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2022-01-22 Beware of Claims for Apple MacBook Pro M1 Max Speed Gains Over Intel! OpenCL on/off can be win/lose

2021-09-11 Infrared Leakage to 850nm with Leica SL2?

2021-07-24 Fujifilm GFX100: Horizontal White Stripes a Problem for Numerous Images from my last trip

2021-07-15 Polarizers: Spectral Transmission Uniformity and Brightness

2021-07-11 To Polarize or not to Polarize? Examples Showing Effect on Color Balance

2021-03-23 Sony Delivers on the Promise of Mirrorless with Three Diminutive and Ultralight High Performance Prime Lenses, at 24mm, 40mm, 50mm

2021-02-12 Reader Comment: Black and White Photography “samples you have are some of the best I have seen” + How to Process

2021-01-26 Leica M10 Monochrom: Filter Comparison (Sulfur Mine, Death Valley)

2020-12-25 Leica M10 Monochrom, Reader Comments

2020-12-13 Tips for Notably Sharper Images on the Leica M10 Monochrom, Leica M Monochrome (Typ 246), etc

2020-12-13 Leica M10 Monochrome: Filters and Focus Error / Sharpness

2020-12-11 Fujifilm Takes Unassailable Leadership of the Medium Format Market: Fujifilm GFX100 with Pixel Shift and Fujifilm GFX100 IR (infrared)

2020-05-28 Reader Questions on Hasselblad X1D II: Leaf Shutter Vibration vs Electronic Shutter

2020-05-02 Spectral Cutoff of Sensor Cover Glass vs Ultraviolet Filters on the Lens: MaxMax.com Shows UV Filters to be Pointless

2020-02-28 FOR SALE: Hasselblad XPAN II with 30mm f/5.6, viewFinder and center filter, case plus 45mm f/4 with polarizer, Sony A7R III, Leica M Lenses, Leica M240

2020-01-29 P100 / N100 Particulate Respirator the Smart Move for Coronavirus — not the Useless Leaky Masks That People are Seen Wearing in the News

2019-10-13 Nikon D850 monochrome: Creating a Color Image from Monochrome Using Filters

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

2019-07-20 Breakthrough Photography 6-stop ND Polarizer for Motion Blur in Broad Daylight + Reader Comments

2019-06-26 Computational Photography: PhaseOne Introduces Automated Frame Averaging

2018-07-25 Hasselblad PR: “Real World” Comparison: Nikon D850 with Decrepit Nikon 17-35mm f/2.8 Zoom Compared Without Format Equivalence or Validation of Basics

2018-07-06 Reader Question on Vignetting for Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar

2018-06-26 Breakthrough Photography Magnetic Filter System

2018-04-11 Concussion Progress: a Joyous Breakthrough over-the-hump Day

2017-11-30 Cleaning your filters: Warm Water with Amphoteric Surfactants

2017-08-26 Nikon D850: Time Lapse is a Breakthrough for Nikon DSLRs... First Solid 8K Support?

2017-04-30 Aurora Aperture Neutral Density Filters: 6, 12, 16 Stops with Excellent Neutrality

2016-12-03 2016 MacBook Pro TESTED: Photoshop Filters

2016-08-10 Wondering about 50/55mm Lenses on Sony

2016-07-13 Aurora Aperture Introduces PowerUV Protection and CPL Filters with Corning 'Gorrilla Glass'

Nikon D800E vs D800

D800E supplement and comparisons with Nikon D800..

Nikon D800 Monochrome Conversion by MaxMax.com

D800 with the RGB Bayer matrix removed for a true monochrome sensor..

Nikon D850 Monochrome Conversion by MaxMax.com

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

Landscape Photography at Wide Apertures

Escape the banale postcard look by shooting landscapes at f/1.4 or f/0.95..

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

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

Nikon Ultra Wide Zooms

Comparing Nikon 16-35mm f/4 VR, 17-35mm f/2.8, 14-24mm f/2.8, 18-35mm, 24-70mm f/2.8 along with Nikon 20mm f/3.5, 24mm f/2, 28mm f/2, 35mm f/1.4 AIS, and more..

Canon Ultra-wide Zoom Lenses: 17-40 and 16-35

Comparing the Canon 17-40mm f/4L and 16-35mm f/2.L II..

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..

Leica S2 37.5 Megapixel Medium Format DSLR

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

Leica 45mm f/2.8 Elmarit-S ASPH

Moderate wide angle with low distortion..

Zeiss LensSpire Articles

Articles written for Lenspire.ZEISS.com..

