I have become very fond of 24mm prime lenses. One reason is that this focal length gives rise to very wide perspectives that look almost…
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It was not all that long ago that I had little use for focal lengths shorter than 50mm. I was always thinking about getting an even…
7 CommentsIt is difficult to explain in words what makes a great lens, and impossible to define it with numbers and charts. Quantitative measurements are the…
25 CommentsAs I have written elsewhere, I think of the lens as the real “maker” of an image, the camera is only the “recorder” . And,…
3 CommentsThe author defines sentience as the ability to comprehend others’ intentions, experience emotions like joy and suffering, and emphasizes that animals, being sentient, have rights. Describing a long-standing relationship with animals, and in particular with feral cats, the author opposes prioritizing species survival over individual sentient beings. The text concludes with a narrative from the perspective of a feral cat, ‘Princess,’ providing her perspective on sentience, survival, and unjust blame for ecological issues caused by humans.
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The Best of Both Worlds
It is not often that one can get it all. But matching the best of twentieth century photographic engineering – or perhaps art – to the…