Archive for April, 2014

Drag racing photos from Match Race Madness 4, Barona, Sony a7R

Drag racing photos from Match Race Madness #4, at the Barona Drag Strip in Lakeside, CA. All pictures were shot with the Sony a7R, using a Pentax 28mm f/3.5 camera lens. Taking action photographs with the Sony a7R is a challenge, because of the long shutter delay of at least .163+ of a second. Compensating […]

Anza Borrego Desert pics, Torote Canyon, Indian Valley

Anza Borrego Desert pictures, from the mouth of Torote Canyon, and further up the road to Indian Valley. The camera being used was a Sony a7R, with a Pentax-M 28mm f/3.5 lens on it. The road into Indian Valley is fairly easy, any pickup truck should be able to make it, with careful driving over […]

24mm camera lens shootout on the Sony a7R: third round, Konica 24mm

This third round of 24mm camera lens testing on the Sony a7R will focus on one item in particular, the Konica Hexanon AR 24mm f/2.8 prime lens. The first priority is to evaluate how much lens curvature interferes with picture quality, by using full width photos from a Sony a7R. This lens is one of […]