29 November, 2023
500mm Mirror Lens with Film – by Simon King
I sometimes feel a fear of falling off. It once occurred to me that looking up at the moon was like looking over the edge of a chasm except that while there may be an edge of so...
17 May, 2023
Don’t Sleep with Yellow Lenses, Darlin’
Photographers who remember the Petula Clark 1967 hit single that’s paraphrased in the title will also probably know what it's talking about! Regardless of how much one might lov...
9 May, 2023
Je Suis Le Mal Aimé! – The One No One Likes
Je suis le mal aimé is a French classic song and roughly translated means: the one no one likes! For this article I'm going to talk about three of my passions. I've spend a bit ...
From very early in my photography I have been fascinated by the unique look and simply luscious tones infrared images can produce. Ansel on steroids. I have only been able to pr...
1 March, 2023
Diffraction and its Impact on Sharpness – By Tony Warren
I recently had some disappointing results while trying out a colour negative film in a Retina IIc. I was shooting the urban art (and some graffiti) that has been created here in...
17 February, 2023
Quick Thoughts on Eight of the Nikkor Nifty Fifties – by David Hume
Several months ago I wrote a piece on my newly acquired Nikon Df. The piece was OK, but I’ve thought since then that I didn’t really do the camera justice. My though...
18 January, 2023
That Time I Built an “Air-Gap Meniscus” Lens – By Dave Powell
Long ago, I tried to shoot landscapes using a macro-close-up filter as a lens. I taped the filter to the front of two nested cardboard “focusing tubes” and attached them to my F...
Just because a lens has a wide field of view doesn't mean it will be the best fit for an expansive scene. Just because a lens has a narrow field of view it doesn't mean it's onl...