6 July, 2026
Light Lens Lab 35mm f1.4 ASPHERICAL Review
Some lenses have always held a special appeal for me: compact wide angles and fast moderate wides. Among them, one lens stands above all others. I can safely say that my favouri...
The best camera is the one with you, and yet most photographers, including myself despise smartphones as photographic tools. There are some good reasons for that, but for me per...
29 June, 2026
Zeiss Ikon Icarex – Roll over Nikon
Voigtländer first came into being in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria in 1756 (270 years ago) before moving permanently to Brunswick in what was then the Duchy of the same name (Bra...
26 June, 2026
Phil Maxwell, the Olympus XA2, and the Street as Theatre
I have known Phil Maxwell for about sixteen years. For a period, we both had studios in Spitalfields, in that strange zone where the East End was still recognisably itself but w...
24 June, 2026
Exploring horizontal camera scanning solutions
I admit I am lazy, and that is precisely why I have been looking for a simple horizontal camera scanning setup. For vertical scanning I would need to assemble a copy stand, conn...
I’ve been a long time user of Japanese Contax cameras, hence I also have a fondness for related West German cameras with the Zeiss Ikon name. I wrote a review of the pretty (if ...
15 June, 2026
Thypoch Voyager 24-50mm f/2.8 review
Like many photographers, I tend to gravitate toward prime lenses. My Nikon Zf is usually paired with lenses such as the Sigma 35mm f/2, Sigma 65mm f/2, or various manual-focus l...
14 June, 2026
Lucky C400 vs Kodak Ultramax – Battle of the 400s
Finally I got my hands on the not-yet-released Lucky C400 test rolls. I put it into direct comparison with its main competitor: Kodak Ultramax 400. Camera used was Canon EOS7+50...
