Loz Moore Photography

Leica Q2 Macro

Loz MooreComment

The Leica Q2 is a lovely camera for general walk around Street and travel photography.

But it also has a macro mode which is lovely for getting up close and personal with subjects.

Here are some quick and easy shots using the macro mode

New Lens Day

Loz MooreComment

I‘ve bought a Nikon 24-120mm F4 Z mount lens.

I initially was’t attracted by this lens because I have the 24-70 F2.8 and the 24-200 (and some primes in the range) but am going to Hungary in September to photograph a football competition.

Having an F4 lens won’t be an issue there as I won’t need it to deal with low light and I won’t be looking for shallow depth of field, both being situations where you would prefer a ‘faster’ lens i.e. one with a lower maximum aperture such as 2.8 or even 1.8. And it isn’t too large and heavy to carry around all day. I also won’t need a long zoom as the football is a six-aside World Cup where the pitch is relatively small.

I have the 24-70 F4 lens which has always been very sharp so thought that a similar lens with a longer zoom range would be ideal for general event use in decent light.

To try it out I took it to a rock gig when it definitely wouldn’t normally be your first choice as that is definitely going to be a low light situation when you would normally prefer lenses with apertures of 2.8, 1.8, 1.4 or even 1.2.

So how did it get on?

Well I was very pleasantly surprised! Because the Nikon mirrorless Z camera can handle high ISO values very well I wasn’t severley impacted by only having a maximum aperture of F4.

Roll on Hungary ! (and now to sell a few lenses to pay for it!)