The 28mm focal length is versatile, but not easy to use. Street photographers like it because of how much they can fit into it, but…
23 CommentsTag: Zeiss
I remember the short-lived Icarex 35 SLR system from the time when I was becoming interested in photography, in the mid to late 1960’s. Even…
10 CommentsIn an accompanying article I wrote some generalities about the Icarex 35 SLR system from the 1960’s. I wrote there that, in my view, there…
20 CommentsWas the age of steam in black and white? No, of course not, but the temptation is there, when photographing ancient railroads, to render them…
6 CommentsWhy is it that old and ruined places look different when one is thinking as a photographer, as opposed to visiting with little else in…
2 CommentsIf there was a way to measure the ratio of quality to price of a photographic lens, then the Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 80-200 mm would almost…
26 CommentsThere are those instances in which it is impossible to describe something (or someone) without falling into clichés or sounding hollow. When one feels that…
20 CommentsAs I have written elsewhere, I think of the lens as the real “maker” of an image, the camera is only the “recorder” . And,…
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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…