Braun Gents Quartz Chronograph Movement Watch BN0035WHBKG
11 Sep, 2018
Clean design made beautifully
Does what a watch should do. Simple, precise design, made beautifully.
SONY ZEISS VARIO-TESSAR SEL2470Z F4 ZA OSS 24-70 mm LENS
18 Jan, 2018
Sumptuous, sensual and sexy.
A life-long Canon user, after months of panicked deliberation, I recently switched to Sony; buying an AR7ii for still and film duties at my agency. At first, we thought we'd be fighting with the "sony look" (which can be described as "clinical") but after the first two shoots we were giddy over the quality of this cam and lens.
The focus falls off so beautifully and gradually that even in-cam with no LUT applied (and …my awesome lighting of course), our interviews and food stills already looked close to final.
The F4 24-70mm should be the first choice for people like us who shoot daily, and so far it's been a relief and a delight to be able to carry just one standard lens that produces gorgeous images, instead of carrying several primes (excluding the lovely canon L of similar length).
I did compare with the canon L and metabones and also with the amazing G-Master but for price and high turnaround production, the very slight difference in quality relative to the G-Master wasn't quite worth it this time around. At over £a-lot-more, the G-master is likely for people with money and muscles (it's heavy) who produce massive ads and require perfectly round bokeh for the romantic back-lit climax In a rom com.
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Master & Dynamic MH30 On Ear Headphone - Gunmetal/Black
18 Jan, 2018
Another gushing review of M&D
I don't have the strength to whip out another gushing review of M&D but in summar; they're stunning. Sure, they look great but they're also built exceptionally well and I expect them to last a couple of decades at least. The soundstage is wider than most phones and there's a tasteful little excitement in the frequency response.
The MH30's are small however and aren't too comfortable on big man-heads such as mine and so I bought this pair specifically for my mum, who now looks 20% cooler and has a lovely, confortable item that mechanically blocks out noise on the train, allowing her to listen to boring things at low level and also share the boringness with my dad by daisy-chaining his pairs of MH40's.
So far I am putting M&SD products into the "buy once - keep forever" category.