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16 September, 2024
Nikon 500mm Mirror Lens – The short fat cheap deal!
I bought a used 500mm mirror lens in 1975 when I was shooting for United Press International. It was the longest focal length in the smallest form factor available at the time. ...
15 September, 2024
5 Frames with A Few Minolta X-300s
A gift for my twenty-first birthday, my old Praktica SLR had been hiding up in the attic for many years. I would occasionally fire the shutter a few times just to hear that reas...
14 September, 2024
5 Digital Frames Transferred to Film (An Experiment)
This camera shoots unlimited film photos! Has become a popular click bait title in the YouTube photography space. These creators are attempting to capitalize on a widespread des...
13 September, 2024
Weegee Returns – A photographic tribute to a legendary cult photographer!
Once upon a time in a wild and dangerous city, there lived a bold and fearless photographer. He roamed the inky black night of America’s most populated and crime-ridden city, ai...
13 September, 2024
Minolta 7000 – Finding an eBay Bargain
Over the years I have become a little more savvy at buying and selling on eBay and I recently managed to bag, what to me, is a super bargain. Rewinding back to around 1986 our h...
12 September, 2024
The Boat Graveyard
The Gloucester and Sharpness ship canal – at one time the broadest and deepest in the world – connects the docks on the River Severn to the city of Gloucester about 16 miles awa...
12 September, 2024
Negatives from the Original 1888 Kodak Camera
I’ve been digitizing negatives for over 15 years and collecting them for almost 40. I have never seen any of the original Kodak camera negatives, so when I recently looked...
11 September, 2024
Shooting Kite Surfing
Kite surfing is quite spectacular but difficult to photograph. As with any water sport, the main difference that affects the results is whether or not the photographer is embedd...
