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
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
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...
24 September, 2025
Day Out at The NPG – Part 2 – Kit – A One Shot Story
Towards the end of my article Day Out at The NPG, Part 1 – Eddie, I very briefly introduced our photographic model for the day. Kit, a gentleman in his late 70s who is a profes...
16 September, 2024
Nikon 500mm Mirror Lens – The short fat cheap deal!
I bought a used 500mm mirror lens in 1975 when I was shooting for United Press International. It was the longest focal length in the smallest form factor available at the time. ...
6 May, 2024
Lomography Nour Triplet V 2.0/64 Review – Beyond The Blur – My Time With The Bokeh Control Art Lens
In the world of photography and its current emphasis on sharpness, the quest for a lens that not only captures lovely images, but also adds an artistic touch is never-ending. Th...
After a few years of trying different film labs, with the never-ending pondering about the quality of their developing process and scanning setups, I finally decided to simply d...