Sunday, March 28, 2021

Is the Leica SL (the first version of the new mirrorless line) still relevant in 2021? Why buy one?

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Leica by Leica. I photographed the new (to me) SL with my (relatively) new SL2. I shot handheld at ISO6400.  Looks okay to me.  When the Lei...
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Friday, March 26, 2021

Why the process of photographic portraiture is so different from all other types of photography.

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  Over the years I've read so many quasi-scientific manifestos about " how to shoot." I just read an essay by our friend, Mich...
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Thursday, March 25, 2021

I wanted to show you how ISO 50 looks on the Leica SL2 but Blogger tends to compress the goodness out of images. So I made you a gallery on Smugmug. Details in the blog.

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https://kirktuck.smugmug.com/ART-AROUND-AUSTIN/Austin-with-a-Leica-SL2-at-50-ISO/n-PsF2cm/ Whenever I write something about the color render...
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One of the best parts of using mirror-free cameras is the vast choice of lenses one has. Here's some images from one of my perennial favorites.

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I've owned a lot of 50mm lenses. I still own a lot of 50mm lenses, but when it's time to put one on a camera just for a comfortable ...
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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Technology rocks. My dental procedure was so much less dramatic than my anticipation. I was so inspired I immediately ordered another Leica camera.

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 So.... I went in for the root canal today with all the trepidation you may have sensed in yesterday's post. My endodontist was amazing....
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Tuesday, March 23, 2021

A new adventure of me. I'm heading into to see an Endodontist about a root canal Wednesday morning. If I have to sit through that I'm hellbent on rewarding myself with some juicy photo-toy.

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 So there's one thing in life I hate more than just about anything else and that's having a shot of lidocaine administered into the ...
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Lens of the day. The 65mm Sigma i series lens. On the Leica SL2.

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It's a nice combo; the Leica SL2 camera and the Sigma Contemporary 65mm f2.8 lens. They work well together. The resulting files are cris...
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