Hunting for beauty and balance, camera in hand
Recently in my Lens Love series, I wrote about the Jupiter-37A 135/3.5 and why it's been one of my favourite vintage lenses. There, I featured a few colour images made with the Jupiter and my Pentax K-30. With this camera, I have settled on two outputs, and saved them in the two custom user modes… Continue reading Vintage Black And Whites With The Jupiter-37A
After blogging for a few years, you start to notice patterns and trends in the posts published. One overall trend is obvious - the longer a post has been published and out there on the world wide web, the more chance it has had of being read. A pattern I really enjoy seeing is what… Continue reading Photography Blogging – Sleepers And The Long Tail
Lens Love is an occasional series of posts about the vintage lenses I’ve used and loved most. The dry technical data and 100% corner crops of brick walls can be found elsewhere. What I’m more interested in is what specifically about a lens makes me love using it, and why I believe you should try… Continue reading Lens Love #6 – Jupiter-37A 135mm f/3.5 M42
My go to DSLR lens for when I want to go back to basics is the Pentax-DA 35mm f/2.4. It's compact, very light, simple (no aperture ring, basic focus ring with no distance markings), auto focuses quickly, and delivers fabulous images, especially considering its low cost. The focal length of 35mm equates to a field… Continue reading Head Over Heels For The Plastic Fantastic – Pentax-DA 35mm f/2.4
The problem - I'm receiving far too many emails. In recent weeks my unread emails have frequently gone over 50, and my total in my inbox has approached 300. About 90% over what I would like - and have had in the past. I don't subscribe to things easily, but since Covid-19, everyone and everywhere… Continue reading Online Reading Rebooted
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