20 January, 2025
Light Lens Lab Nine Element 28mm f/2.8 review
Light Lens Lab surely has been one of the most interesting (to my eyes) lens makers in the recent years. This is for a couple of reasons: they try to replicate some of the most ...
18 January, 2025
Mir-20 20mm 3.5 on a Pentax K1-II – A Field Test of the
Photographing with a 20mm lens is quite demanding on the eye, as the composition has to take into account many more objects than with a normal prime or telephoto lens. As a resu...
16 January, 2025
Pentax Zoom 60
Using a late 20th century point and shoot. Considering how photography has transitioned from film to digital.
As I write this, I have just finished sending the latest in a long stream of emails to Mint/Rollei support about my new Rollei 35AF. I was one of the first to order the camera w...
9 January, 2025
A Zeiss Ikon’s Demise and Harman Phoenix 200 – First Experiences
Let’s address the elephant in the room, shall we? Our lead image is of an immaculate Konica Hexar RF, set against the backdrop of golden autumn grass and a curious German ...
This is a review of the Pergear 25mm 1.7 lens in MFT mount. I was kindly sent this by Pergear to review, thanks to Hamish and Sabrina for arranging this. It’s listed for s...
3 January, 2025
Orwo Wolfen NC500 – Pushed a stop (or 2)
I waited a long time to shoot Orwo Wolfen NC500. When I got my hands on a few rolls, I was determined to do something different. I’d already seen plenty of box speed resu...
1 January, 2025
Kodak Single-Element Plastic Meniscus Lens – A Quest for the Primitive, Episode 1: The Worst Lens Ever Produced?
If one accepts that no optical design can ever attain perfection, one should also consider that no lens can be so bad as to be totally useless either. When you think of lenses n...
