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NEW: The Pen and Your Signature 22 July 2010

NEW: Why Fixed Lenses Take Better Pictures 10 May 2010

NEW: Assembling a System 28 April 2010

Fill-Flash 08 April 2010

Equipment Acquisition Paralysis 02 April 2010

What Makes a Great Photo 13 Jan 2010

Simplicity 24 December 2009

FART for Great Photos 12 Jan 2010

Composition 08 July 2009

The Death of Photography 08 Jan 2010

Lighting 08 April 2009

Perfect Highlights and Shadows 17 January 2010

Leica or Not? 13 October 2009

Graduated Neutral-Density Filters 08 April 2009

How to Create a Masterpiece 04 July 2008

How to Make Great Photographs (multilingual)

Why your Camera Does Not Matter (multilingual)

Getting Perfect Exposures

Critical Camera Adjustments 27 February 2007

How to Drive Your Camera

How to Set White Balance (examples)

Eliminating Shutter Lag 25 September 2007

How to Get Great Colors

Artistic Synthesis

What is Photography?

Photography is not a Spectator Sport

The Importance of Timing

How to Use Ultrawide Lenses 11 August 2008

How to Carry Less 01 September 2008

Why We Love Film

Why Film isn't Going Away 31 May 2005

Portrait Lenses 01 March 2008

Free Full-Frame Digital SLR

Infrared Photography 07 April 2005

How to Afford Anything

Dynamic Range 17 June 2008

Lens Sharpness 22 May 2008

How to Learn 25 July 2008

How to Shoot Fireworks 04 July 2008

How Our Eyes See

Making Sharp Images

How to Use Photoshop

Histograms

sRGB vs. Adobe RGB

What Makes a Great Camera (multilingual)

Examples of Making Great Travel Photos

Making Great Photos in Crappy Locations (multilingual)

A $25 camera vs. a $5,000 Camera 02 September 2008

A $150 vs. a $5,000 Camera

Is It Worth It?

What is Art? (multilingual)

The Seven Levels of Photographers (satire, multilingual)

Selecting the Sharpest Aperture

How and Where to Buy Photo Gear

Why Your Wife Wants You to Buy A Fancy New Camera (for men only)

Why Pros Share Everything They Know (multilingual)

Photo Labs 27 February 2009

 

NEW what I've updated today

NEW: Lexar 32GB 600x CF Card Review 26 July 2010

NEW: The Pen and Your Signature 22 July 2010

NEW: Nikon 105mm f/2.8 AI-s Review 16 July 2010

NEW: Nikon 105mm f/4 Review 15 July 2010

NEW: Canon 100mm f/2.8 L IS Macro Review 13 July 2010

NEW: The Wrath of Tesla: Photos from New York City (2009) 10 July 2010

NEW: Nikon F5 Review 09 July 2010

NEW: Nikon F5 User's Guide 09 July 2010

NEW: Business is Booming 08 July 2010

NEW: Photos From Point Reyes (2009) 07 July 2010

NEW: Photos from Yellowstone National Park (2009) 30 June 2010

NEW: Photos of Ryan on Vacation in San Francisco (2009) 29 June 2010.

