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A Long Look at a Widelux (Part 2)
In this, Part 2 of my lengthy look at the classic Widelux F7 panoramic swing lens camera, I discuss the anatomy of the camera, its various eccentricities, and my ultimate delight with its unique view of the world around it.
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A Long Look at a Widelux (Part 1)
The Widelux F7 takes WIDE photographs. It delivers DEEP focus. And, apparently, writing about it requires LONG articles. In this, Part 1 of my look at this classic camera, I discuss the various photographic needs that drove me to consider panoramic cameras, and my rationale for choosing this particular model.
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I Heart Rangefinders
I used to think concert photography went with SLR cameras like eggs went with ham. Well, cancel that side of ham and bring me some of that rangefinder bacon. In this article I confront life after SLRs, and schlep a couple of Leica rangefinder cameras to a Heart concert.
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More Poe than Van Gogh
The classification of photography as an “art” has done it a great disservice. Art demands that the viewer appreciate the technique behind it. It calls attention to its technical merits. A good photograph should never do this. Rather, it should just be. In 1951, Robert Frank told Life Magazine “When people look at my pictures…
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(Finally) Facebooked
Facebook (noun): 1. a small book, splayed open and placed upon the face to block ambient light and improve napping efficiency. 2. a popular social networking website on which ULTRAsomething finally has a presence.
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Masochism? Anachronism!
Most anachronistic people were fashionable once. One day, they’re the epitome of style. The next day, they’re passé — victims of passive indifference to the fickle tastes of humanity. Me? I’ve been a photographic anachronism in every time. Twenty years ago, I jumped through flaming hoops to photograph digitally. Today, I’m jumping through a whole…
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The Pious Lens (Part 2)
This is the second half of a two-part article in which I moan extensively (but cathartically) about 135mm lenses. I’ve received a fair bit of mail since posting Part 1 on The Leica Blog — apparently misery loves company.
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The Pious Lens (Part 1)
This is the first of a two-part article about life, love, mourning, failure, blackouts, silliness and sin. Yes, you guessed right: it’s an article all about 135mm lenses.
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Don’t Feed the Ostrich
Short of taking photographs, few things excite a photographer more than planning their next major camera purchase. Conversely, short of a trip to the dentist, few things excite a photographer less than contemplating a backup camera strategy. But all it takes is a single camera failure to nullify the years of hard work you spent…
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Saving Souls
Can a camera save your soul? My second “f/Egor” column, which I write for Leica Camera, makes a case for this absurd supposition.
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The Accidental Blogger
Fresh from the whoduthunkit files comes another newflash — I am now a guest columnist for The Leica Blog, and will occasionally hack out… oops… I mean “craft” a column for them, which is called “f/Egor.” Since Leica saw fit to give me my own aperture stop, I reciprocated by granting them 30-day exclusive publication…
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The Soft Grey Line
When is a photograph no longer a photograph? At what point is an image so “pimped out” that it leaves the realm of photography, and enters the province of illustration? If you clone a crumpled beer can from of a landscape shot, is it still a photograph? If you merge multiple shots into a single…
