creek Skyline, Mt Tom) + Reader Comments

2017-06-04 Backside of Mono Lake Area

2017-06-02 Reader Comment: Sierra Snowpack, Mammoth Mountain Skiing through August 6

2017-05-30 Sierra Snowpack, Hwy 120 Status

2017-05-21 Stitched Panoramas with Fujifilm GFX and GF 120/4: View to Mt Whitney From Alabama Hills

2017-05-19 Fujifilm GFX Focusing Precision and Aperture Series with GF 120/4: View to Mt Whitney From Alabama Hills

2017-04-16 Fujifilm GF 32-64mm f/4 Examples, Eastern Sierra

2017-04-16 Fujifilm GFX + 63mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Three Pines

2017-04-14 Fujifilm GFX + 63mm f/2.8 at Their Best, Aperture Series: Aspen and Firs by Lee Vining Creek

2017-04-14 Fujifilm GFX Focusing Precision and Aperture Series with 63/2.8: View to Mt Whitney From Alabama Hills

2017-04-11 Fujifilm GF 63mm f/2.8 Distortion Example

2017-04-10 Shootout: Fujifilm GF 63mm f/2.8 vs 32-64mm f/4 — Pine Creek South Fork

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

2017-04-09 Fujifilm GF 32-64mm f/4 Aperture Series @ 32mm: 9050 Pine Creek Road

2017-04-09 Fujifilm GF 63mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Pine Amid Bare Trees

2017-04-07 Fujifilm GFX Dynamic Range Under Real Field Conditions: “Lundy Canyon Boulders and High Clouds”

2017-04-03 Fujifilm GFX Documentary Use: Fish Electroshock Survey

2017-03-30 Cold April Storm

2017-02-22 Hasselblad XCD 30mm f/3.5 Aperture Series: 'Bare Tree Along Alpine Creek' + 'First Spring Blooms'

2016

2016-12-12 The D810 as a 73-Megapixel Medium Format Camera with a 49mm X 36mm Virtual Sensor: Nikon 19mm f/4E ED PC-E Shift-Lens Stitching (Alpine Creek)

2016-11-29 Shootout: Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art vs Zeiss Milvus 85/1.4 (Siemens Chart, Nikon D810)

2016-11-29 Sigma 12-24mm f/4 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: Sunlight on the Beaver Pond (Nikon D810)

2016-11-26 Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L III Examples: Lundy Canyon Area (Canon 5DS R)

2016-11-25 Destroying to Make the Picture

2016-11-23 Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4: Examples in Lundy Canyon, Tenaya Lake Area

2016-11-22 Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4: Focus Stacking with Moving Water, and Other Examples

2016-11-21 3-Way Shootout: Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art vs Zeiss Milvus 85/1.4 vs Nikon 85/1.4G (Snowy Spur of Mt Conness, Nikon D810)

2016-11-20 3-Way Shootout: Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art vs Zeiss Milvus 85/1.4 vs Nikon 85/1.4G (Lundy Beaver Ponds, Nikon D810)

2016-11-19 Shootout: Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4 vs Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8: Lundy Beaver Ponds (Sony A7R II)

2016-11-17 Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4 Aperture Series: Clearing Storm, Lundy Canyon (Sony A7R II)

2016-11-15 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: Sunlight on Saddlebag Lake (Nikon D810)

2016-11-12 An Exceptionally Beautiful Rainbow Trout Unlike Any Other I’ve Seen

2016-11-09 Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L III Examples: Lundy Canyon Area (Canon 5DS R)

2016-11-01 Approaching Potential Sensor Resolution: Focus Stacking at 50 Megapixels (Lundy Beaver Pond, Canon 5Ds R)

2016-10-29 Approaching Potential Sensor Resolution: Focus Stacking at 50 Megapixels (Spotted Boulder, Canon 5Ds R)

2016-10-21 Late October Photo Tour in Yosemite or Eastern Sierra

2016-10-10 Nikon AF-S 105mm f/1.4E ED Aperture Series: Lundy Canyon Meadow at Dawn

