Friday, September 30, 2022

After all my bitching and moaning about the 50mm f2.0 TTA lens I realized I really liked this shot and I should have just written some droll things about my personal life and then posted this photo along with it...

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  We were going to go to Germany but Putin made that harder. Too hard. There are a million people trying to leave Russia and they are headin...
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An interesting lens that I would not buy again. It's not that bad. But it's not all unicorns and puffy clouds either. What lens? The new TTArtisan 50mm f2.0 for full frame.

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  I've always been a sucker for 50mm lenses and this tiny disappointment won't deter me from taking chances on cheap lenses in the f...
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Thursday, September 29, 2022

Fun, cheap flash. Godox Lux Senior.

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 I wrote the other day that I liked flashes that featured the older, "automatic" settings which use a sensor on the flash to measu...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Sigma Contemporary 30mm f1.4 lens is a nice "fast normal" lens for the Leica APS-C cameras (TL2 and CL).

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It's been a weird camera week. I have a good friend who is a very bad influence when it comes to wasting money on unneeded camera purcha...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

It was possible to do flash photography even back in the "dark" ages of manual flashes and coiled sync cords. Honest.

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Kirk covering Texas Republicans Election Night Watch Party in 1978. We used to do math in our heads.... And those ARE my dress up jeans.  
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Monday, September 26, 2022

You can keep your fancy TTL flashes. I've been searching for years for a cheap "automatic" flash that is "camera agnostic." I think I just found one and it's so cute.

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I'm not a fan of TTL flash automation. I'm also not a fan of "flash unit bloat." Adding more and more stuff to flashes doe...
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Sunday, September 25, 2022

Coming to grips with black and white photography in the current digital age. No facts; just opinions.

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Stand back as we open a potentially explosive can of worms. Let's talk about making black and white images with modern, color digital ca...
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