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23 March, 2024
Compact Formation: Shooting Football with a Superzoom
In the days before digital became the standard for sports photography, the SLR was king. Photographers lined up pitch-side to capture the action, Minolta, Nikon or Canon camera ...
Hamish asked me recently to write an article about my findings on the Carl Zeiss 38mm f/2.8 Sonnar (/Omnar CX38-28) when mounted on Hasselblad XCD and Fuji GFX cameras. Wait… 38...
21 March, 2024
AI or not AI? or: on authenticity and photography
The original title of this picture, taken with a Yashica Zoomate 105, was ‘When the wait to see the doctor is too long’, and it was intended to illustrate how the &#...
21 March, 2024
Lonely in Korea (Yes, the Southern One)
Entering a new country without speaking the language on any level would be a powerful hindrance to setting up a social life for anyone. I was prepared to face many hours alone w...
20 March, 2024
Portable Light Box For Free – A Quick Tip
If I’m away for more than two weeks I generally take or have available equipment to develop B&W film – a tank, reels, Rodinal and fixer. Other equipment can be easily obtain...
20 March, 2024
Nikon F4 Review – A Design Revolution
Some cameras are ergonomic and have a continuity of style with other cameras in a given system. This has been true basically since the beginning of mass-produced cameras of almo...
19 March, 2024
What Does ‘Professional’ Mean in Photography?
Pro’ is the photographer’s blessing and curse. It is the status we all – well, many of us – aspire to. It is the marketing gimmick created by the exploit...
If cameras were madeleine cakes and Proust a photographer, then perhaps CCD compact cameras would be that memory trigger that provoked longing for his childhood. Tired metaphors...
