27 November, 2025
The Legendary Zeiss Super Ikonta 530/15
The featured image shows a Zeiss Ikonta family gathering. Left to right: Super Ikonta 530/16, Super Ikonta 530/15, Moscow 4 (the dodgy East European cousin), and a baby, the Iko...
21 November, 2025
8×10 camera for $10 in ten minutes
I signed up to teach a photography event to 8-year-olds at a summer activity event. It was scheduled to take place on my college campus in late June, 2025. The ‘class’ was compr...
Have you ever heard of engineered engine noise, that artificial roar coming from the speakers of an EV, pretending there’s a combustion engine working inside? Or, have you seen ...
18 November, 2025
Nikon 50mm f1.8 AI Lens – No. 1761389
The Nikon f1.8 50mm lens has always been well regarded. In pre-digital days, a ‘nifty fifty’ would have been the first lens owned by many photographers, mounted on a...
14 November, 2025
Olympus Pen F 40mm G.Zuiko f1.4 and Rollei Retro 400s – My experience with this iconic camera
This post was one of my first few on 35mmc, that’s after lurking for a few years before I plucked up enough courage and audacity to get some of my photos and writing publi...
I mentioned the Lomography Instant briefly in my earlier article about the Polaroid Go, and I think it deserves its own short story. The Lomo Instant was my first instant camera...
11 November, 2025
Nikonos IV-a for Documentary Photography
Sometimes I need to work on a story or story-elements that don’t occur in optimal conditions, whether that means light or access or other conditions. Weather doesn’t...