2016-10-07 The Resident Bald Eagle Swoops and Grabs a Moribund Rainbow Trout at Saddlebag Lake

2016-09-29 Eastern Sierra Fall Color Update

2016-09-23 September/October Photo Tour on Focus Stacking (or Other Things), Yosemite Area

2016-09-12 Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar Examples: Eastern Sierra Variety (Sony A7R II)

2016-09-11 SHOOTOUT: Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA vs Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2: Upper Lee Vining Creek Meadow (Sony A7R II)

2016-09-11 Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon: Examples in Eastern Sierra (Sony A7R II)

2016-09-10 Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon Aperture Series: Red Blueberry Scrub View To Mt Conness (Sony A7R II)

2016-09-10 Sony 50mm f/1.4 ZA: Examples in Eastern Sierra

2016-09-07 Dead and Dying

2016-09-06 SHOOTOUT: Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA vs Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2: Spuller Lake View to Mt Conness (Sony A7R II)

2016-09-04 Focus Stacking with Sony 85/1.4 GM: Getting that Impossible Depth of Field for Landscape Scenes

2016-09-02 Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8: Examples at Close Range

2016-08-21 Back from Overnights

2016-08-09 August Photo Tour on Focus Stacking, Yosemite Area

2016-07-21 Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 Distagon Aperture Series: DeChambeau Barn (Leica SL)

2016-07-05 Panoramas with the iPhone

2016-07-04 How Hatchery Trout are Stocked in Lakes 📹

2016-06-28 Panoramas with the iPhone

2016-06-02 Early June 2016 Photo Tour in Yosemite High Country (or White Mountains)

2016-05-31 Early June 2016 Photo Tour in Yosemite High Country (or White Mountains)

2016-04-28 Off Topic: High Sierra Fishing + Recommended Spinning Reel and Rod

2016-04-28 2016 Photo Tours in Yosemite High Country and/or White Mountains

2016-03-06 On the Road, Death Valley Tomorrow

2016-03-04 Astrophotography with Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon

2016-02-12 Canon 35mm f/1.4L II Aperture Series: Upper Reaches of Lundy Beaver Pond

2016-01-31 Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 Examples: Lundy Canyon, Before the Snow (Sony A7R II)

2016-01-31 Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 Examples: Rain to Snow in Lundy Canyon, early November (Sony A7R II)

2016-01-22 Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 on Sony A7S II Aperture Series: Blue Dusk Settles on Snowy Lundy Canyon

2016-01-17 Sigma 24mm f/1.4A Examples in Mt Conness Watershed

2015

2015-12-24 Nikon 24mm f/1.8G ED Aperture Series: Lundy Reservoir Frozen Over (Nikon D810)

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

2015-11-22 Zeiss ZF.2 15mm f/2.8 Distagon: Examples in Lundy Canyon (Canon 5DS R)

2015-11-21 Zeiss ZE 100mm f/2 Makro-Planar: Examples in Lundy Canyon (Canon 5DS R)

2015-11-19 Zeiss ZE 21mm f/2.8 Distagon: 4 Pages of Examples in Lundy Canyon

2015-11-18 Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon: It Has the Magic No Other Normal Lens has

2015-11-15 Zeiss ZE 100mm f/2 Makro-Planar: a Few Examples

2015-11-15 Zeiss ZE 21mm f/2.8 Distagon: Studying f/2.8, f/4, f/9 (Aspen Thicket)

2015-11-13 Zeiss 21mm f/2.8: Studying f/2.8, f/5.6, f/9 (Blue Dusk Settles On Lundy Beaver Pond)

2015-11-13 Zeiss 21mm f/2.8 Distagon: Arc Flare vs Zeiss Milvus 21mm f/2.8

2015-11-12 Working on Zeiss 21mm f/2.8 Examples

2015-11-05 Back Home, the Snow Show Was Fun + Lloyd’s Dutch Oven Trout Recipe

2015-11-03 Cold Camp

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

2015-11-02 Sunrise Brings an Alaskan Cold Front

2015-11-01 Stalwart: Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 Distagon (morning at Lundy Lake)

