Petzval Week Behind the scenes: Fun with Flare Quite accidentally, I ended up with a couple of shots that demonstrate the flare characteristics of the Petzval on film (aka full frame). This, of course, is something most competent lens testers would do as a matter of course. But I’m not a lens tester: I’m a …
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coming home with the Petzval
Petzval Week Season 3, episode 3: driving Ms. Petzval From the current office (that is not expected to last much longer) to the current home (which is… longer, at least, than the office, which we’ll be moving from he week after next, if all goes according to plan) there are about 73 routes I could …
at work with the Petzval
Petzval Week Season 3, episode 2: at to work with the Petzval Just a couple of shots of the vines that grow on the walls of the little courtyard thing in the basement of the nondescript office park where I currently work. We’ll be moving soon to a new office, so enjoy the views of this …
going to work with the Petzval
Petzval Week Season 3, episode 1: Going to work with the Petzval
FG week: recap
Two of these were shot at a roadside picnic area on the way back from Kerrville with the 50mm f/1.8 E Series. Two were shot with the new-to-me 75-150mm E Series. And the last… well I’m not sure what I shot that with. It depends, really, on where I shot it. I think I shot …
FG week, day 5: watch for pedestrians
or don’t. To be honest, I’ve grown a bit tired of pun-type street photography, but I recognize the impulse to shoot contradictory signage and whatnot. Ah, the sweet taste of internal contradiction.
FG week, day 4
I think the blur on the right side of the frame is due to film curl, and not to the lens… I think this was shot with a new copy of the Nikon 75-150 E-Series that I picked up for a song around the time I bought the FG. It, like the camera, is an …
