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Album Published October 27, 2020

Camera Gear (1 new item)

Camera setups of various types and formats

Album Published October 2, 2020

Camera Gear (1 new item)

Camera setups of various types and formats

Album Published September 18, 2020

Camera Gear (1 new item)

Camera setups of various types and formats

Album Published September 18, 2020

Lenses (1 new item)

Lenses for various cameras in multiple formats

Album Published September 5, 2020

Lenses (2 new items)

Lenses for various cameras in multiple formats

Essay Published September 4, 2020

Adapting Projector Lenses for Digital

This isn't a new subject for most digital camera users, and I'll assume you've already seen at least a couple of articles or posts on using them before now. What you may not have seen are a few twists on using an unconventional projector lens, meant for… Read more

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Album Published September 4, 2020

Lens Sample Photos (5 new items)

Test shots taken with various lenses

Album Published August 28, 2020

Camera Gear (3 new items)

Camera setups of various types and formats

Album Published August 16, 2020

Camera Gear (1 new item)

Camera setups of various types and formats

Album Published August 14, 2020

Lenses (1 new item)

Lenses for various cameras in multiple formats

Album Published July 31, 2020

Camera Gear (2 new items)

Camera setups of various types and formats

Album Published July 30, 2020

Camera Gear (1 new item)

Camera setups of various types and formats

Album Published July 15, 2020

Camera Gear (2 new items)

Camera setups of various types and formats

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Nature Photography

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Photos of the natural world
Camera Gear

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Camera setups of various types and formats
Black & White

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Various subjects in Black & White
3D Software

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Digital images rendered by 3D software
Yashica ML 28-85 Cleanup

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Teardown and element cleaning on a very hazy Yashica Zoom

Featured essays

Adapted lenses : Supersized to Medium Format

For anyone who's chosen to use legacy lenses on digital bodies, the initial lens choices would likely be any of the zillions of manual focus 35mm full frame types. They are plentiful and cheap. They are however, not the only choice. Read more
Yashica ML 28-85mm Cleanup

While looking for some lenses in Contax/Yashica mount for both mirrorless and film, I happened across a Yashica ML 28-85mm f/3.5-4.5 Macro that was suffering from heavy hazing on the internal elements and needed cleaning… Read more
A How-To : Sell/Auction Photo Gear

This is written from a potential buyer and bidder's point of view - by someone who'll be looking for a new tool to acquire as an end consumer. This could also apply to other product categories of similar item types and many of the online sales or auction… Read more
Adapt | Convert | Reuse

This article could easily start out as a kind of chicken and egg joke, like "Which came first, the camera or the lens?" If you're game enough to try it, you might find yourself preferring the old glass to the new... plus you'll have far more variety... Read more
The start of everything

I knew nothing much about cameras when I was young. I got to push down the trigger on my Grandma's Brownie Hawkeye camera for the rare times I was allowed to take photos of the grown ups. Read more
Speed Graphic Rescue

Whether you frequent auctions online or off, you're mindful of the possibility that you may end up with a surprise after you've paid for your winning bid. I won't guess at a figure on what the good-to-bad ratio really is, but there's always a fair chance… Read more
T. Enami Lantern Slide Project

It's been a long time coming. A purchase I made nearly 40 years ago has recently propelled me back into a project that has been on a very slow simmer for decades. The purchased items were 2 small wooden boxes that were both filled with glass lantern… Read more

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