Let me put it this way, Mr. Amor. The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.
NOTE: below are the new items from summer and fall 2014. These are largely being posted to the Wordpress site, here.
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Twilight of the viewing filter
Silvestri H: the 6×12 ultracamera
Metz 45CL-4 Digital + SCA3045 + SCA3502 M5 + Leica M typ 240
Cameras, proles, and animals are free
Leica M typ 240 firmware 2.0.1.5: the end of the beginning
Fuji X100: the Pitch Black project
Zeiss C Biogon T* 4.5/21 ZM and removing the reds
Archive / Index By Subject
Archive / Expanded Index
A cool trick with the iPod video
The Devil is in the Dynamic Range
Explain that Leica M8 upgrade again?
Fuji EF-42 Flash for X100 and X-Pro1
Fuji X100: the dirt on the dirt
Leica M8 lens testing and other wastes of time
Leica M typ 240: Part 1aLeica M typ 240: Part 3 (pixels)
Leica M typ 240: Part 4 (SF 58 flash)
Leica M typ 240: Part 5 (vs. X-Pro1)
Light balancing filters on digital
Olympus E-P1: (Stylus) Epic Fail?
Outsource, insource, leave me alone
Practical Accessories for the X-Pro1
Sony NEX-5
Sony NEX underexposure recovery
Surviving the horrors of 9/9/M9
Who's afraid of the big bad live view?
Nikon FG: little camera that could
Nikon F-Series Accessory Finders
Fuji GW and GSW 6x7, 6x8 and 6x9 Rangefinders
Fuji GSW690III Resolving Power
Fujinon SWS 50mm f/5.6 for G690 G690BL GM670 GL690
Maximizing your Nikon FH-869S
Medium Format Film Holder
Mythology of the Fuji G690BL GM670 GL690
And now let us praise light, cheap lenses
Block diagrams of Canon Lenses for Leica
Choose your weapon, er... lens.
Evolutionary Chart of Canon Lenses for Leica
Faraway, yet so close: tales of Contax, Nikon, Leica, and Soviet incompatibility
Kobalux 21mm f/2.8 Revisited (M8)
Konica 21-35mm f/3.4-4 M-Hexanon Dual
Leica Universal Wideangle Finder M 12011
Nikkor 70-210/4 AF: Nikon's best midrange zoom
Non-obvious aspects of
accessory viewfinder selection
Sony NEX Wide Adapter VCL-ECU1
Light Meters, Flash, Bags and Tripods
Logan 750 Simplex Plus Mat Cutter
Alternatives to good photography
Can Photodo.com predict real-world differences between lenses?
The day you became photographically uncool
Does a rangefinder make you a better photographer?
Leica Rangefinder Self-Adjustment and Other Myths
Lithium-Ion: a modest proposal
The Myth of Mechanical Cameras?
Stop thinking about photography
35mm color vs. the tyranny of the masses
What equipment was used for pictures on this site?
Bottom-feeding in the grey market
Dan Stella's Tenfold Path of Good Photography
Fill flash for amnesicacs (expanded)
Fixing Super Ikonta A, C or Moskva rangefinder alignment.
More lessons from the Guerilla Darkroom
Optical signature manipulation
Surviving a trip with your camera
The Olympus Pen FT: relevant once again?
Scanning 6x12 with Sprintscan 120
or Artixscan 120TF
Carl Zeiss Optical Practicum (with permission)
Achromat, Apochromat, Superachromat - What is the Difference?
Depth of field – An insider's look behind the scenes
How digital one-shot cameras perceive color
How do Zeiss T* and Rollei HFT compare?
How to determine the resolution actually reached in a photograph a practial example
Is rollfilm 220 better than 120 in terms of film flatness?
Resolution of camera lenses where are the limits – and why?
10 Steps to success in high performance photography
Why Carl Zeiss lenses for Contax are made in Japan
A special message from your camera manufacturer.