Last spring the opportunity came up for a family trip to Mexico City. A week before our departure, I acquired an Olympus 35 RC from a camera show. I thought this would be useful...
For most of the past winter we lived under heavy cloud cover. At our northern latitude, clouds and winter make for dimly lit days. As a practitioner of the “sunny 16” system of ...
The Canon Serenar 50mm f/1.8 lens in M39 mount is a heavy brass assembly weighing 270 grams. It is small, so the weight feels exaggerated in my hand. It has 10 diaphragm blades ...
Close to my home there is a small valley with a creek and 10 kilometers of paved trail. I have been riding my bicycle on the trail for a few years, witnessing a steadily increas...
Over the past 50 years I have had periods where I was immersed in photography. First it was B&W darkroom printing, then a long period of color work, a brief time with digita...