Tag: lens

Why I Am Buying A Sony a6300 Mirrorless Camera

For those of you who know me, you know that I have been shooting mainly with Canon and Hasselblad cameras for the last 20 years. I also have…

Canon And The Death Of The Diaphragm

For the first time, after using Canon equipment for nearly 20 years, I experienced a mechanical problem with a Canon lens. I was on a location shoot and,…

Lenses: Do You Really Need That Many?

When you pose this question to most photographers they will probably tell you that they can never have enough lenses. But the truth is, if you have just…

The Flexaret: A Beautiful Vintage Camera For The Collector

As a minimalist, I have never been much of a collector of anything, especially old film cameras, which have now become functionally obsolete. But I accidentally discovered an…

How To Calibrate Lenses With Your Camera Body (Part 2)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POST IS NO LONGER FULLY UP TO DATE. A new post was made on 18-August-2017 updating this blog with my latest lens calibration methods…

How To Calibrate Lenses With Your Camera Body (Part 1)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POST IS NO LONGER FULLY UP TO DATE. A new post was made on 18-August-2017 updating this blog with my latest lens calibration methods…

Are Prime Lenses Better Than Zooms?

There seems to be a never ending debate amongst 35mm DSLR camera photographers about what is better to use; a fixed focal length prime lens or a more…

The Most Useful Lens In My Bag

When planning to buy a camera, people often ask me if I were to buy just one lens to shoot with all the time which lens would it…

What Does A Shift Lens Do And How To Use One Correctly?

I think many people have heard of shift lenses, but probably wonder exactly what they do, how to use one, and why one might need a shift lens…

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