Hunting for beauty and balance, camera in hand
Over the last eight years or so, I've had in excess of 100 lenses, perhaps nearer 200 now. Whilst I love these old lenses, and there have been very few I've disliked entirely, I've purchased far more than I've needed. These are most likely the biggest two traps I've fallen into. 1. Thinking I needed… Continue reading Buying Vintage Lenses – The Two Biggest Traps I’ve Fallen Into
Being firmly in a DSLR phase currently, I've been using vintage M42 lenses like the Helios 44-2 and Jupiter-37A. But you can't talk about M42 without mentioning the greatest range of lenses ever made in that mount - Asahi Takumars. I've had perhaps 20 Takumars overall, and, foolish as it seems in retrospect, sold on… Continue reading Asahi Pentax 200mm f/5.6 M42 Lens – First Thoughts
My first experience of a zoom lens was on my Nikon Coolpix P300, the first "proper" camera I bought, back in 2011. But I shot thousands of photographs with it without touching the zoom rocker, just using it at the widest 24mm setting. I know now that 24mm is pretty wide, but back then it… Continue reading Taming The Infinite Zoom Lens
This month I'm committing to a single camera again, part of my One Month, One Camera project. For December it's my Panasonic Lumix LX3. I thought I might try some different focal lengths, having used it almost entirely at 35mm previously. So I went with its longest zoom of 60mm for a while, but found… Continue reading How To Convert Your Digital Compact’s Zoom Lens To A 35mm Prime
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