16 August, 2024
Nikkor 16mm Fisheye – Three Ways to Make use of Such a Lens
For me, a fisheye is the most challenging lens to use. Unlike other ‘normal’ focal lengths, a fisheye has an inherent deformation of reality. As a result, it is ofte...
16 August, 2024
PPP Cameras Leatherette For Pentax 17 Review.
I bought the PPP Cameras Pentax 17 leatherette, was so pleased that I sent the first images to Hamish, and he asked that I write a review here. Gladly. I had already written a r...
9 August, 2024
Retina IIc and the Kodak Retina system
A few years ago my cousin passed her father’s Retina IIc on to me including a lens hood, a couple of filters and a 1958 copy of The Retina Way by O. R. Croy. This informative bo...
5 August, 2024
Leica CL – A Vindication
Born from a collaboration between Leitz and Minolta, the Leica CL was introduced in 1973 as a premium compact rangefinder camera with a 40mm Summicron lens as well as a 90mm f4,...
I have always been fascinated by rangefinder cameras. Their namesake’s original application around the turn of the 19th century in naval gunnery had piqued my interest at first ...
1 August, 2024
Hasselblad SWC vs. Mamiya 7 with 43mm lens – A Personal Wide-Angle Medium Format Showdown
A few years ago I came to own both a Hasselblad SWC and a Mamiya 7 with a 43mm lens. Both cameras are medium format cameras with very wide-angle lenses. I have long tried to mai...
It all starts in the city of Portland, USA where my friend Claus Junker lives, someone who knows my passion for photography and cameras. In one of our regular calls, Claus told ...
29 July, 2024
Olympus OM2n – Best of Both Worlds?
As with most of my short reviews of cameras that I own or have owned in the past, I am going to discuss here how I personally see and understand this Olympus OM2n. Of course, th...