Filters

Filter know-how and spectral transmission..

Binoculars

What to look for in a binocular, plus reviews..

Lens and Camera Issues

Good stuff and not so good stuff..

15mm f/2.8 Distagon Zeiss Interview

Q&A on the 15/2.8 Distagon with Dr. Hubert Nasse.

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

A reference lens for color correction..

Infrared

Beyond deep red, seeing the invisible..

Nikon D200 vs D2x

Vintage 2006 comparative review of Nikon D200 vs Nikon D2x..

Nikon NIKKOR Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S

Ultra-wide fast zoom..

Sony Alpha A7R II

Attention to details: a big upgrade over the A7R..

Sony FE 24mm f/2.8 G

High performance, high speed..

Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 G

High performance, high speed..

Sony FE 50mm f/2.5 G

High performance, high speed..

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

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

Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM

Fast extreme wide angle zoom..

Sony Cybershot DSC-RX1 / RX1R

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

Fujifilm X-Pro2

Fujifilm's 24MP APS-C offering..

Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 Distagon

Autofocus wide angle for Sony full-frame mirrorless..

Leica X2

Leica’s large-sensor 'affordable' compact camera..

Leica M11 Monochrom

Leica M 60-megapixel monochrome sensor..

Leica M10 Monochrom

Leica M 40 megapixel monochrome sensor..

Leica M10

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

Leica M Monochrom (original)

Ultimate resolution in black and white..

Leica M Monochrom Typ 246

24-megapixel CMOS monochrome sensor..

Leica Q (Typ 116)

24-megapixel fixed lens compact full-frame..

Considerations in choosing a lens.

Focal lengths, color, weight and travel considerations. (relevant, but dated/old material).

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

Leica’s widest prime lens..

Leica 21mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH

Leica’s fastest and widest lens..

Leica M 50mm Lenses

Six models to choose from..

Leica 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux-M ASPH

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

Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH

Leica’s superlative normal lens..

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

High performance but flawed 50mm normal lens..

Leica 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R

Compact and ultra high performance long telephoto..

Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 Distagon

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

Voigtlander M Nokton 21mm f/1.4

Fast high performance wide angle..



Blog posts, reverse chronological

2022

2022-01-22 Beware of Claims for Apple MacBook Pro M1 Max Speed Gains Over Intel! OpenCL on/off can be win/lose

2021

2021-09-11 Infrared Leakage to 850nm with Leica SL2?

2021-07-24 Fujifilm GFX100: Horizontal White Stripes a Problem for Numerous Images from my last trip

2021-07-15 Polarizers: Spectral Transmission Uniformity and Brightness

2021-07-11 To Polarize or not to Polarize? Examples Showing Effect on Color Balance

2021-03-23 Sony Delivers on the Promise of Mirrorless with Three Diminutive and Ultralight High Performance Prime Lenses, at 24mm, 40mm, 50mm

2021-02-12 Reader Comment: Black and White Photography “samples you have are some of the best I have seen” + How to Process

2021-01-26 Leica M10 Monochrom: Filter Comparison (Sulfur Mine, Death Valley)

2020

2020-12-25 Leica M10 Monochrom, Reader Comments

2020-12-13 Tips for Notably Sharper Images on the Leica M10 Monochrom, Leica M Monochrome (Typ 246), etc

2020-12-13 Leica M10 Monochrome: Filters and Focus Error / Sharpness

2020-12-11 Fujifilm Takes Unassailable Leadership of the Medium Format Market: Fujifilm GFX100 with Pixel Shift and Fujifilm GFX100 IR (infrared)

2020-05-28 Reader Questions on Hasselblad X1D II: Leaf Shutter Vibration vs Electronic Shutter

2020-05-02 Spectral Cutoff of Sensor Cover Glass vs Ultraviolet Filters on the Lens: MaxMax.com Shows UV Filters to be Pointless

2020-02-28 FOR SALE: Hasselblad XPAN II with 30mm f/5.6, viewFinder and center filter, case plus 45mm f/4 with polarizer, Sony A7R III, Leica M Lenses, Leica M240

2020-01-29 P100 / N100 Particulate Respirator the Smart Move for Coronavirus — not the Useless Leaky Masks That People are Seen Wearing in the News

2019

2019-10-13 Nikon D850 monochrome: Creating a Color Image from Monochrome Using Filters

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

2019-07-20 Breakthrough Photography 6-stop ND Polarizer for Motion Blur in Broad Daylight + Reader Comments

2019-06-26 Computational Photography: PhaseOne Introduces Automated Frame Averaging

2018

2018-07-25 Hasselblad PR: “Real World” Comparison: Nikon D850 with Decrepit Nikon 17-35mm f/2.8 Zoom Compared Without Format Equivalence or Validation of Basics

2018-07-06 Reader Question on Vignetting for Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar

2018-06-26 Breakthrough Photography Magnetic Filter System

2018-04-11 Concussion Progress: a Joyous Breakthrough over-the-hump Day

2017

2017-11-30 Cleaning your filters: Warm Water with Amphoteric Surfactants

2017-08-26 Nikon D850: Time Lapse is a Breakthrough for Nikon DSLRs... First Solid 8K Support?