NEW: California's Central Coast 26 June 2010

NEW: Photos from Hawaii 11 June 2010

NEW: Nikon D700 versus Canon 5D Mark II 08 June 2010

Photos from New York, May and June 2010 05 June 2010

Technical Details, New York Shoot 05 June 2010

Canon EOS Utility Review 28 May 2010

Canon ImageBrowser Review 28 May 2010

Canon 5D Mark II Specifications 22 May 2010

Canon 5D Mark II Comparisons 22 May 2010

Canon 5D Mark II User's Guide 22 May 2010

Canon 5D Mark II Diagrams 22 May 2010

Canon 5D Mark II: What's New 22 May 2010

Canon 5D Mark II: What's Old 22 May 2010

Canon 5D Mark II Sales Fluff 22 May 2010

Canon 5D Mark II Recommended Lenses 22 May 2010

Why DSLR Video Doesn't Matter 21 May 2010

Canon 270EX Flash Review 19 May 2010

Canon 220EX Flash Review 19 May 2010

Canon 220EX, 270EX and Nikon SB-400 Flashes Compared 19 May 2010

Canon 100mm f/2 Review 18 May 2010

Think Tank Wired-Up 10 and Wired-Up 20 Review 18 May 2010

Why Fixed Lenses Take Better Pictures 10 May 2010

Canon 50mm f/1.8 Review 05 May 2010

Photos from California's Gold Country 01 May 2010

Assembling a System 28 April 2010

Nikon 200-400mm VR II 27 April 2010

LEICA V-LUX 20 23 April 2010

Link to Popular Films 15 April 2010

LEICA MACRO-ELMAR-M 90mm f/4 Review 15 April 2010

2010 Reader Survey Results 14 April 2010

Industar 55mm f/2.8 Review 14 April 2010

Photoshop CS5 Review 12 April 2010

Ausrüstungskauf. (Acquisition, in German) 09 April 2010

Fill-Flash 09 April 2010

Acquisition, in Russian 07 April 2010

Pro-Optic 8mm f/3.5 Review 06 April 2010

Equipment Acquisition Paralysis 02 April 2010

Konica Hexar RF Review 01 April 2010

Konica M 28mm f/2.8 Review 01 April 2010

Konica UC 35mm f/2 Review 01 April 2010

Konica M 50mm f/2 Review 01 April 2010

Konica M 90mm f/2.8 Review 01 April 2010

Le Nikon F3, en Francais 30 March 2010

Marketing Excellence: Noktor 50mm f/0.95 29 March 2010

LEICA 90mm f/2.8 TELE-ELMARIT Review 27 March 2010

LEICA SUMMILUX-M 24mm f/1.4 ASPH Review 26 March 2010

Zacuto's Shootout: DSLRs versus film 25 March 2010

LEICA 21mm f/4 SUPER-ANGULON Review 24 March 2010

LEICA 50mm f/1 NOCTILUX-M Review 20 March 2010

Nikon FM3a Review 18 March 2010

Nikon FE and FM Family Comparison Chart 18 March 2010

Nikon FE Users Guide 18 March 2010

LEICA M9 1.116 Firmware Update Report 17 March 2010

How to Recover Deleted Notes from your iPhone or iPod 10 March 2010

Pentax 645D 10 March 2010

Nikon Package Steals 08 March 2010

Canon Rebates 08 March 2010

Nikon Ultrawide Zooms Compared 08 March 2010

Photographs from Route 66 04 March 2010

Mamiya DM33 Review 05 March 2010

Sharpness Comparison: Mamiya DM33, Canon 5D Mark II, LEICA M9 and Nikon D3 05 March 2010

Tonal Differentiation Comparison: Mamiya DM33, Canon 5D Mark II, LEICA M9, Nikon D3 and Canon S90 05 March 2010

High ISO Comparison: Mamiya DM33, Canon 5D Mark II, LEICA M9, Nikon D3 and Canon S90 05 March 2010

Live PMA 2010 Coverage 21 February 2010

LEICA ELMARIT 90mm f/2.8 Review 20 February 2010

LEICA SUMMICRON 90mm f/2 Review 10 February 2010

LEICA SUMMICRON 90mm f/2 Styles, Tabulated 11 February 2010

Leitz TRINOVID 10 x 40 10 February 2010

Nikon 24mm f/1.4 AF-S 09 February 2010

Nikon 16-35mm f/4 VR 09 February 2010

Canon T2i 08 February 2010

Think Tank Hydrophobia 70-200 Rain Cover 04 February 2010

LEICA 50mm f/2 SUMMICRON-M Review 03 February 2010

Comparison Table of all LEICA 50mm f/2 SUMMICRON Lenses 03 February 2010

Photos from Death Valley and the Eastern Sierra 29 January 2010

Photos from New York 21 January 2010

Everything New Sucks 20 January 2010

Perfect Highlights and Shadows 17 January 2010

What Makes a Great Photo 13 Jan 2010

FART for Great Photos 12 Jan 2010

The Death of Photography 08 Jan 2010

LEICA IIIf Review 06 January 2010

The Most Important New Product of the First Decade of the 2000s 04 Janaury 2010

 

