After several years of vacillating between wanting, but not having the money, and having the money, but not feeling worthy, my wallet and self esteem finally aligned and I pulled the trigger… https://youtu.be/2QwRSnv-4Mc
Category Archives: Gear
#BIFscale #BestOf x Red Dragon review
Well, #BIFscale17 is officially over, and I, for one, am thankful to be back to straight shooting. That said, I have a bit of a backlog awaiting some processing, and I should collate some of my thoughts on the redscale process, in general, and the Ultrafine Red Dragon 100 in particular, so here we go, …
ISO 6?
I’m intimately familiar with 100 and 400. My favorite black & white film, at present, is the incredible Polypan F 50. I’ve pushed Kentmere and HP5+ to 1600 and pulled some Digibase 2 stops to 50. But ISO 6? Insanity…
Unknown M42–>Nikon Infinity Focus adapter review
I wish I’d kept better records about where I got this thing and what I paid for it… Alas. This one looks like it, but I think I might’ve paid a bit more than that… or maybe not. My copy has the same markings on it, that is, all it says is “M42 –> Nikon” …
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1MORE Triple Driver In‑Ear Headphones review
This got really long, and I doubt you want to read it all, so let’s put this right at the top: tl;dr: if you’re in the market for a set of headphones in the $100 range and you want fairly clean, balanced sound, 1More Triple-Drivers should be at the top of your list.
JCH: 32 vs 40
Last week, I mentioned that I did some a/b shooting with the JCH Street Pan, loaded in the Lomo LC-A (32mm) and the Ricoh 35 ZF (40mm), and promised a followup… Before I get into it, remember that the LC-A underexposed everything by a couple of stops for some unknown reason (possibly old batteries) and …
LensBaby +10 Macro filter and the Graphic View
Come to find out, the Graflex Optar 135mm f/4.7 has the same 37mm filter thread as the LensBaby Muse… I rearranged my office last week and came across the +3 and +10 filters that I’ve rarely, if ever used, looked at them, noticed the similar size, and decided something had to be done.