Hunting for beauty and balance, camera in hand
It's no secret that of the hundreds of cameras I've owned in the last 10 or 12 years, more have been Asahi/Pentax than any other brand, by far. My favourite 35mm lenses are Takumars. The semi-automated (and AF) lenses I use and love most are Pentax K mount. In my film heyday, when I reached… Continue reading Less Is More – Pentax Optio E90 First Thoughts
It's no secret I adore my old Pentax CCD DSLRs. Whether with vintage lenses like the Helios 44 series, and any number of Asahi Takumars, or modern marvels like the "Plastic Fantastic" SMC Pentax-DA 35mm f/2.4, they give me an enormous amount of pleasure, both in use, and in the final (unprocessed, crucially) image. But… Continue reading Extremely Small And Rather Wide
In recent weeks I've been immersed in the delights of Ricoh's digital compacts, most specifically the utterly joyful 28mm GR Digital III - probably the most intelligently designed camera I've ever used - and its very similar zoom (24-72mm, but for me, 24 or 28mm) sibling, the GX100. But sometimes, still, a distraction comes along,… Continue reading An Impulsive Instructive Interlude – Sony W570
What are the key features of a compact camera? Surely there is one above all others. It's compact! In the few years I've enjoyed film photography and film cameras, I've evolved into enjoying two main types of cameras - the compact, and the SLR. In the SLR world I've settled on Contax/Yashica bodies (mostly Contax) as… Continue reading The UnCompacts
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