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Light is light everywhere so all the lenses you mention should fit your needs including the northern lights - provided you also bring a tripod. Lofoten is certainly not flat and I suggest you also ...

The ASPH 50mm Leica M lenses are also problematic on Sony sensors while the older non asph versions work fine. At least SOME non asph WA Leica M lenses shows corner smear,for example the older non ...

Amen!

I don't believe in "the best concerter for XX camera files". I believe in the best converter for personal needs, preferences and ideosyncracies. And I believe that the best converter is the ...

I haven't used Leica lenses on the Canon R but use them on Sony A7X cameras. The general tendency with Sony cameras is that WA rangefinder lenses fare less good than longer focal lengths. Corner ...

That's a shame. Combining magnification with focus peaking works well and allows very accurate focusing (though not super fast) and is for many THE preferred way of using MF lenses on Sony A7X ...

Oh dear, I realize that there is a lot I could (should?) check when getting a new camera. But I just charge the battery, put on a strap and go out to shoot with it. If it works OK, I assume it is OK. ...

It has been discussed before in this thread: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61829037 For all I know, the jury is still out as for what the cause is - the cameras or the cards, but other may ...

They often are. They can be tweaked a lot in camera to suit ones taste. But as with everything it takes knowledge, practice and good familarity with the gear to do it well. Pros who need to deliver ...

FWIW, I have rarely come across a picture I couldn't "tame" sufficiently unless it was very over- or underexposed or had an extremely high DR. But specifically with ACDSee, I don't find it a ...

Split toning is also useful when working in B&W. With split toning you can darken a blue sky, lighten reddish skin tones etc. That way you can emphasize the important parts of the picture and tone ...

But then what do you need a camera profile for? A camera profile is nothing more than the programmers bid on how pictures from a camera should look like - which you may or may not like. I have ...

My best Sony lens is not a Sony lens. It's a Leica Summicron 35/2.0 type IV. It's the best because it's good optically and versatile but most of all because it's so small and light that I don't ...

My point was that you can set your own defaults from which to start by saving your own preferences as the starting point so you don't have to begin from scratch every time. Or you can save the ...

Even if you don't like the "profile" it is born with, it's not a big problem. You can change the defaults and save them as your own personal default or preset. It was never the idea that RAW ...

Indeed. That's how Sony users have used Leica and other legacy MF lenses on their cameras with "dumb" adapters. But then, there's also the Techard adapter for Leica M lenses which has a built in ...

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Most of the tools in ACDSee Ultimate are basically the same as in LR+PS so those familiar with the Adobe programs won't feel alienated by ACDSee. The DAM of ACDSee is excellent - at least on par ...

Indeed you did. That makes it two of us. 😊

I second that. I bring the same set of lenses to all cities. I may add that in cities - Rome included - there are often interesting architectural and decorational details higher up on the buildings ...