The Canon 50mm f0.95 is the stuff of legend. Sure it wasn’t particularly sharp, and depth of field was so short that you’re unlikely to get an entire face in focus, but the notion of a lens that bright is more than a little attractive (even if you’re unlikely to have enough light to focus [...]

Posted March 30, 2009 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Photoblog. Tags: 50mm f/0.95, canon, Leica, lens, photography. Be the first one.

Digital Photography Review’s look of Sigma’s 50mm f/1.4 has me drooling. I have an el cheapo 50mm f/1.8 and am looking to upgrade. At $1500, Canon’s 50mm f/1.2 is just way too expensive, but their 50mm f/1.4 just didn’t seem to be enough of a upgrade to be worth the price. Sigma’s new lens, seems [...]

Posted December 7, 2008 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Dispatches, Photoblog. Tags: canon, Canon 50mm f/1.2, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro, lens, lenses, lust, photography, Sigma, Sigma 50mm f/1.4, Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8, Tamron, Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8. Be the first one.

At least that’s the only thing a person can conclude from the stories at Copyfight earlier this week. This post reports on two stories where the photo services concluded that the photos to be printed were too good to have come from an average customer. Upon trying to order prints of her child, one Ofoto [...]

Posted June 9, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Copyrights & Intellectual Property, Technology. Tags: camera, canon, copyright, copyrights, gallery, legal, legal trouble, ofoto, photo, photo services, photofinishing, photograph, photography, professional images, unintended consequences, wal mart, wendy seltzer. One Comment.