Manual focus

All done by hand.

Large format revisited

September 7th 2020
My experience with my Intrepid 4x5 never really progressed beyond unpacking the camera. That's changing!

Autofocus strategies

October 23rd 2017
You can leave autofocus alone and let the camera decide. Or you can take control, using the AF to your advantage - and probably get better pictures.

Daguerreotype Achromat

October 9th 2017

Another one of Lomo's crazy copies of classic lenses. A beautiful, hand made brass lens that takes some stylish, fuzzy images.

My life in 4x5

November 26th 2014
I supported a Kickstarter project where two guys are building an affordable large format camera, and soon I will own a 4x5 camera. That has raised quite a few questions.

Petzval 85mm Art

March 5th 2014

A really peculiar lens with a very attractive appearance and a very different optical and mechanical construction.

Nikon 50mm f/1.8 pancake

November 27th 2013

Another of Nikon's pancake lenses - a bright normal lens. Built to last, all manual, no electronics, but a lovely little lens.

Minolta 24mm f/2.8

September 11th 2013

The first wideangle I owned, and a real gem: wide, sharp, good colors and built to last. The mechanics were world class and the optical quality followed close troop.

Minolta 35mm f/2.8 MD

September 11th 2013

I had this manual lens as one of the first ones for my Minolta bodies and remember its very good mechanical construction and oh so smooth focusing.

Lensbaby Composer

September 9th 2013

The Composer is the "advanced" Lensbaby with better control. It's still a very odd lens with it's warped sharpness and exchangeable glasses.

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