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...
14 January, 2026
Pinhole Photography in Northwest New Mexico
I’m an Albuquerque-based photographer who has dabbled for years with not only film cameras but also paper negatives and pinhole cameras. Going back to the mid-1990s, I had set u...
9 January, 2026
Nikon IX 30-60mm – Resurrection of a Redundant Lens
I am writing here of the Nikon Pronea S, more specifically the APS Nikon 30-60mm lX kit lens that could not be used on any other Nikon brand SLR camera because the camera end of...
9 January, 2026
Carl Zeiss 80mm F2.8 SL66 Mount Adapted to Pentax 67
The Pentax 67 system lacks a 35mm equivalent lens with large aperture. What, there is a 75AL? I’m too broke to have ever heard of it. So, I’ll have to adapt it myself. A Carl Ze...
2 January, 2026
Lomo 35KP 140mm F1.8 projector lens adapted to Pentax 67
In the everlasting quest for large apertures on 67 format, the path to glory leads towards projector lenses. Among these, the Soviet Lomo 35KP 140mm F1.8 movie projector lens st...
I’m a big fan of the Color-Minotar lens that graces the tiny body of the Minox 35 cameras. About the only thing that annoys me about the lens itself is the misspelling of ...
