Thoughts on Photography

NASA is uploading photos from Artemis II to Flickr. Here are some of my favorites.

I wondered, while watching the live coverage of Artemis II yesterday, why they were taking photos with Nikon D5s, which is an older, discontinued camera. This article answers that question. tl;dr: Known quantity; build quality; still class-leading low-light performance.

Check out this post on my blog wherein I reflect on some of my favorite and least favorite cameras of all time, in response to a post from Mike Johnston at The Online Photographer.

I’m a bit surprised that the lens rental list is dominated by 24-70-ish and 70-200-ish zooms. I expected that most people do what I do, which is to acquire those commonly useful lenses and rent the more exotic lenses that see more occasional use. I suppose if one were to rent an entire setup for a job, which does seem like a pretty obvious usage for a rental service, you’d rent those staple lenses. I was also a bit surprised to see such a lack of Nikon on the list. Sony really has taken over their spot, fighting with Canon at the top. Anyway, as listicles go, I found this one interesting.

Chris Niccolls from PetaPixel has a kinder take on the new Leica M EV1than the one I linked to earlier. It looks like a pretty good take on an EV-based M camera, which is something I’ve always thought desirable. I love that handling is very M-like, according to Niccolls.

I love that they’re doing something like this, although this seems (at first glance) to be a bit clumsy as a first effort. Having the front lever control focus peaking sounds like a great use for that control.

Ouch. As a long-time Nikon fan—albeit one who reluctantly jumped ship to Sony out of frustration with Nikon’s lack of innovation in mirrorless other areas—this is sad to see.