Hunting for beauty and balance, camera in hand
Over the last few years of shooting SLRs, my predominant favourite focal length has been 50 and 55mm. But after trying a 135mm, I was quickly hooked. The up close and personal field of view, plus the potential for very shallow depth of field and dreamy bokeh made them instant winners for my style of photography.… Continue reading A Stack Of 135 (And How To Choose Between Them)
One of the major reasons I love film is the experiments you can try that have no direct digital equivalent. Shooting redscale film is an excellent example. You've probably already seen redscale images, that look monochrome, but with a burnt orange red as the base colour rather than white. These photographs are obviously distinctive overall,… Continue reading Redscale Film – How To Make And Shoot Your Own
My recent return to Pentax K mount has included the rediscovery of the excellent Ricoh Rikenon 50mm f/2 lens. I featured it as my latest love in the Lens Love series a little while back, and it fared very well against stiff competition from Pentax and Chinon in the recent five way PK 50mm shootout. In particular the… Continue reading Adventures Of The Wide Eyed Wonder #1
Some weeks back I experimented with four M42 50mm lenses to see how they compared shooting the same scene at a range of apertures. The results were, at least in part, quite unexpected, and the all round victor was the wonderful Asahi Super-Takumar 55/1.8. With that in mind, and with my 50mm lenses in Pentax K… Continue reading Five Way 50mm PK Showdown
Lens Love is an ongoing 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 #3 – Ricoh Rikenon 50mm f/2 PK
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