2009      top

Combat Use of Consumer Cameras in Dusty, Sandy Environments 24 December 2009

Simplicity 24 December 2009

The Myth of the Digital Projector 21 December 2009

The Flashlight Test 18 December 2009

Zeiss 21mm f/2.8 Review 16 December 2009

Zeiss 21mm f/2.8 Compared to Nikon 14-24, Canon 16-35 L II and LEICA 21mm f/2.8 ASPH 16 December 2009

Zeiss 18mm f/3.5 Review 15 December 2009

Zeiss 18mm f/3.5 Compared to Nikon 14-24mm and Canon 16-35mm L II 15 December 2009

LEICA ELMAR-M 50mm f/2.8 Review 11 December 2009

Nikon 300mm f/2.8 VR II 10 December 2009

Nikon TC-20E III 10 December 2009

Zeiss 28mm f/2.8 ZM Review 09 December 2009

Canon 15mm Fisheye Review 08 December 2009

LEICA M9: Three Sample DNG Files 07 December 2009

LEICA M6 and M6 TTL Review 05 December 2009

LEICA Viewfinder Magnifications 05 December 2009

Nikon AF 24mm f/2.8 D Review 04 December 2009

Nikon 135mm f/2 DC Review 04 December 2009

The Nikon FX Dream Team 01 December 2009

Canon G11 Review 01 December 2009

LEICA M9 Rezension in deutscher Sprache 01 December 2009

LEICA SUMMILUX 35mm f/1.4 Review 30 November 2009

LEICA ELMAR 50mm f/2.8 Review 21 November 2009

Indian Country Gallery 10-15 November 2009

Contax G2 Review 06 November 2009

Contax G2 Users' Guide 06 November 2009

Nikon 28mm f/2.8 AF-D Review 05 November 2009

Leica Lens Serial Numbers 04 November 2009

Photos from Arizona and New Mexico, November 2008 03 November 2009

Nikon S70 Review 02 November 2009

Leica's Newest Camera versus Leica's Best Camera: the M3 versus the M9 30 October 2009

Yosemite and the Eastern Sierra 30 October 2009

LEICA M9 High ISO Examples 29 October 2009

Canon 7D 17 October 2009

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Review 16 October 2009

Nikon 85mm f/3.5 VR DX 16 October 2009

Nikon S1000PJ Review 15 October 2009

Nikon D3s 14 October 2009

How Not to Incentivize a Sales Force 14 October 2009

Leica or Not? 13 October 2009

California's Eastern Sierra and Yosemite, October 2008 13 October 2009

SD Card and CF Card Speed Tests 12 October 2009

Nikon D300s Users' Guide 09 October 2009

Nikon D300s AF System Settings Guide 09 October 2009

Leica M9 Example Images 06 October 2009

Canon 5D Mk II, LEICA M9 and Nikon D3 image comparisons 06 October 2009

LEICA M9 Lens Compatibility 01 October 2009

LEICA M9 versus Nikon D3X versus Canon 5D Mk II Sharpness Comparison 01 October 2009

