5 August, 2026
Projector Lenses – My Drug of Choice
To paraphrase a fellow photographer from a forum – if you want the real crazy bokeh, projection lenses are the drug of choice. The following article – coming from my hobby...
23 July, 2026
New Horizons with Adapted Lenses
My creative journey usually looks like this: have a slight interest in a topic, go on a deep dive online, and learn as much as I can before committing fully. I started photograp...
The Kochmann Korelle 6×4.5 was a German strut-folding camera taking 16 negatives on a roll of 120 film, available from 1933 they were made up to the start of WW2. Apart fro...
It’s been almost 9 years since I got my first lens in Leica thread mount. It was Canon 135mm f/3.5 and I was blown away by how well it stood the test of time even though it was ...
17 June, 2026
How to Shoot Instax in a Polaroid Camera
A Polaroid camera that works with Instax is the holy grail of instant photography. Why? Because today’s instant cameras are designed to be feature poor. Like point-and-shoot dig...
8 April, 2026
Continuously Resizable DIY Photo Frames? Really?
Yes really! Have you ever wanted a picture frame that is easily adjusted across a range of photo/art sizes? One that can even form itself to non-standard aspect ratios? If so, r...
14 February, 2026
Modifying the Contax 167MT
Notice anything off about this Contax 167MT? Look closely, hold, and look again… Well, trick question, there isn’t anything to notice. From the front, this is just like any othe...
11 February, 2026
Pentax DA to Canon EF Adapter Hack
In December 2025, I documented a crafty little project of modifying a cheap Pentax K to Canon EF adapter so the aperture of a DA 35mm/f2.8 macro lens (no aperture ring) could be...
