Dean Baird

I'd like to try Lightroom, but that will cost me $150. What will it do for me that is better than Aperture 3+?

It's been a long time in the works, but I finally got the lens and found something to shoot it at. About half this set was taken with my Zeiss 2.8/15 ZF.2. These are night shots in San Francisco....

Looks like the Nikon mount is in stock at B&H. I assume Adorama has them, too.Just gotta find that $3k I need to get myself one.

Great images, Tim.Still looks like the Canon mounts are out and about (B&H, Adorama), but Nikon mounts are not yet available. Not sure why that would be or if that's standard for a Zeiss rollout.

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Looks like the Canon EF mounts are out in the world; you can order them "In Stock" via Amazon (fulfilled by Garry's Camera).Nikon ZF.2 mounts... not so much.Adorama page reads, "New item not...

Seems the 21mm gets lots of love from everyone concerned. The 18mm is less highly regarded.

ACD is the company that bought Canvas (from Deneba), then discontinued it on the Mac platform. I would never trust them with anything ever again. I can only presume that they will--on a...

From the B&H product page: Expected availability: October 16 2012Of course, we remember when the "Expected availability" was May 2012. So it will certainly not be available before October 16. If a...

Seems like you (not a merchant) should be the one holding onto your money while you wait.

Ant! Quick--—loosen your tin foil hat. It's cut off the circulation to your "brain." And you don't even need it to hover like Gollum over your collection of Zeiss preciouses. Nobody is going to...

Strong words for someone unfamiliar with proper use of the apostrophe. Typos take the teeth right out of an otherwise incisive insult. Honestly, you make it all too easy.You're clearly a die-hard...

Tell us, ant; do you often see things that no one else can? And how long have you had this gift? Do you sometimes hear voices no one else can? Just how special are you?By all means, please share...

I just worry that they say "end of August" when what they mean is "mid-October."

And as August turns to September... -- Dean Switching to Nikon D800E from Canon EOS 60D http://www.flickr.com/photos/phyz/collections/ http://marge.ragesw.com/~phyzorg/highspeed/

If you don't like $340 for an ND3.0, don't look at what Zeiss is asking for their 95mm CPL!"Discounted" in the UK. Unavailable in the US.

I know folks tend to gush about the Zeiss 100mm f/2 macro, but would you really want to take an MF lens into a Pollinary filled with butterflies that tend to always be on the move?Seems like the...

Please post such pics!I'm ever keen to see new things. Open flame with no refractive variations? Show me. I actually see such refractive shimmering with my own eyeballs: no camera gear required.

Too bad the Zeiss Distagon 15mm f/2.8 isn't available yet. -- Dean Switching to Nikon D800E from Canon EOS...

One's likelihood of switching to software "polarization" is inversely proportional to one's understanding of what a polarizer actually does.I've been known to use a polarizer to shoot a composition...