25 March, 2026
Nikkor AF 85mm 1.8 D – A Rediscovery
If you’ve read any of my posts on 35mmc, you’d think I was a strictly a B&W film shooter. There are times, however, when I fall off the film wagon and shoot digital for two ...
26 February, 2026
Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 85/4 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field Test
This empirical field test of a non exactly well-preserved Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 85/4. Least of the ‘fogged’ glasses of this sample now under the care of master Adr...
22 December, 2025
Viltrox 85mm f/2 Evo Review – A perfect balance of compromise for me!
The Viltrox 85mm f/2 Evo is the lens I wished I was reviewing when I was writing about their 85mm 1.8. I really liked that lens, but there was something about its bokeh, its lar...
27 October, 2025
Viltrox 85mm 1.8 STM II (Nikon Z Mount) Review
I don’t review modern autofocus lenses all that often, but recently – for reasons I will come to in a moment – I have begun to find them increasingly interesting. Ac...
25 September, 2025
Day Out at The NPG – Part 3 – 85mm Lens – One Shot Story
In Part 1 I relayed a conversation I had had with our Tutor Eddie. On his assertion that no-one shoots with an 85mm lens these days and all portrait photography is shot using wi...
24 September, 2025
Day Out at The NPG – Part 2 – Kit – A One Shot Story
Towards the end of my article Day Out at The NPG, Part 1 – Eddie, I very briefly introduced our photographic model for the day. Kit, a gentleman in his late 70s who is a profes...
After posting 5-Frames with a Zeiss Otus 55mm sometime ago, a few people asked whether I’d mind sharing the results on other emulsions - so I thought 'great idea!', then got tot...
8 December, 2015
Canon 85mm f1.8 LTM Review – James Fox-Davies
My choice of short telephoto lens is slightly out of the ordinary. In the past I’ve tried a few Leica lenses (90mm f4 Elmar etc) but haven’t been too impressed with ...