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14 April, 2026
Taking Photos in Museums: A Meditation
I. Observing On a trip to the world’s busiest museum last fall, my husband and I were rudely jostled by a determined fellow museum-goer, a middle-aged Parisienne who shuffled fr...
14 April, 2026
Canon SureShot Zoom XL – Out of the Drawer and Into the Light – A Journey of Recovery and Rejuvanation (Part Two)
To paraphrase one of the trolls in Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’: “Rain yesterday, rain today, and blimey, if it don’t look like rain again tomorrer.” It’s raining as I write this. It ...
13 April, 2026
Leica 50mm Lenses – The “Goldilocks Leica Lens Challenge” Day One – Summilux vs. Summarit…
February 27, 2026 was feeling like a very promising day for photography. It was a warm and sunny Friday in NYC. Between the impending weekend and the slightly unseasonable wea...
12 April, 2026
MonsterAdapter LA-FZ1 (v1.2 firmware) & Nikon 50mm 1.4 AF-D
This article is a quick review of the Nikon 50mm 1.4 AF-D lens in combination with the MonsterAdapter LA-FZ1 with version 1.2 firmware. It is part of a series of articles I’m wr...
12 April, 2026
Nikon 50mm 1.4 AF-D Mini-Review
I started writing this as just a commentary on how well the Nikon 50mm f/1.4 AF-D lens works on the Monster Adapters LA-FZ1, but as I’ve written it started to unravel into somet...
12 April, 2026
Why being bad at photography led me to create the world’s first digital ‘light meter watch’
Ever wondered if you can learn manual exposure without having a camera in your hand? It’s an odd question and to be honest I wouldn’t blame you if you hadn’t. But it’s a questio...
11 April, 2026
Leica-R Summicron 50/2 on Nikon F3
In a recent article on my website I spoke about a Leica-R Summicron 50/2 (v2) being converted to Nikon F mount, by means of a Nikon F mount ring (Leitax). As far as I know, this...
10 April, 2026
One from the first roll
About a month ago (mid-February) I decided that I had an un-used mFT lens sitting in a drawer that I hadn’t used for years. After checking eBay for camera prices I figured...
