It’s been a little while since I really began to realise just how much more I favour I hold for a short telephoto lens. Over last summer though it went from being a vague prefer...
I sometimes feel a fear of falling off. It once occurred to me that looking up at the moon was like looking over the edge of a chasm except that while there may be an edge of so...
If you’re suffering from GAS like me, being aware of a rare, expensive, and sought-after lens that you know you definitely don’t want is a great thing. 6 years ago Leica re-rele...
The Leitz Elmar 10.5cm f/6.3 - Third time's the charm! Read the exciting conclusion of my search for a pocketable telephoto lens. Don't miss the comparison of all three lenses' ...
The Mountain Nikkor covered in part 1 of this short series is a pretty unusual lens but didn't quite fit the bill in terms of compact size. The quest for a pocketable telephoto ...
The following article is once again a 3-parter but this time it explores long lenses and how they fit into my pursuit of a small and lightweight kit that covers all bases (withi...
The Lomography Daguerrotype Achromat has been around for a few years now- a replica of one of the original portrait lenses from way back in the day, it’s based on a formula from...
This is a review of the Ernst Leitz (Leica) Elmar 9cm f/4 Collapsible lens. Hamish recently reviewed the huge and very fast TT Artisan 90mm 1.25. This is perhaps the antithesis ...
