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2023-12-29 Tenaya Canyon, Late August

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

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

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

2023-08-18 Incredible Snow Level in Eastern Sierra

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

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

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 In Praise of Digital vs Film (UPDATED, v3)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2019-09-05 Voigtlander FE Nokton 21mm f/1.4 Aspherical Aperture Series: Aperture Series: Pothole Dome, Granite Foreground to Peaks

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

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

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

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

Shift Lenses for Nikon and Canon

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

Canon 24mm f/2.8 IS USM

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

Sigma 12-24mm f/4 DG HSM Art

Fast constant-aperture ultrawide zoom..

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 AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G

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

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..

Canon EF 11-24mm f/4L USM

Extreme wide angle zoom..

Nikon AF-S 85mm f/1.4G

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

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..

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..

Sigma FE 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art

Outstanding fast wide angle, DSLR optical design..

Sigma FE 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art

Ultra high speed native-mount moderate wide angle..

Voigtlander FE 21mm f/1.4 Aspherical

Fast high performance manual focus wide angle..

Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM

Fast extreme wide angle zoom..

Ricoh GR

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

Olympus Zuiko 75mm f/1.8 ED Telephoto

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

Fujifilm X-Pro1

Interchangeable lenses on a 16MP APS-C sensor.

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 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..

Panoramas with the iPhone 6s Plus

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

Sigma DP1 Merrill

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



Blog posts, reverse chronological

2023

2023-12-29 Tenaya Canyon, Late August

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

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

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

2023-08-18 Incredible Snow Level in Eastern Sierra

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

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

2021

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 In Praise of Digital vs Film (UPDATED, v3)

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)

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

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

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

2020

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

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

2019

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

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

2019-09-05 Voigtlander FE Nokton 21mm f/1.4 Aspherical Aperture Series: Aperture Series: Pothole Dome, Granite Foreground to Peaks

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

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

2018

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

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

2018-08-13 Hasselblad XCD 120mm f/3.5 Arrived

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

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

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

2017

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

2017-10-22 Zeiss Milvus 25mm f/1.4 Aperture Series: Stunted Aspen, Last Light on Granite Bowl (Nikon D850)

2017-10-22 Zeiss Milvus 25mm f/1.4 Aperture Series: Aspens and Firs, Lingering Snow (Nikon D850)

2017-10-22 Zeiss Milvus 25mm f/1.4 Aperture Series: Large Boulder, Waterfall, Last Light on Canyon Ridge (Nikon D850)

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

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

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

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

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

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

2017-05-30 Sierra Snowpack, Hwy 120 Status

2016

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)

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

2016-10-15 Why Lens Performance Matters for Focus Stacking

2016-10-14 Sigma 24-35mm f/2 DG HSM Art for a 160-megapixel Panorama: Oneida Lake

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

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

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

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

2016-07-05 Panoramas with the iPhone

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

2015

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

2015-10-27 Late Fall Photo Tour for one person

2015-10-06 Back from Mountains Trip

2015-09-30 Still Shooting in Mountains

2015-09-24 Heading to the Mountains

2015-09-21 Photo Tour: Fall Color

2015-09-01 Photo Tours: Fall Color, Late Fall, Custom

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

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

2015-05-24 Opening for June 1/2/3 Photo Tour

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

2014

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

2014-11-03 Log Cabin Mine

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

2014-10-31 Last Light

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

2014-10-03 Zeiss 15mm f/2.8 Distagon: Surreal Bristlecones

2014-10-01 Zeiss 15mm f/2.8 Distagon: Brilliance and 3D Feel

2014-09-30 Returning from Trip

2014-09-17 To the Mountains

2014-08-16 Wrapping up Field Shooting

2014-07-28 YAYF: Yet Another Yosemite Fire

2014-06-15 Up in the Mountains

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

2014-06-03 Tilt Shift Field Workshop June 12

2014-05-26 Tilt Shift Field Workshops

2014-04-30 Wide Aperture and Sharpness Workshop with Zeiss APO Lenses For Participants

2014-04-19 Diglloyd Photo Tours with Zeiss APO Lenses For Participants

2014-04-03 Diglloyd Photo Tours in June, August, September

2014-02-18 Brook Trout Spawning 📹

2014-01-25 Yosemite Fire Followup

2013

2013-10-22 Brook Trout Spawning

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

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

2013-08-18 Atop the Marmot Lookout at 12,800'

2013-08-16 Traveling (Mountains)

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

2013-07-30 Paragliding Over the Sierra

2013-07-26 Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH: Glacial Erratics and Focus Placement (Leica M Typ 240)

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)

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

2013-06-28 Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH vs 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux-M ASPH

2013-06-17 Ricoh GR Digital Night Shooting

2013-06-17 Leica M Typ 240: Night-time Photography

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

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

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

2012

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

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

2012-07-19 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

2012-07-01 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

2012-01-10 Yosemite Hwy 120 Tioga Pass is OPEN with NO SNOW — Ice Skate in a T-Shirt! Latest since 1933

2011

2011-12-06 Fuji X100: Yosemite Controlled Burn

2011-12-05 Zeiss 25mm f/2 Distagon Examples Added

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

2011-07-17 Is the Leica 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux-M ASPH a Fast Lens or a Landscape Lens?

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

2010-12-23 New examples with Zeiss 100mm f/2 Makro-Planar

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

2010-02-06 Zeiss ZF / Zeiss ZE 85mm f/1.4 Planar as a lens for landscape

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

2007-10-16 The Real Feel of Yosemite

2007-10-15 Climbing Yosemite’s Mt Dana

2007-10-14 Back from Yosemite

2006

2006-10-31 Waxing autumn in Yosemite

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