Lee Craker

Leica MM – Why Not ?

Lee — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:23:01 +0000

Summer Palace Water Gate, Thailand -- Leica M8 Summarit 35mm f11 1/350 If you follow photography news, the last few days has been filled with Leica’s announcement of the new Leica Monochrom, the Leica MM, a camera that only shoots black and white. Leica bills this camera as the digital future of black [...]

Making Merit 5555

Lee — Thu, 10 May 2012 04:15:40 +0000

There is a 543 years difference between the Buddhist calendar and the Gregorian calendar. Year 2012 in Europe is year 2555 in Thailand. So today is 5-5-55, a very lucky and good number, also today His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej today celebrated Coronation Day, he is the longest reigning monarch at [...]

Shooting Stars – Watch your 6 (hundred that is)

Lee — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:52:58 +0000

Photographing stars is a relatively easy thing to do. Especially with modern cameras. Todays modern Nikon and Canon cameras allow for long exposure times. All of my Nikon’s will allow a 30 second exposure. The common misconception is that you have to leave your shutter open for much longer than that. You don’t, [...]

Lytro. Ground Breaking Technology – Or Not?

Lee — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 08:34:17 +0000

I have been reading a lot of headlines around the web calling Lytro ground breaking technology. "Lytro, is the first consumer camera to employ a technology called light-field photography that until now was the province of scientific laboratories. With a Lytro, the photographer and the viewer can re adjust the focus to anywhere in the image. Unlike a traditional digital camera, which depends on light directly hitting a sensor, the Lytro captures all the light in a scene traveling in any direction

The Right Light

Lee — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:53:26 +0000

Photography has been with us for a while. The first surviving mention of the principles behind the pinhole camera, a precursor to the camera obscura, belongs to Mo-Ti (470 BC to 390 BC), a Chinese philosopher and the founder of Mohism. Mo-Ti referred to this camera as a "collecting plate" or "locked treasure room".