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Buying Lenses
Written by Steven Posted in Buyers Guide.
The single most important factor when purchasing an interchangeable lens camera is, as the terminology suggests, its ability to use different lenses. The versatility of such systems provides a photographer with the ability to capture everything from microbes to the stars, depending on where interests lie. Some manufacturers lens systems are vast, addressing most professional and amateur needs. From super wide-angle to long telephoto, there are variants that are weather sealed, fast, tiny, lightweight, stabilised, focus limited, manual…the list goes on. And then there are prime and zoom options.
Lens Aberrations
Written by Steven Posted in Photo Lexicon.
A well-engineered lens is a thing of beauty – a work of art from which we create art. Looking into a pool of highly polished glass, the depths of which reveal the beauty of multi coated elements, it is difficult not to marvel at each element’s seemingly perfectly refined properties. Some lenses, diminutive in their size, lend an almost jewel like quality to their design. Over the decades, many have acquired legendary status thanks to the unique way they draw an image. Camera bodies come and go, but good lenses become life long partners. Technological changes push back boundaries in their quest for perfection, but sometimes there is little to improve on and a lens manufactured forty years ago can have the same appeal as a new design.
Budapest
Written by Ethan & Steven Posted in Collections.
A few days in Budapest during mid December gave us a great opportunity to practice our architectural photography skills. Such a beautiful city required much more than our allotted five days of discovery, meaning we had a packed sightseeing agenda that allowed us little more than a feeble scratch of the city’s surface. Any first trip to a new destination usually means that tourist highlights are high on the agenda, and much of our time was spent seeking them out. Like most other cities though, glimpses of an equally interesting urban landscape shine through manicured facades of government and public buildings, churches etc. To have time to explore these was something we sadly lacked, and is the curse of many of our city breaks. Added to our ‘return to’ destination list, it accompanies several other locations that, one day, we hope to revisit.