Nikon D3000 Users Guide 30 September 2009

Nikon D3000 AF System Users Guide 30 September 2009

Nikon D3000 High ISO Comparison 29 September 2009

Hasselblad H4D 29 September 2009

LEICA SUMMILUX 50mm f/1.4 Review 25 September 2009

LEICA Lens Recommendations 17 September 2009

Canon SD940 IS Review 17 September 2009

Rangefinder vs. SLR Cameras 16 September 2009

Leica Lens Reviews

Canon SD980 Review 11 September 2009

Leica M9. 9/9/9

Tokina 100-300mm f/4 AT-X Review 28 August 2009

Canon FD 24mm f/1.4 L Review 28 August 2009

Canon AF35ML Super Sure Shot Review 26 August 2009

Canon SD960 IS Review 25 August 2009

The Curse of the Chopped LCD 25 August 2009

Canon S90 19 August 2009

Nikon 70-200mm VR II 01 August 2009

Nikon 18-200mm VR II 01 August 2009

Nikon D300s 30 July 2009

Nikon D3000 30 July 2009

Canon AE-1 Program Review 30 July 2009

Canon EOS 620 and EOS 650 Review 29 July 2009

Canon 28-135mm IS Review 28 July 2009

Canon 18-200mm IS Review 18 July 2009

Canon 18-55mm IS Review 18 July 2009

Canon Digital Rebel T1i Review 17 July 2009

Canon SD780 Review 14 July 2009

Photos from Monterey 10 July 2009

Nikon D4X written 08 July 2009, expected Summer 2012

Nikon D40 Guide iPod and iPhone App 08 July 2009

The DX Dream Team 06 July 2009

Vivitar 85mm f/1.4 Series 1 Review 24 June 2009

Nikon 85mm f/1.8 Review 24 June 2009

85mm Lens Specifications Compared 24 June 2009

Nikon 85mm Lens Central Sharpness Comparison 23 June 2009

Nikon 85mm Lens Corner Sharpness Comparison 23 June 2009

Leica D-LUX 4 18 June 2009

Olympus PEN E-P1 18 June 2009

Leica 18mm and Zeiss 18mm Comparison Test 17 June 2009

Nikon D300s 16 June 2009

Zeiss Ikon Review 09 June 2009

Leica M7 Compared to Zeiss Ikon and Minolta CLE 09 June 2009

Nikon D5000 User's Guide 05 June 2009

Nikon D5000 AF Settings 03 June 2009

Nikon 10-18mm f/4 02 June 2009

The Glass Keyboard 29 May 2009

Things that Bug Me: How to Spot an Amateur 29 May 2009

Nikon D40, D5000, D300 and D3 high ISO comparison 27 May 2009

The Cult of the Leica 26 May 2009

Volcano Country Photos 22 May 2009

Fuji 400X Review 21 May 2009

Kodak Ektachrome E100G Review 21 May 2009

Nikon 10-24mm Review 16 May 2009

Leica 35mm f/2.8 SUMMARON Review 14 May 2009

645-format 35mm Lens Equivalent Focal Length Chart 14 May 2009

Voigtlander 15mm M II Review 14 May 2009

Comparison of 21mm Rangefinder Lenses 12 May 2009

Zeiss 18mm f/4 ZM Review 12 May 2009

Leitz Minolta CLE Review 08 May 2009

Leica 90mm Lenses Compared 07 May 2009

Leica 90mm f/2.5 Summarit-M Review 07 May 2009

Leica 90mm f/2.8 Elmarit-M Review 07 May 2009

Nikon D90 User's Guide in PDF 01 May 2009

Canon FD 35-70mm f/4 Review 01 May 2009

Wein EPX-625 Mercury Batteries 30 April 2009

Camera Repairs 25 April 2009

Olympus 35RC Review 16 April 2009

Nikon D5000 14 April 2009

Think Tank Speed Demon 11 April 2009

Canon FD Camera Comparision 10 April 2009

Canon AE Power Winder FN 09 April 2009

Graduated Neutral-Density Filters 08 April 2009

Lighting 08 April 2009

Straps 08 April 2009

Leica 90mm f/2.8 Tele-Elmarit-M Review 02 April 2009

Oskar Barnack 01 April 2009

VTech Kidizoom Review 01 April 2009

The Two-Pocket Shuffle 31 March 2009

Leica 90mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH Review 27 March 2009

