We had an unusually cold days recently. There were a very strong hail that turned into wet snow laying around. This is extremely rare in coastal Tel Aviv area...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
2013 #55 - Leaving
We had an unusually cold days recently. There were a very strong hail that turned into wet snow laying around. This is extremely rare in coastal Tel Aviv area...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Monday, November 04, 2013
Saturday, November 02, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Friday, October 18, 2013
Friday, October 11, 2013
Friday, October 04, 2013
Sunday, September 08, 2013
Friday, August 23, 2013
Saturday, August 03, 2013
Voigtlander Super Wide Heliar 15mm f/4.5 Aspherical II
A new lens has recent arrived from Cameraquest.com. The title has its name, which is rather longish... So here are my first impressions:
Ergonomics
It is positively tiny, given that it is so wide and that it does cover full 35mm frame. I opted for the second edition of this lens, mostly because it has Leica-M bayonet and hence no adapter is required. Additionally, unlike its predecessor it boasts 52mm filter thread, so that one day I might buy it a protective filter. Yes, I am protective filter kind of person...
Gives its angle of view and relatively slow f/4.5 aperture, it requires minimal focusing that is easily done by means of scale. Even if you miss some, it will be really quite hard to notice. Therefore, it can be conveniently used without need to attach the EVF to my Ricoh GXR camera.
Image quality
Is probably second to none. That is, it is sharp from corner to corner even wide open. Also, it does not seem to have any geometric distortion whatsoever, and this is really very nice. I could catch a flare but I did not observe any contrast deterioration and in fact the flare wasn't very prominent. I admit - I looked for it.
Sample images
Below are few samples processed to taste in LightRoom 4.4.
Conclusion
This one is definitely a keeper.
Ergonomics
It is positively tiny, given that it is so wide and that it does cover full 35mm frame. I opted for the second edition of this lens, mostly because it has Leica-M bayonet and hence no adapter is required. Additionally, unlike its predecessor it boasts 52mm filter thread, so that one day I might buy it a protective filter. Yes, I am protective filter kind of person...
Gives its angle of view and relatively slow f/4.5 aperture, it requires minimal focusing that is easily done by means of scale. Even if you miss some, it will be really quite hard to notice. Therefore, it can be conveniently used without need to attach the EVF to my Ricoh GXR camera.
Image quality
Is probably second to none. That is, it is sharp from corner to corner even wide open. Also, it does not seem to have any geometric distortion whatsoever, and this is really very nice. I could catch a flare but I did not observe any contrast deterioration and in fact the flare wasn't very prominent. I admit - I looked for it.
Sample images
Below are few samples processed to taste in LightRoom 4.4.
This one is definitely a keeper.
2013 #33 - Argentinosaurus stands
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Fare thee well, my old web site...
I've taken my web site (@liberman-family.com) down. I haven't had sufficient time to properly invest into it, and so the traffic it attracted did not justify paying for it...
Just so you know.
Just so you know.
