20 March, 2026
A Composition’s Dilemma in Black and White – One Shot Story
This photo, taken in the centre of Padua, with my Nikon 35TI and a Ferrania P30, shows a composition’s dilemma. The idea was to explore the usual technique of ‘frami...
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Across this set, the Carl Zeiss Ultron 50mm 1.8 performs as expected: good microcontrast and local separation, reasonably crisp edge definition where focus is placed, and a gene...
11 March, 2026
Why Do (Photo)books Matter
Throughout my professional career, I have written and edited several books. Initially, I was neither involved in nor interested in the manufacturing part of the process. Once th...
26 February, 2026
Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 85/4 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field Test
This empirical field test of a non exactly well-preserved Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 85/4. Least of the ‘fogged’ glasses of this sample now under the care of master Adr...
21 February, 2026
Behind the Quirinale – One Shot Story
I took this photo with my Nikon 35TI loaded with a roll of Ferrania P30 behind the Quirinale Palace, the official residence of the President of the Republic of Italy while one n...
17 February, 2026
Pentacon 50mm 1.8 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field Test
This field-test is, as the others I have published here, absolutely subjective, empirical and lacking any scientific basis. Since I couldn’t find anything interesting to photogr...
12 February, 2026
There are no divine rights to earn a living as a photographer
The recent controversy between a group of photographers and the creator of an AI-powered editing software that promises effortless, professional-quality headshots has once again...
6 February, 2026
Zeiss ZM Biogon 35/2 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field Test
This is an empirical field test of the Zeiss ZM T* 35/2 Biogon lens in M-mount on a Nikon Z5 through an adapter crafted by master Adriano Lolli. As with all my technical tests,...