2015-10-31 Warm and Sunny Follows Cold Snow: Zeiss ZE 21mm f/2.8 Distagon on Canon 5DS R in Lundy Canyon

2015-10-30 Yosemite Snowstorm: the Day After

2015-10-17 Reviewed: Canon 35mm f/1.4L II

2015-10-09 Gone Fishing (and photographing) + card for Sony A7R II 4K Video Recording

2015-08-25 Sigma dp0 Quattro Aperture Series: Sunset Over Mt Conness Eastern Drainage

2015-08-25 Sigma dp0 Quattro Aperture Series: Lower Conness Lake, Late Day

2015-08-25 Sigma dp0 Quattro Aperture Series: Lower Conness Lake, Late Day

2015-08-16 Smoke Plume over Mt Gibbs (Walker Fire)

2015-08-06 Leica 24mm f/3.5 Super-Elmar-S ASPH Aperture Series: Lower Conness Lake

2015-08-05 Leica 24mm f/3.5 Super-Elmar-S ASPH Aperture Series: Lower Conness Lake

2015-07-21 Canon 11-24mm f/4L Examples: Mt Conness Watershed (Canon 5DS R)

2015-07-15 Leica Q: Climbing Mt Dana from Sun to Hail to Rain to Sun Again

2015-07-05 Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 Sonnar Examples: Mary Lake + Mt Conness Area

2015-06-16 Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 Distagon Examples: Lundy Canyon, Hoover Wilderness

2015-06-14 Sony FE 28mm f/2 Aperture Series: Drainage Above Saddlebag Lake (Sony A7R)

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)

2015-06-11 Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 Distagon Aperture Series: Meadow View of Mt Conness East

2015-06-10 Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 Distagon Aperture Series: Dusk At Ellery Lake

2015-06-10 Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 Sonnar Aperture Series: Sunrise at Saddlebag Lake

2015-06-06 Shootout: Leica M Monochrom Typ 246 vs Leica M Typ 240

2015-05-16 Late May / Early June and Late June Photo Tours in Yosemite High Country and/or White Mountains

2015-04-20 Nikon 20mm f/1.8G ED Aperture Series: Pine Lake Peak, Last Kiss of Sunlight

2015-03-12 Panoramic Megapixels (stitching): Olympus EM5 Mark II, Lone Pine and Mt Whitney

2015-02-17 6-way Shootout at 35mm: Zeiss ZM 35/1.4 Distagon, 35/2 Biogon, 35/2.8 C-Biogon, Voigtlander Nokton 35/1.2 II ASPH, Leica 35/1.4 Summilux, Leica 35/2 Summicron

2015-01-31 Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar Aperture Series: Lee Vining Creek Morning Backlighting

2015-01-08 Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon on Sony A7R: Sierra Nevada and White Mountains Examples

2014

2014-11-16 Nikon 20mm f/1.8G ED Aperture Series: Mt Conness Glacier Remnants

2014-11-15 Zeiss 21mm f/2.8 Distagon vs Nikon 20mm f/1.8G: Mt Conness Glacier

2014-11-11 Sony Firmware Updater: a Security Risk

2014-11-10 Zeiss Loxia 50/2 Planar Dual Aperture Series: Saddlebag Lake Pines At Dusk

2014-11-08 Zeiss Loxia 35/2 Biogon Aperture Series: Log Over Lee Vining Creek

2014-11-07 Nikon 20mm f/1.8G ED Aperture Series: Pine Creek Sun Wedge

2014-11-03 Yet Another OS X Yosemite Issue: Hard-Clipped Blacks in Lightroom (and Safari)

2014-11-02 Zeiss Loxia 35/2 Biogon Aperture Series: Pine Creek Sunlit Morning

2014-11-02 Zeiss Loxia 50/2 Planar Aperture Series: Pine Creek Sunlit Morning

2014-10-31 Last Light

2014-10-26 Pine Creek to Pine Lake

2014-10-23 Zeiss Loxia 35/2 on the Sony A7R

2014-10-20 Caution for Professionals on OS X Yosemite

2014-10-10 Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 Distagon: More Field Examples

2014-10-05 Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 Distagon: Examples at f/1.4 in Eastern Sierra and White Mountains

2014-10-01 US National Forest Service (NFS) Proposes Restrictive Permits for Still Photography on Public Lands: $1000 Fine for Taking a Picture?

