Let’s be honest, the internet is already full of gear reviews where people photograph brick walls, test charts, and color checkers in a basement. If you want to know how a lens performs under a laboratory microscope, those charts are out there.
But that isn't how actual photography works.
Reviews on Leicaimages are built on a simple philosophy. As a former professional photographer (many eons ago), I test gear where it actually belongs, out in the real world.
When I look at a lens, I don't talk about theoretical sharpness lines on a graph. I am talking about how it handles a split second, emotional moment in downtown Portland when you have to jump out of your car and hold up traffic to get the frame. I am looking at how it behaves in high energy street portraits with multiple subjects, or how it renders deep, complicated human emotions in raw, directional daylight so I can share that experience with you.
I care about the things that actually matter when a camera is hanging around my neck
How a lens balances on an M body during a long day of walking.
Whether the viewfinder blockage drives you crazy or stays out of the way.
How the contrast handles theunstaged street scene, not a controlled studio light.
A great lens shouldn't be a status symbol hidden away in a climate controlled collector's safe, and it shouldn't need a lab chart to prove it's good. It’s a tool meant to capture raw, unadulterated reality. That is the only benchmark I care about measuring.
So, read the reviews and editorials here on Leicaimages. You will find them usefule and realistic.
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But that isn't how actual photography works.
Reviews on Leicaimages are built on a simple philosophy. As a former professional photographer (many eons ago), I test gear where it actually belongs, out in the real world.
When I look at a lens, I don't talk about theoretical sharpness lines on a graph. I am talking about how it handles a split second, emotional moment in downtown Portland when you have to jump out of your car and hold up traffic to get the frame. I am looking at how it behaves in high energy street portraits with multiple subjects, or how it renders deep, complicated human emotions in raw, directional daylight so I can share that experience with you.
I care about the things that actually matter when a camera is hanging around my neck
How a lens balances on an M body during a long day of walking.
Whether the viewfinder blockage drives you crazy or stays out of the way.
How the contrast handles theunstaged street scene, not a controlled studio light.
A great lens shouldn't be a status symbol hidden away in a climate controlled collector's safe, and it shouldn't need a lab chart to prove it's good. It’s a tool meant to capture raw, unadulterated reality. That is the only benchmark I care about measuring.
So, read the reviews and editorials here on Leicaimages. You will find them usefule and realistic.