2017-04-30 Aurora Aperture Neutral Density Filters: 6, 12, 16 Stops with Excellent Neutrality

2016

2016-12-03 2016 MacBook Pro TESTED: Photoshop Filters

2016-08-10 Wondering about 50/55mm Lenses on Sony

2016-07-13 Aurora Aperture Introduces PowerUV Protection and CPL Filters with Corning 'Gorrilla Glass'

2016-05-18 B&H Photo Now Has Breakthrough Photography Neutral Density Filters

2016-02-02 Breakthrough Photography Circular Polarizing Filters (CPOL)

2016-02-02 Breakthrough Photography Light Pollution Filter

2015

2015-10-27 Spectral Transmission of Digital Sensors

2015-10-01 Reader Inquiry: Zeiss Batis Weather Sealing

2015-06-03 Snow in the Hoover Wilderness

2015-05-31 Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 and 85mm f/1.8 in the Field

2015-05-27 Leica 24-Megapixel Leica M Monochrom Typ 246 Arrives for Testing

2015-05-07 Leica 24-Megapixel Leica M Monochrom Typ 246 Starts Shipping

2015-04-17 Breakthrough Photography X3 10-stop Neutral Density Filter

2015-01-13 Terrific Deal: HOYA 82mm HMC Polarizer

2014

2014-09-08 Filters for the Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar

2014-01-25 Cleaning your filters: Warm Water with Amphoteric Surfactants

2014-01-20 Using a Polarizer: Many Options for Desired Visual Effect

2013

2013-10-16 Sony A7, A7R: Breakthrough in Image Quality in a Compact Package with Killer EVF and LCD Too

2013-04-10 Leica M Monochrome with Color Filters and Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH

2013-02-25 Zeiss 15mm f/2.8 Distagon + Zeiss 95mm T* Polarizer

2013-01-12 Zeiss Filter line Now 49mm + 95mm Polarizer

2012

2012-10-16 Zeiss Polarizers

2012-10-10 Reader Asks: Why Do Color Filters Matter on the Leica M Monochrom?

2012-09-27 Leica M Monochrom — Sharpness With Filters

2012-07-14 Reader comment: new Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH

2012-05-21 Filtration for Leica M Monochrom to Improve Image Sharpness and Tonal Separation

2012-03-16 Zeiss 95mm Filters for 15/2.8 Distagon

2012-03-16 New ZEISS 15mm f/2.8 Distagon T* Ultra Wide Angle Lens

2012-01-30 Reader Comment: B+W XS-Pro Filters Don’t Fit Sony 24/1.8

2011

2011-12-14 B+W XS-Pro Filters Not Compatible With Zeiss ZF.2 / ZE Lenses

2011-12-09 Lenses on the Way for Review: Leica 28/2.8, Voigtlander 35/1.2 and 50/1.1

2011-10-28 Zeiss UV Filters and Circular Polarizers

2011-10-25 Veiling Flare With and Without a Polarizer

2011-07-17 Which Neutral Density Filters for Wide Aperture Landscapes?

2010

2010-06-27 Tips for buying filters

2010-06-21 Wide aperture landscapes: lenses and filters

2010-06-03 Depth of field with a fast lens in daylight

2010-05-27 Do filters degrade image quality or do they have no effect?

2010-03-20 Huge Nikon ultra-wides review — now published!

2010-03-16 Nikon ultra-wide zooms: 24mm crops published

2010-03-12 Four Nikon wide zooms (16-35/4, 17-35/2.8, 14-24/2.8, 24-70/2.8 comparison)

2009

2009-12-08 Should you use a filter on your lens?

2008

2008-07-09 Do Filters degrade image quality

2008-07-05 Spectral transmission graphs

2008-07-05 Cleaning your filters

2008-05-04 UV filters—Hoya vs B+W

2008-05-02 Spectral transmission graphs

2007

2007-04-13 Reviews and software delivery, spam filters

2007-01-03 Photoshop’s artistic filters

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