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

2014-09-14 Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar Aperture Series 'DeChambeau Yellow Wagon'

2014-09-08 Yes, it snows in August

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

2014-08-29 Zeiss 15mm f/2.8 Distagon: Brilliant

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)

2014-08-22 Zeiss 28mm f/2 Distagon on Nikon D810 (Lundy Canyon Creekside Yellow Flowers)

2014-08-20 Nikon D810 vs Pentax 645Z: Visual Impact Out in the Field with a Real Image (Comparison)

2014-08-16 Wrapping up Field Shooting

2014-08-11 Nikon D810 Dynamic Range: Best Ever in Any Camera?

2014-07-28 YAYF: Yet Another Yosemite Fire

2014-06-24 Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM A: Dual-Focus Aperture Series: Tuolumne River Cascade (Canon 5D Mark III)

2014-06-11 Heading to Yosemite and White Mountains: Open Slots for Photo Tours, and Gear List

2014-06-05 4-Way Shootout + Matched Comparison: Nikon 58/1.4G, 50/1.4G, 50/1.8G, 50/1.2 AIS (D800E, Beaver Dam Dawn)

2014-05-31 Zeiss 28mm f/2 Distagon Aperture Series Lundy Canyon Beaver Dam (D800E)

2014-05-30 Nikon 58mm f/1.4G Aperture Series (DeChambeau Cottonwood Rounds, D800E)

2014-05-30 Nikon 58mm f/1.4G Aperture Series (DeChambeau 'Garage at Dusk', D800E)

2014-05-30 Nikon 58mm f/1.4G Aperture Series (Boulder Logjam, D800E)

2014-05-30 Nikon 58mm f/1.4G Aperture Series (DeChambeau Outbuilding at Dusk, D800E)

2014-05-29 4-Way Shootout: Nikon 58mm f/1.4G vs 50/1.4G, 50/1.8G, 50/1.2 AIS (D800E, DeChambeau Sidelit Barn)

2014-04-11 Nikon 50mm f/1.2 AIS Aperture Series, DeChambeau Sidelit Barn

2014-03-05 Leica 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar-M ASPH Aperture Series: Juniper Tree Sky View At Dusk

2014-03-03 Leica 24mm f/3.8 Elmar-M ASPH: Aperture Series 'DeChambeau Ranch House

2014-03-03 Leica 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar-M ASPH: Aperture Series 'Beaver Pond Meadow'

2014-03-02 Leica 24mm f/3.8 Elmar-M ASPH: Aperture Series 'DeChambeau Yellow Wagon'

2014-02-28 Guide to Leica: Leica 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar-M ASPH, Aperture Series: Sidelit Barn at DeChambeau Ranch

2014-02-27 Guide to Leica: Leica 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar-M ASPH, Aperture Series: Backlit Cottonwood at DeChambeau Ranch

2014-02-04 Nikon AF-S 24mm f/1.4G on D800E: Sunrise Glow on Lundy Creek

2014-02-01 Guide to Leica: Noctilux 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux-M ASPH and Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH vs Nikon 50mm f/1.2 AIS

2014-02-01 Guide to Leica: Noctilux 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux-M ASPH and Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH vs Nikon 50mm f/1.2 AIS

2014-01-25 Yosemite Fire Followup

2014-01-23 Noctilux Rendering Style — Boulder Logjam in Lundy Creek

2013

2013-12-14 Reviewed: Olympus OM-D E-M1, with Examples (Lundy Canyon + Panasonic Leica 25/1.4)

