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Category Archives: Equipment
Reread this if you get stuck on equipment
From John Sypal’s Tokyo Camera Style, a useful reminder that most of the time, any equipment will do, and that time spent picking gear is time lost taking photographs. “Mr. Yamuchi shoots black and white film with manual focus Nikons … Continue reading
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Things that excite photographers
… are not the same things the camera makers bring out. I have no numbers or research to back this up, but two examples: In the beginning of March, Ricoh showed prototypes of new lens modules at the CP+ photography … Continue reading
Voigtländer Bessa simplicity
If you follow The Online Photographer you might have read a post about the Leica M9 being the most compact full-frame digital camera today. It’s a dwarf compared to the Nikon D700 or the Canon 5DII. Lenses make the comparison … Continue reading
Yashica EZ F521, a (fun) joke of a camera
The Yashica EZ F521 has been cast online as the “digital Holga”; a simple, limited and flawed toy camera that promises to inspire creativity and take fun photos. I pulled the trigger and ordered one from Japan Exposures. It arrived … Continue reading
Minolta AL-F proving you don’t need much
The Minolta AL-F was introduced in 1967. It’s nothing special. It’s a compact rangefinder with a 38mm f/2.7 lens, a very limited ASA setting from 25 to 500, and shutter priority with no manual override except for fiddling with the … Continue reading