Hoya HD Filters 24 March 2009

Tiffen HT Filters 24 March 2009

Nikon 35mm f/1.8 Example Photos 20 March 2009

Voigtländer 21mm f/4 Review 19 March 2009

Voigtländer 28mm f/1.9 Review 17 March 2009

The Leica Man 17 March 2009

Leica 28mm f/2 ASPH Review 17 March 2009

Leica 35mm f/1.4 ASPH Review 17 March 2009

PMA 2009 Report 06 March 2009

How to add your ID to your iPhone's and iPod Touch's home screen 01 March 2009

EPSON R-D1X Digital Rangefinder body 27 February 2009

Photo Labs 27 February 2009

Voigtländer 15mm f/4.5 Review 27 February 2009

Contax G Lenses for Leica M 26 February 2009

Respecting Retail 24 February 2009

No More Whining 24 February 2009

Leica 35mm f/2 ASPH Review 21 February 2009

2009 Route 66 Photo Gallery 20 February 2009

PDF Version of my Nikon D300 Users Guide 19 February 2009

PDF version of my Nikon D700 User's Guide 19 February 2009

Leica 18mm f/3.8 ASPH 18 February 2009

The Nikon M1 and MX System 16 February 2009

Nikon 35mm f/1.8 DX 14 February 2009

Leica 21mm Lenses: 1958-today 13 February 2009

Leica 21mm Viewfinders 05 February 2009

Composition 04 February 2009

Leica 21mm f/2.8 ASPH Review 04 February 2009

Leica 135mm f/4.5 Review 03 February 2009

A Complete Leica M-System for Under $4,000 03 February 2009

Leica M7 Review 29 January 2009

Leica M vs. Contax G Systems 29 January 2009

Death Valley Photos in RealRaw EX-S/EX-Rtm 29 January 2009

Where is the Orient? 29 January 2009

Leica Lens Names 24 January 2009

Cosina, Voigtländer and other lenses for Leica 15 January 2009

Leica 28mm f/2.8 ASPH Review 15 January 2009

The Half-Frame Fiasco 13 January 2009

Nikon D3X, D3, D40, and Canon 5D Mark II, 5D and SD700 Sharpness Comparison 13 January 2009

Nikon D3X Suggested Lenses 13 January 2009

Nikon D3X, D3, and Canon 5D and 5D Mark II ISO 3,200 Comparison 09 January 2009

Nikon D3X, D3, and Canon 5D Mark II ISO 6,400 Comparison 09 January 2009

Nikon D3 and Canon 5D Mark II ISO 25,600 Comparison 09 January 2009

Nikon D700X Forecast 09 January 2009

Film: The Real Raw 09 January 2009

Nikon D3X versus Canon 5D Mark II Sharpness Comparison 08 January 2009

Pentax 645N Review 07 January 2009

Pentax 645 120mm f/4 Macro Review 07 January 2009

Pentax 645 150mm f/3.5 Review 07 January 2009

Weasel Words 06 January 2009

Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM 05 January 2009

Tamron 10-24mm Review 02 January 2009

Comparison Chart of Digital Ultrawide Zooms 02 January 2009

 

Articles from 2008 and older

 


CAMERAS      top

Casio 

Canon

Contax G

Fuji
S5 April 2007
S3 updated 04 September 2004
S2 updated 04 September 2004

Kodak
DCS-14n updated 15 December 2003
Retina 1a

Konica

LEICA

Mamiya

Minolta

Nikon

Olympus

Pentax

Schneider

Sigma
12- 24 mm 20 December 2004
SD9 Updated 06 December 2003
SD10 Updated 08 March 2004

Sony
A100 11 June 2006
DSC-F828 08 March 2004
Mavica FD-88 (from about 2000)

Zeiss

 

Medium Format and Panoramic updated 07 July 2005

4x5 and Large Format 10 June 2005

 

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