2013-11-27 Sigma DP2 and DP3 Merrill: Aperture Series (Various)

2013-11-25 Leica 75mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH: Flare Examples

2013-11-24 Sigma DP3 Merrill: Aperture Series (DeChambeau Barn)

2013-11-24 Leica 75mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH: Aperture Series (DeChambeau Yellow Trailer)

2013-11-23 Pentax K3 + Pentax HD Limited 15mm f/4 Aperture Series: Ice on Beaver Pond

2013-11-23 Leica 75mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH: Aperture Series (Two Aspen in Lundy Canyon + Grassy Log Waterfall)

2013-11-22 Pixel for Pixel, *Nothing* Beats a Sigma DP Merrill

2013-11-20 Reclusive Beaver Can’t Hide Its Tracks With Ice On the Pond

2013-11-20 Leica 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar-M ASPH Aperture Series (M240, Lundy Canyon Sunstar)

2013-11-19 Mono Lake Panorama with Leica 75mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH

2013-11-14 Nikon 50mm f/1.2 AIS Aperture Series, DeChambeau Ranch House, D800E

2013-11-13 Hartblei 80mm f/2.8 SuperRotator: Aperture Series (DeChambeau Outbuilding, D800E)

2013-11-12 Nikon AF-S 24mm f/1.4G: Aperture Series (Sidelit DeChambeau Barn, D800E)

2013-11-11 Leica 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar-M ASPH Aperture Series (M240, Beaver Pond in Lundy Canyon)

2013-11-11 Backup and Transferring Images: From the Field Laptop to Home Workstation

2013-11-09 Leica 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar-M ASPH

2013-11-08 Aggressive Brook Trout

2013-11-07 Friendly Weather, so Mountain Shooting

2013-10-22 Brook Trout Spawning

2013-10-03 Eastern Sierra Nevada Weather and Travel Conditions, Now with Two Webcams

2013-09-07 Yosemite Rim Fire: Tioga Pass Resort Closes Early (Sept 15)

2013-09-04 Leica X Vario: First Look At Image Quality (Pine Creek Waterfalls Aperture Series)

2013-09-01 Sony RX1R: Examples Near the Pine Creek Tungsten Mine

2013-08-29 Back Home, Through and Past the Smoke (Yosemite Rim Fire Detour)

2013-08-04 Leica 50/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH vs 50/0.95 Noctilux-M ASPH: Orange Bark Pine, Yosemite (Leica M240)

2013-07-19 Fujifilm Fujinon 60mm f/2.4 Macro Aperture Series: Pot on Stove (Fujifilm X-E1)

2013-07-19 Compared: Zeiss Touit 12mm f/2.8 Distagon vs Fujifilm XF 14mm f/2.8 (Fujifilm X-E1, Cabin #9 Bathroom)

2013-07-18 Fujifilm Fujinon 60mm f/2.4 Macro Aperture Series: Field and Stream (Fujifilm X-E1)

2013-07-18 Fujifilm Fujinon 60mm f/2.4 Macro Aperture Series: Birchbark Box (Fujifilm X-E1)

2013-07-17 Ricoh GR: Examples at Tioga Pass Resort

2013-07-17 More Examples from the Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM S Varifocal Super Tele (Canon 5D Mark III)

2013-07-17 Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH: Tuolumne River Aperture Series (Leica M Typ 240)

2013-07-13 Zeiss 135mm f/2 APO-Sonnar: Glacial Erratics in Tuolumne River (Nikon D800E)

2013-07-13 Zeiss 135mm f/2 APO-Sonnar: Glacial Erratics in Meadow (Nikon D800E)

2013-07-11 Fujifilm Fujinon 60mm f/2.4 Aperture Series (Ellery Lake Ponderosa Pine)

2013-07-11 Compared: Zeiss Touit 32mm f/1.8 Planar vs Fujinon XF 35mm f/1.4 and 18-55/2.8-4 (X-E1, Ellery Lake Green House)

