Our office neighbour is Racetrack magazine which while it now focuses on horse racing was in the 80’s a general sporting magazine. Andrew the editor dropped in with this beautiful 8×10 black and white image of a skater from an article they ran on skateparks he didn’t know who the skater is but it is a great shot anyway.
Those were the days!
Due to be presented at the Tokyo Camera Show the CP+ on stand G-12 if you are in the area.
The 3 models are a completely redesigned 35mm 1.4 lens, a brand new 40mm 1.2 lens and last but not least a 65mm 2.0 Macro Apo-Lanthar.
No prices have been set or delivery dates. You can email us to register your interest at our contact us page here.
No deposit or payment required at this time.
Very interesting article on a photographer I had never heard off.
Cody Delistraty | Longreads | October 2016 | 12 minutes (3,326 words)
Born in Switzerland in 1961, the portrait photographer Henry Leutwyler was told he wouldn’t make it as a photographer. He was rejected from a top Swiss photography school, and when he opened his own photo studio in Lausanne — photographing watches and chocolates and cheeses — he went bankrupt in a swift year-and-a-half.
But at age 25, Leutwyler moved to Paris and began apprenticing with the French photographer Gilles Tapie, who helped him find his stride as an editorial photographer. A decade later, in 1995, Leutwyler moved to New York City, where his portrait photography began to appear in Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Esquire, and Time, among others.
Since then, Leutwyler has photographed the top-tier of global talent, including Martin Scorsese, Michelle Obama, Julia…
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Yep it’s back just like Hans Solo it has returned from the dead, and thank goodness as we continue to get inquires for this lens every single day.
This new production run will be optically the same but with a different exterior look. If you have not heard about this lens it has become one of the most sought after lenses that Cosina under the Voigtlander name has ever made.
It gets 5 star reviews on sites such as B&H with comments like these I am shooting with SLRs and DSLRs for over 30 years. I have used a lot of lenses, and this one is just the best. the colors reproduction is great, the bokeh is amazing, smooth, painted like a brush.
Manual focus with CPU chip for metering and brilliant optics what more does one need.
The 58mm is based on the old Topcon lens which in it’s day was regarded a real cracker. This current model builds on that lens with even better optics that were improved in the second version and then in this 3rd version more metal has been added to damp the focus even more. See some 9 thousand plus sample images here.Now available for Pre Order for Early November delivery $795 Order Here.
We are now taking Pre Orders for delivery in April for the 15mm E mount $1295 and May for the 10mm E mount $1495 or 10mm M mount $1395. Both E mount lenses have a dedicated electronic E mount which allows them to use the functions listed below. And the 10mm in Leica M mount is going to make history as the widest M lens ever made!
We expect demand to be very high for these lenses so get your Pre Order in now to make sure you don’t miss out!
The 10mm is available in both M mount $1395 and Sony E mount $1495
Function of Voigtländer E-Mount Lens
1. Exif
Pictures can store the Exif data of Lens.
2. Lens Correction Data
You can set Auto Lens Correction on camera bodies;
* Fall off ———————–> Auto / Off
* Chromatic Aberration —> Auto / Off
* Distortion ——————-> Auto / Off
3. Manual Focus Assist
Magnified Live View Image will be seen on camera body LCD screen when the Focus Ring
rotation is detected on the camera body.
4. Focus Distance Setting
Focus Distance Setting Indication will be seen (At which point you are focusing on now. For
instrance, 3.5m, or so.) on camera body LCD screen when the Focus Ring rotation is detected on
the camera body.
6. 5-Axis Image Stabilization
The 5-axis Image Stabilization works cooperatively with Voigtlander E-mount
Professional photographer and writer reviews the NISI Square filter system and compares it to the LEE system.
The superb range of NISI filters is now available from Mainlinephoto here
We have added to our range the NISI Square filter range and the Screw in Clear protection filters these are very high quality filters at very good prices. The holder kit represents excellent value coming with 4 adaptor rings a slim polariser and the all metal holder. They even do a super dupper huge stopper at an incredible 15 stops. Check the range out here.
Also new to the Mainline range is the PIXEL ONE generic batteries, these are the best generic replacement batteries available today.
They are the same as the highly rated Wasabi battery check out the reviews here. Now we have the most popular model instock ready to ship. You cannot have too many spare batteries stock up here.
