Author: Peter | Prosophos

Poll: Should Leica bring back the CCD sensor?

Inspiration, Q&A, Teaching point

CCD Poll - Prosophos

As most of you know, I’ve been very vocal about my preference for CCD vs. CMOS sensors…

…but it looks like the Leica M9/M-E and Monochrom are the end-of-the-line models for 36 x 24mm CCD sensor technology.

Nonetheless, I thought it would be fun to conduct a poll about this, here on Prosophos.com.

Essentially, I’d like to know whether YOU would like to see Leica bring back a new CCD sensor in a future M camera, optimized with whatever current technology exists.

Please vote and voice your opinion, but remember this is just for fun.

—Peter.

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Rangefinder cameras.

2013, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M9(P)/M-E (CCD Lives!), Portrait, Teaching point

Rangefinder

Life is too short, to have never experienced a rangefinder camera.

If you’re a photography enthusiast, and you’ve never had the pleasure, do yourself a favour and shoot with a rangefinder (Leica, Zeiss, Mamiya, Voigtländer, Contax, Nikon, Epson, Fuji, Yashica, or whatever).

It will change you.

—Peter.

Voigtlander Color Skopar F2.5/35mm Pancake II.

Inspiration, Q&A, Teaching point, Voigtländer 35mm f/2.5 Color Skopar Pancake II, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 Nokton

Voigtlander Color Skopar F2.5:35mm P II

Introducing the Voigtländer Color Skopar F2.5/35mm P II.

I’ve been experimenting with this lens for the last 24 hrs and, so far, I like it.  Small, sharp, smooth.  Its strength is in daylight shooting, not just because it is limited to a maximum aperture of f/2.5, but because of the way it holds highlights.

Images will follow — maybe in a few days — so you can judge for yourself.

Voigtländer always delivers great lenses, so I shouldn’t be surprised at the results.

In the meantime, feel free to re-visit my report on one of my favourite lenses, the Voigtländer Nokton 40mm f/1.4.

—Peter.

Socrates & Eminem.

Inspiration, Teaching point

“Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know.”

—Socrates  (470 – 399 BC)

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“At least I know that I don’t know

Question is are you bozos smart enough to feel stupid…”

—Eminem, Berzerk (2013)