Friday, January 09, 2015

Camera comparisons and rational thoughts seem never to coincide. I have two cameras that both do video; are they really THAT different?

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It's always strikes me as interesting to read the hyperbole that's written when new cameras are launched into the marketplace. If t...
Tuesday, January 06, 2015

Traction.

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Projects provide traction. Endless research is part of the mud, ice and snow. Forward motion is momentum. Sitting back in the chair, adj...
Monday, January 05, 2015

Getting Rev'ed up for the New Year. Hit the ground running.

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From the Blanton Museum. It's a new year and it's time to hit the ground running and do the art and the business we all kno...
Sunday, January 04, 2015

A New Year at the Graffiti Wall. Austin, Texas. My continuing adventures with manual focus lenses on modern cameras.

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Clark. ©2015 Kirk Tuck It was a nice day to go walking in Austin. The temperatures got up into the high 50's (f) and the sk...
Saturday, January 03, 2015

A tale of three lenses, one camera and a curious photographer. How do the old Nikon 55mm Macro lens the 16mm Rokinon lens and the 85mm Rokinon lens do in the real world? Let's find out.

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I am always curious how the real world matches up when compared to web or coffee shop hyperbole. When I buy lenses I like to take t...
Friday, January 02, 2015

Cold, Wet and Rainy here. But I'm celebrating something new...

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Ben in his favorite chair 16 years ago. Contax G2, 45mm Zeiss lens. Tri-X. You may recall that I did three photography courses f...

Great lenses should be great values and fun to use. I know which one I liked best in 2014 and which one will see some hard use in 2015...

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The Battle Collection.  Photography is an interesting thing right now. All the focus for the last ten years seems to have been firml...