21 December, 2024
When The Burn Out Hits
When I finished university, I didn’t think burnout would hit me… how very wrong I was indeed. I was fortunate enough to attend a fantastic university, especially fo...
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20 December, 2024
NEWS: Introducing the Omnar 35mm f/3.5 Pantessa FLB (YS35-35FLB)
The Omnar 35mm f/3.5 Pantessa (short for pancake-tessar) is a limited-edition rehousing of the Carl Zeiss 35mm f/3.5 optics found in the Yashica T, T3, T4 and T5 Super cameras. ...
20 December, 2024
Petri Color 35 – A Love Letter to a favourite camera
I’d like to talk about one of my favourite cameras, the Petri Color 35. Now sure you might be thinking that this is an odd choice. And to a certain extent you’d be r...
19 December, 2024
A Night at the Opera – Plays and Opera Photography
This is an abbreviated version of a talk I gave to a local chapter of the Italian Federation of Amateur Photographers (FIAF) on the challenges of photographing in a Teatro all&#...
19 December, 2024
5 frames with a Nikon F4S
For a ‘Full Frame’ camera it is quite heavy. Certainly big, dwarfing my Ricoh KR10 from 1980. But without doubt it’s absolutely gorgeous. In a way it is alm...
If you grew up in the analogue age, chances are your first 35mm camera came with a fifty millimeter “kit” lens. These “nifty 50s” were reasonably sma...
18 December, 2024
Agfa Ambi Silette – First Roll Reflections
During a recent visit to a favorite antique store, I went to my favorite display case which were filled with cameras. One never knows what will be there and so it’s fun to...
17 December, 2024
Canon AE-1 on the Coastline of Montenegro
A road trip through Montenegro is a must. In June I was lucky enough to spend 5 days with my partner enjoying some of the Montenegro coastline equipped with my Canon AE-1. All m...
