I was on a lovely photowalk on a blistering hot Sunday when I saw Cody was working at the camera shop. The shop is closed on Sundays. We had a quick chat about cameras and Cody pulls out a this [...]
In 2006, many photographers hadn't made the jump to a digital photography work flow. I didn't make the jump until 2008. Shooting events on film isn't nearly as streamlined as it is today with digital [...]
The current COVID-19 pandemic has really put a damper on local music scenes and musicians. We carry on, we'll be back in music venues soon enough. I started photographing live music here in Eugene in [...]
I am a longtime Adobe® user, going back to before Photoshop™ 7, 2001ish. I have been in love with that software. I didn't get into digital photography until 2005, but before that, I was scanning [...]
The Freedom Zoom 105i. This is a really strange looking camera. It's about the size of a brick, just as heavy, and less ergonomic. When Cody at Dot Dotson's Camera handed me this camera. I was a [...]
For the last several months, I've been a 35mm focal length kick. I've always loved the 50mm and the 28mm lens too. I've even dabbled in the 24mm zone as well. I've enjoyed the 40mm pancake lens for [...]
Turns out that I photograph birds quite often. However, it also turns out that I take a lot of boring pictures of birds. Maybe I'll do better in 2020. [...]
As usual, my reviews are not technical. I describe what I like and what I don't like. This camera was produced between 1976 and 1982. Not a long run. As it turns out, I've read that people really [...]
