Telephoto Lens Archives

24 September, 2025

Day Out at The NPG – Part 2 – Kit – A One Shot Story

By Leon Winnert

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...

7 April, 2025

A Leitz Elmar 90mm LTM and a pinch of salt.

By Tony Warren

90mm Elmar on a Canon 7.

16 September, 2024

Nikon 500mm Mirror Lens – The short fat cheap deal!

By Jeffery Luhn

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. ...

6 May, 2024

Lomography Nour Triplet V 2.0/64 Review – Beyond The Blur – My Time With The Bokeh Control Art Lens

By George Devereux

In the world of photography and its current emphasis on sharpness, the quest for a lens that not only captures lovely images, but also adds an artistic touch is never-ending. Th...

5 April, 2024

7Artisans 60mm 2.8 Macro Lenses – A Comparison of Two Lenses for Film Scanning

By Frankie Bina

After a few years of trying different film labs, with the never-ending pondering about the quality of their developing process and scanning setups, I finally decided to simply d...

18 December, 2023

PAM Britar 105mm f/4.5 – An American Triplet Review

By Agata Urbaniak

Despite being very fond of my Leitz lenses, there’s always something exciting about picking up a lesser-known third-party lens. With little to no information available onl...

11 December, 2023

The Short Telephoto – My Preferred Carry-Everywhere Lens

By Hamish Gill

It’s been a little while since I really began to realise just how much more I favour I hold for a short telephoto lens. Over last summer though it went from being a vague prefer...

29 November, 2023

500mm Mirror Lens with Film – by Simon King

By Simon King

I sometimes feel a fear of falling off. It once occurred to me that looking up at the moon was like looking over the edge of a chasm except that while there may be an edge of so...

Miky on Sony Mavica Floppy Disk Camera and the Shitty Camera Challenge
Thank you for your reply Bill. I bit the apple and got myself an FD97. In the coming weeks I'll…
Safiyyah on Pakistan With the Olympus E1 and E3 – Part 2 Overlanding the Karakoram and Hindu Kush by 4×4
So many incredible images of an incredible people and culture! Thanks for sharing!
Geoff Chaplin on Divided Development – An Introduction
The solutions are far from saturated at normal temperatures (16+). I guess somehow the local temperature (perhaps caused by nearby…

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