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26 February, 2026

Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 85/4 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field Test

By Andrea Monti

This empirical field test of a non exactly well-preserved Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 85/4. Least of the ‘fogged’ glasses of this sample now under the care of master Adr...

4 February, 2026

Viltrox 56mm 1.2 Pro APS-C Lens Review

By Hamish Gill

Since I started reviewing these Viltrox lenses in the latter part of last year, I have been more than intrigued to try one that has “Pro” in the nomenclature of the lens. So whe...

14 January, 2026

TTArtisan 75mm f/2 AF Lens Mini-review

By JK LOCKWOOD

Executive Summary: Buy it! If compact primes are your thing, you are going to love the TTArtisan 75mm f/2 AF lens. In case you missed it (like me), TTArtisan released this excel...

Minolta MC Rokkor 100-200 mm attached to Minolta SR-T 303

4 January, 2026

Minolta MC Zoom-Rokkor 100-200mm – the Best Worst Minolta Lens

By Alexander K

When I bought my first Minolta camera, it came both with a standard MD 50 mm 1.7 and a MC Rokkor 100-200mm zoom lens as a bonus. The camera was an SR-T 303 and quickly became my...

22 December, 2025

Viltrox 85mm f/2 Evo Review – A perfect balance of compromise for me!

By Hamish Gill

The Viltrox 85mm f/2 Evo is the lens I wished I was reviewing when I was writing about their 85mm 1.8. I really liked that lens, but there was something about its bokeh, its lar...

8 December, 2025

Nikon 200mm Medical-Nikkor – A Vintage Macro Lens with Built-in Ring Flash

By Dan Cuny

I am a lifelong Nikon fan and own a variety of Nikon cameras. I have very vivid memories of working in a camera store in the mid-to-late 1970s, where I spent almost 20 years. Th...

27 October, 2025

Viltrox 85mm 1.8 STM II (Nikon Z Mount) Review

By Hamish Gill

I don’t review modern autofocus lenses all that often, but recently – for reasons I will come to in a moment – I have begun to find them increasingly interesting. Ac...

25 September, 2025

Day Out at The NPG – Part 3 – 85mm Lens – One Shot Story

By Leon Winnert

In Part 1 I relayed a conversation I had had with our Tutor Eddie. On his assertion that no-one shoots with an 85mm lens these days and all portrait photography is shot using wi...

Mark Ellerby on Hokkaido, a historical perspective
A really interesting and enlightening set of photos and essay about a place that I'll probably never get to go…
Gary Smith on Hokkaido, a historical perspective
hmmm, old farms and breweries look the same everywhere don't they? I like that last shot: Hokkaido newspaper, salt, tobacco,…
Curtis Heikkinen on Hokkaido, a historical perspective
Beautifully photographed! Something I have come to routinely expect from you, Geoff!

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