31 August, 2026
Wider Horizons – Making Panoramic Images
When photographers talk about “going wide”, the typical assumption is that they are referring to using lenses with shorter focal lengths. Yet many pictures that “feel” wide– suc...
21 January, 2022
28mm Point & Shoot Showdown – The plot widens… – By Daniel Rider
After shooting for a while with 50mm and 40mm fixed lens cameras, I stumbled onto a Ricoh SLR and the old guy at the shop offered me a Pentax 28mm lens for cheap to go with the ...
14 August, 2018
Non-Destructive Hacking the Ricoh R1 for Full-Frame Wide-Angle Photography – By Howard Hurd
One of the coolest features of the Ricoh R1 (the less sought-after sibling of the fabulous GR1 series) is its panoramic feature. "Big deal", I hear you say, "Loads of 35mm film ...
12 February, 2016
Ricoh R1 Review (Rollei Prego Micron) – An overlooked achiever – by Benn
While I was visiting San Francisco in September last year, my friend Arachide presented me with handful of cameras. Those were his thrift store finds. I am still amazed by what ...