2013-07-07 Does the Leica M Typ 240 Deliver More Detail than the Leica M9? (24mm f/3.8 Elmar-M ASPH)

2013-07-05 Does the Leica M Typ 240 Deliver More Detail than the Leica M9? (21mm f/3.4 Super-Elmar-M ASPH)

2013-07-03 50mm Compared: Noctilux, Summilux, APO-Summicron, Zeiss Planar (Leica M Typ 240, Lounge Chair)

2013-06-30 Fujifilm XF 60mm f/2.4 on X-E1

2013-06-12 Eastern Sierra Nevada Weather and Travel Conditions

2013-06-11 Yosemite Spring Photo Tour — 1 Client

2013-05-28 Zeiss Touit 12mm f/2.8 Distagon: Examples (Alpine Creek, Sony NEX-7)

2013-05-18 Tioga Pass in Yosemite Is Open

2013-04-25 Sonora Pass through the Sierra Nevada is Now Open

2013-04-22 Tioga Pass in Yosemite Might Open around May 11

2013-04-03 Mini Travelogue: Leica M Monochrom in Pine Creek Canyon (Eastern Sierra)

2013-02-26 Adobe Camera Raw 7.4 rc1 on Fuji X Files

2013-02-04 Movies — Eastern Sierra Landscapes

2013-01-13 Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM: Focus Bracketing Study (applicable to ANY brand camera or lens)

2013-01-05 Zeiss 21mm f/2.8 Distagon on Nikon D800E (Pine Creek Tungsten Mine Bldg)

2013-01-05 Zeiss 21mm f/2.8 Distagon on Nikon D800E (Green Hills)

2013-01-04 Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 Distagon on Nikon D800E (Pine Creek Tungsten Mine Bldg)

2013-01-03 Zeiss 100mm f/2 Makro-Planar on Nikon D800E (Pine Creek Tungsten Mine Aerial)

2012

2012-12-15 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM: Field Shooting Examples (Alpine Creek)

2012-11-02 Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L II: Bokeh at f/2.8 Outdoors (Alpine Creek)

2012-10-21 Olympus 75mm f/1.8 ED Examples (Yosemite)

2012-10-14 Sigma DP1 Merrill Examples — Yosemite, White Mountains, Various, San Francisco

2012-10-12 Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 25mm f/1.4 ASPH on Olympus OM-D E-M5 (De Chambeau Ranch)

2012-10-12 Compared: 35mm Lenses for Leica M — Summilux, Summicron, Biogon

2012-10-10 Zeiss 28mm f/2 Distagon vs Voigtlander Color-Skopar 28mm f/2.8 SL II (Nikon D800E, Pine Creek Tungsten Mine)

2012-10-08 Nikon D800E vs Leica M Monochrom: 28mm Comparison

2012-10-08 Can a 36MP DSLR Compete with an 18MP Leica M Monochrom? — 21mm Comparison

2012-10-07 Field Comparison: Nikon D600 vs Nikon D800E (Pine Creek Tungsten Mine, Aerial View)

2012-10-07 Field Comparison: Nikon D600 vs Nikon D800E (Pine Creek Tungsten Mine)

2012-10-07 Can a 36MP DSLR Compete with an 18MP Leica M Monochrom?

2012-09-07 Video With Nikon D800E and Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G 📹

2012-09-07 Time-Lapse Video With Nikon D800E

2012-09-07 More Time-Lapse Videos With Nikon D800E

2012-08-22 Zeiss 18mm f/3.5 Distagon and 21mm f/2.8 Aperture Series on D800E (Tioga Pine)

2012-08-21 Zeiss 15mm f/2.8 Distagon Aperture Series (Tioga Pine)

2012-07-19 Zeiss 28mm f/2 Distagon Outdoor Portrait Examples

2012-07-18 Zeiss 25mm f/2 Distagon Field Curvature Study (Yosemite, Tioga)

