Category Archives: Cameras and lenses

Black, White and Square

Posted on Wednesday,21,December 2016 by the moderator

Friday last saw M and myself going back to basics, or at least where we started from. That’s right FILM! M being the proud owner of a Bronica SQAm, a 6x6cm square format camera, myself using a slightly more basic, … Continue reading →

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Wide Angle lenses test

Posted on Friday,4,November 2016 by the moderator

Our aim in this set of tests was twofold, to test the image quality of a series of wide angle lenses, from old and battered to later generation optics and secondly to have a dabble with focus stacking to see … Continue reading →

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So good I bought one twice

Posted on Friday,26,August 2016 by the moderator

NIKKOR 35-105mm. F3.5-4.5 By M Seems a odd title for a blog post, so here my explanation. Back in the last century I had a copy of this lens with my Nikon 801 camera, which is a film camera. In … Continue reading →

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Pinhole modification

Posted on Thursday,7,July 2016 by the moderator

Pinhole modification By C Having taken a few rolls with the Noon pinhole, I became aware of a few minor issues, these being: very long exposures even in bright light, overall lack of sharpness (although a pinhole is never crisply … Continue reading →

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7mm F3.5 Fisheye Lens – Vivitar Series 1

Posted on Tuesday,26,April 2016 by the moderator

If you are looking into buying a Fisheye lens you will find that you have a lot to choose from, from the likes of Canon, Nikon, Sigma, Samyang, Rokinon and Opteka, depending on your camera fit body. Some AF but … Continue reading →

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Photography without a lens

Posted on Tuesday,16,February 2016 by the moderator

Yes you read it correctly, we really did mean it, photography without a lens. How you may ask? The answer is with a pinhole camera. Let me expand. In its most basic form, a camera is a light tight box, … Continue reading →

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Nikon Series E lens review

Posted on Friday,12,February 2016 by the moderator

With five prime lenses 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 100mm and 135mm Three zoom lenses 36-72mm, 75-150mm and 70-210mm Or is this a Nikon E Lens review?  These lenses were manufactured in the early 1980s and were sold alongside Nikon Nikkor lenses … Continue reading →

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Nikon kit lenses and the thoughts of Mark

Posted on Saturday,17,October 2015 by the moderator

It seems to me that camera kit lens take and make a lot of bad press. Which I think is a real shame as it’s very easy to say what something is Not. The kit lens is the starting point. … Continue reading →

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Infra Red Camera Test

Posted on Tuesday,5,May 2015 by the moderator

We were delighted, when, on a recent visit to Protech Repairs, we were shown a newly converted Panasonic G2, which, Protech were kind enough to allow us to take out on a recent photo shoot to give the camera a … Continue reading →

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Tamron 90mm Macro lenses – Old versus New

Posted on Saturday,24,January 2015 by the moderator

We have been given the opportunity to try 2 versions of the highly regarded Tamron 90mm macro lens side by side, they are the original incarnation (model 52B) known as Adaptall 2, which is manual focus and requires an interchangeable … Continue reading →

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