Gear Theory Archives

22 January, 2020

Street shootout between Nikon 35mm camera/lens combos yields surprising results – By Isaac D. Pacheco

By isaacpacheco

Gear reviews are typically created to help consumers decide between products with similar specifications and price points. Accordingly, comparisons often focus on the nuances th...

24 December, 2019

A Fuji X100 and Solution that isn’t a Solution to my Photography Grump

By Hamish Gill

As many of you might already be aware, for the most part, this year I’ve been a right grump about photography. Despite in many ways finding myself opening more doors than I’ve c...

9 December, 2019

7Artisans 75mm f/1.25 Review – a confusion of “want” over “need”

By Hamish Gill

I thought it might be interesting to follow up my post about my “need” for Zeiss ZM lenses in my life with a post about a lens I don’t “need”, but do “want” - at least for the t...

19 November, 2019

Video: Chatting to Ashley Carr in Stourport (part 2)

By Hamish Gill

A couple of months ago I went to Stourport and met up with Ashley Carr. This is part 2 of the video I made, if you’d like to see the first part, you can find it here. If you’ve ...

7 November, 2019

Why Are You Carrying The Camera? – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

“Why are you carrying the camera,” asked my colleague the curmudgeon. We were having lunch around the corner from the school. He in fact is much nicer than he pretends to be, an...

4 October, 2019

Rangefinder vs. SLR – Protest Photography – by Simon King

By Simon King

One of my favourite environments to photograph is a protest. Over the last few years I've had plenty of opportunities to document all kinds of demonstrations and protests; peace...

16 September, 2019

Extreme GAS! I don’t need a new camera, I need a new Helicopter!

By Hamish Gill

For Christmas last year, my wife bought me a flight in a helicopter - it was one of those “red-letter day” gifts. I’ve always quite liked the idea of going for a ride in such a ...

26 August, 2019

Video: Chatting to Ashley Carr in a Carpark in Stourport

By Hamish Gill

A little while back I decided I fancied making a few (hopefully) more interesting videos for my YouTube channel. I’ve tried the odd bit of “vlogging”, some of it seems to go dow...

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Charles Young on A third of a roll with a Pentax Spotmatic F and Kentmere Pan 200
Tony: Thanks for the good report on the Asahi Pentax. I bought my first one in 1967 and my second…
Ibraar Hussain on Ansco Titan – A Stylish 6×6 120 Folder
Thanks for the review! That is a very cool looking camera brother!! Damn Shane you did what I usually do…
Tony Warren on A third of a roll with a Pentax Spotmatic F and Kentmere Pan 200
What a treat to be able to access such interesting locations and well captured with something of an iconic camera.…

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