I’m back folks, and the move across town has been completed!! I now reside in Oro Valley, just north of Tucson. I was living in the northeast part of Tucson (Catalina Foothills) before. I’m very close to a great hike now, Pusch peak, which goes from 2700′ to 5350′ (823m-1631m) in elevation in less than two miles (3.2km), that’s …
Well folks, I’m in the process of moving to a new home old apartment, so I won’t be posting any updates for the next two weeks. The good news is there will be different landscaping and scenery at the new place, so images in the upcoming lens reviews will be fresh and exciting, instead of the all-to-familiar yellow and …
I went ahead with the Sony DT 50mm F/1.8 SAM review, because it’s new, and seemed more exciting than the Minolta AF 28-135mm, I guess that one will be next. I compared the new lens to the Sony 50mm F/1.4, and have a few surprises (or not) in the bonus section at the bottom, and in the conclusion. This …
The brand new Sony DT 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6 SAM review is complete. I compared it to the soon-to-be-obsolete Sony DT 18-70mm F/3.5-5.6. The new lens is better in just about every category, especially color fringing, wide-angle corner sharpness and full zoom center sharpness. Also, I compared the long end of each lens, and found a little surprise, you’re really not …
Sample photos from Hawkeye added to bottom of review.
I finished the overblown Kodak Brownie Hawkeye review, with the second page containing tear-down, cleaning, re-assembly, and the entire owner’s manual. The first page has been added to, and has quite a few sample photos, including two full sized scans so you can see the real quality, which …
If you want to add a little pizazz to your photography, or are getting bored visiting photo chat rooms and forums for three hours a day instead of going out and taking pictures, try out the 50+ year old, wildly popular Kodak Brownie Hawkeye. These cameras sell on eBay for around $5-$10, and are once again becoming popular …
The little Minolta AF 100mm F/2 review is complete. This late 1980s lens offers surprising performance in a small package, and would be a very good lens even by today’s standards, maybe another reason not to spend more money on new Sony stuff. It doesn’t quite match the wide open sharpness of the more expensive Sony 135mm F/1.8 CZ…
The new Sony 70-400mm F/4-5.6 review is ready for scrutiny. It’s a long one, partly because I threw in a bonus section which includes tele-converter use and recommendations, also some comparisons with the 70-300mm, at 300mm. I also show how it stacks up against the Sony 500mm reflex lens when I upsize the 70-400mm image to match the 500mm …