From very early in my photography I have been fascinated by the unique look and simply luscious tones infrared images can produce. Ansel on steroids. I have only been able to pr...
1 March, 2023
Diffraction and its Impact on Sharpness – By Tony Warren
I recently had some disappointing results while trying out a colour negative film in a Retina IIc. I was shooting the urban art (and some graffiti) that has been created here in...
17 February, 2023
Quick Thoughts on Eight of the Nikkor Nifty Fifties – by David Hume
Several months ago I wrote a piece on my newly acquired Nikon Df. The piece was OK, but I’ve thought since then that I didn’t really do the camera justice. My though...
18 January, 2023
That Time I Built an “Air-Gap Meniscus” Lens – By Dave Powell
Long ago, I tried to shoot landscapes using a macro-close-up filter as a lens. I taped the filter to the front of two nested cardboard “focusing tubes” and attached them to my F...
Just because a lens has a wide field of view doesn't mean it will be the best fit for an expansive scene. Just because a lens has a narrow field of view it doesn't mean it's onl...
6 June, 2022
Hiking the Uncanny Valley – By Don Goodman-Wilson
When creating the above image, I sought a very specific aesthetic, one informed by years of enjoying video games. Indeed, friends have told me they thought this image was a high...
Not so long ago, Kosmo Foto reported on the fact that the latest Zack Snyder film, ‘Army of the Dead’ had been entirely shot with Canon 50mm 0.95 “dream” lenses. Reading that ar...
28 August, 2020
Fight of the Fifties… – By Bent_Brent
This was mean to be a very different article. You see, stuck as I was with my family in lockdown, I thought it would be the perfect time to compare a bunch of 50mm lenses in eve...