Canon EF35 f2 IS USM. I borrowed one from the shop for a long weekend. This is the replacement for the EF 35mm f2 released in 1990. The f2 IS USM was released in 2012 and is now discontinued. The [...]
It's all in the title, this is a beautiful camera, but the SL 2000 F is an impractical tool. When I first laid my eyes on this camera, I was dumbfounded that I had never heard of this camera before. [...]
Last week, I picked up a new film from a local shop. Amber 100D. This was a fun film to try. While, I was immediately turned off by the price of $16 for a roll of 27 shots, the clerk showed me some [...]
My favorite 24mm lens is the Nikkor-NC 24mm f2.8. It is not optically perfect, but it's well built and well balanced. There are a couple of versions of this non-AI 24mm lens; the Nikkor-N and the [...]
These days, zoom lenses can have a long range. In fact, Nikon currently has a 28-300mm AF-S lens. That's a significant zoom range. In 1963 Nikon released what would now be considered an odd 43-86mm [...]
My old friend Paul past away almost ten years ago and he left me this Pentax Spotmatic F. I was told it belonged to his dad, and he knew I would appreciate it. I immediately admired this fully manual [...]
I no longer live in Portland, but I like to go up there from time to time to photowalk. Saturday morning I bulk loaded four canisters of film (I only shot three) and packed my Canon EOS 10s with a [...]
I bought my 10s in 2008 off of a girl from Craiglist for $100. I wanted this camera when it was released back in 1991. I was shooting a EOS 650 at the time and I really believed I needed this camera. [...]
Nikon N8008 with AF Nikkor 35mm 1:2 D I've owned a few other Nikon cameras, including a Nikon F3HP. and before that a Nikon FG. A few years back, a friend sent me a Nikon N70, and I have an N60 in [...]
I have a soft spot for fixed-lens (non-zoom) point and shoot cameras. I really like point and shoot cameras in general, but the non-zoom variety are my favorites. My friend Lisa gave me this gem of a [...]