Two reviews of interest: Sigma SD15 and Nokton 50/1.1

DCWatch have reviewed the Sigma SD15, which I believe is the first review this camera has gotten. As always, it’s in Japanese, it’s thorough and it’s peppered with a lot of sample shots. You can find a translated version here.

On The Luminous Landscape today we find a review of the legendary Voigtländer Nokton 50mm f/1.1 lens, the ultimate nemesis of the Leica Noctilux! :-) It is written by landscape and portrait photographer Nick Devlin, who describes the lens as “‘Damn, that’s sharp’ (yes, that’s a technical term of art, corresponding to roughly 1,000 Nyquist nonsensometres per inch of brick wall)” when stopped down, and equal to the classic Noctilux f/1 when wide open. You can find the article here, it’s worth a read!


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This must be some kind of special hell …

Tonight I had a rather discomforting dream. I was stuck in an infinite forum thread discussing Canon vs. Nikon DSLRs … this must be some kind of special hell for especially obnoxious forum trolls …

M.Zuiko 14-150/4-5.6 lens reviewed by dpreview

Olympus’ new 14-150mm Micro Four Thirds superzoom lens has received the dpreview treatment. You can find the review here.

I don’t care much about this lens, but it looks like it’s a rather solid performer. Also, it’s smaller and lighter than Panasonic’s 14-140mm equivalent (albeit lacking in-lens image stabilization) and focuses comparably quickly.


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Picture of the day (June 24, 2010)

“SCHLAAAND!” My wife and mother-in-law cheering for “SCHLAAAND” to make it to the last sixteen :-)

"SCHLAAAND!" | Leica M8 + Biogon 35/2 @ f/2, 1/45 sec, ISO 1250