2012-07-13 Nikon D800E + Zeiss 15mm f/2.8 Distagon Examples

2012-07-10 Olympus OM-D E-M5 Coverage

2012-07-01 Back from Yosemite

2012-06-23 Off to Yosemite for some Zeiss and Nikon and Canon Work (and Cycling)

2012-06-16 Photo Tour— Yosemite High Country

2012-06-05 Photo Tours— Yosemite High Country and/or Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest

2012-05-05 Nikon D800 and Infrared

2012-05-04 Yosemite Hwy 120 Tioga Pass Will Open Monday May 7, 2012

2012-04-23 Fujifilm X-Pro1 Examples (Alpine Creek)

2012-01-10 Yosemite Hwy 120 Tioga Pass is OPEN with NO SNOW — Ice Skate in a T-Shirt! Latest since 1933

2011

2011-12-26 Zeiss 25mm f/2 Distagon Compared to Canon 24mm f/1.4L II — Alpine Creek

2011-12-06 Fuji X100: Yosemite Controlled Burn

2011-12-05 Zeiss 25mm f/2 Distagon Examples Added

2011-11-22 Fall Color With the Zeiss 25mm f/2.8 Distagon

2011-10-23 Reader Comments on Spectacular Fall Color in Eastern Sierra

2011-10-22 Spectacular Fall Color in Eastern Sierra

2011-09-04 Photograph a Cycling Stage Race In the Eastern Sierra September 24-25

2011-08-02 Two September Photo Tours: Yosemite High Country and Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest

2011-07-18 Zeiss ZF.2 35mm f/1.4 Distagon on Nikon D3x

2011-07-16 Wide Aperture Landscapes

2011-07-13 Back From Yosemite / White Mountains Trip

2011-07-05 Away to Yosemite

2011-06-29 Photo Tour to Yosemite July 5/6/7

2011-06-10 Photo Tours This Summer

2011-05-16 2011 Photo Tours To Yosemite — Update

2011-04-23 June 2011 Photo Tour to Yosemite and White Mountains

2010

2010-10-25 Leica S2 review updated

2010-10-21 Yosemite with Leica S2 and Leica M9

2010-10-15 Yosemite with Leica S and Leica M

2010-10-11 Nikon AF-S 85mm f/1.4G review updated — full apertures series at Lembert Dome in Yosemite

2010-10-05 Back from Yosemite (Hasselblad H4D, Leica M9, Nikon 85/1.4G)

2010-06-18 Yosemite gusher

2010-06-14 Back from Yosemite / White Mountains

2010-06-04 Crane Flat to Tioga Pass eg Hwy 120 open June 6 in Yosemite

2010-05-25 Yosemite and White Mountains

2010-05-21 Yosemite — plowing Highway 120 for the spring opening

2010-02-08 New samples with D3x for Zeiss ZF21/2.8, 28/2, 35/2 Distagons

2010-01-21 California Eastern Sierra weather reports online

2009

2009-10-06 Climbing Mt Dana in Yosemite

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

2009-10-01 Off to Yosemite high country

2009-06-30 Yosemite imagery

2009-06-28 Back from Yosemite

2009-06-25 More Yosemite June 26-28

2009-06-23 Back from Yosemite tour

2009-06-20 Off to Yosemite tour

2009-06-03 Infrared in Yosemite, Stitched

2009-05-31 Back from adventures

2009-05-20 Photo tour — Yosemite and White Mountains

2008

2008-10-09 Visit the High Country of Yosemite in October

2007

2007-10-29 Yosemite

2007-10-22 When it looks good, but doesn’t quite work

2007-10-16 The Real Feel of Yosemite

2007-10-15 View from Mt Dana

2007-10-15 Climbing Yosemite’s Mt Dana

2007-10-14 Back from Yosemite

2007-06-14 Back from eastern Sierra

2007-06-07 Off to eastern Sierra

2007-05-29 Low Sierra Nevada snowfall and bristlecone pines

2006

2006-10-31 Waxing autumn in Yosemite

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