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Classic Nikon 80-200mm f/4.5 Sample Photos
I got the Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/4.5 over a year ago for something like less than $15? Cheaper than some movie tickets or even a bowl of pho in Asheville. I’ve been browsing the internet reading up about this lens, and I found it listed new in some old camera catalogs from 1977-1980 for $530+. In […]
Continue readingNikon Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D on Z5
Hi everyone, just quick posts while we are trying to get through another hot Georgia summer. These next few posts will be gear oriented, me showing off what has recently been thrifted or gifted! That and finally revisiting camera+lens combos that I’ve had on the to-do list for quite sometime. … You know, sitting on […]
Continue readingCanon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM – Sample Photos
I have several faulty Canon lenses that just can’t be used for work stuff anymore. As much as I would like some new RF lenses like either of the compact 70-200mm’s, they are just a bit too expensive right now. As long as I can find some workable tools that you don’t have to finance […]
Continue readingCanon 20D Sample Photos and Revisiting Canon APS-C
Hi everyone, just quick posts while we are trying to get through another hot Georgia summer. These next few posts will be gear oriented, me showing off what has recently been thrifted or gifted! That and finally revisiting camera+lens combos that I’ve had on the to-do list for quite sometime. The other day (month?) I […]
Continue readingVintage Pentax Takumar Lenses: 135mm f/2.5 and 50mm f/1.4 Samples
Hi everyone, just quick posts while we are trying to get through another hot Georgia summer. These next few posts will be gear oriented, me showing off what has recently been thrifted or gifted! That and finally revisiting camera+lens combos that I’ve had on the to-do list for quite sometime. This post is about a […]
Continue readingSony (Canon) TV Lens 12.5-75mm f/1.8 Sample Photos
Hi everyone, just quick posts while we are trying to get through another hot Georgia summer. These next few posts will be gear oriented, me showing off what has recently been thrifted or gifted! That and finally revisiting camera+lens combos that I’ve had on the to-do list for quite sometime. This is a Sony (but […]
Continue readingNikon D3500 Sample Photos + Mini Review
The other day a friend gifted me an extended loan on an unused camera–a little Nikon D3500! I dislike labels, but this camera tier has always been branded as “entry level” by manufacturers, reviewers, and folks that do not shoot that much or get the most out of their tools. This super light traditional DSLR […]
Continue readingCanon RF 16mm f/2.8 Sample Photos
Hello everyone, the other day I noticed the Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 was on sale so I bought one. Here are my thoughts and sample photos in this mini review. I’ve owned many wide angles over the years, and like every tool, they have their own quirks and use cases. Back in the early DSLR […]
Continue readingNikon 200-500mm f/5.6E G VR Sample Photos
Thanks to Donald for letting me borrow the Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 a few weeks back. For the big dance show I thought about lens choices that would let me shoot from way in the back of the theater. I had concerns if f/5.6 was enough in those random lighting situations, but I think it worked […]
Continue readingNikon Z5 Sample Photos and Rolling Review
Happy Lunar New Year everyone, I’ve been shooting/editing photos from Nikon cameras for well over 20 years now. (Examples can still be found right here on this /Journal) From consumer digicams, to prosumer bridge cameras, to the affordable DSLR revolution back in the early 2000s. Is it my favorite camera system? Probably/maybe since I do […]
Continue readingCanon R8 4K Framegrab Samples
One of the neat features of the Canon R8 is that it shoots really nice 4K full sensor width video. As in no central crop like the previous RP that I still have. Canon’s desktop Digital Photo Professional software is what I’ve been using for many years to edit my photography raw files. It also […]
Continue readingRevisiting old iPhones as Digicams
(Still doing more inventory and cleaning up my junk!) In charging up all my old idevices (iPads and iPhones) to see if they all still work I thought about the ones that have cameras. They definitely show the quick progress that Apple put into their tech over the course of 12+ years. Whereas you can […]
Continue readingSigma SD10 and Product Photography
Still doing inventory and waiting for winter to really be over. Here in Georgia we always have a few weeks of 60-70 degree weather in January that is inevitably followed by a few more months of cold temperatures. As these cameras of mine (and me) get older and older there’s a realization that they aren’t […]
Continue readingDigital Harinezumi (Japanese Toy Camera) Portraits and Memories
Digital Harinezumi Portraits and Memories Hello everyone, with all the renewed interest in lo-fi digital imaging tech (especially with the Kodak Charmera) I thought I would finally “dust off” our old digital Harinezumi photos from about 2011ish and post them here. So crazy how that many years can pass in a blink of an eye. […]
Continue readingPrinting Photos at Home…Misc Thoughts and Messups
As another calendar year comes to a close I’m organizing my work and printing photos. Not a bad way to avoid the cold and listen to music. Here are my recent thoughts on printing at home. So I have/had a Canon Selphy CP-220 since something like 2005. I used it a lot back in the […]
Continue readingNikon D70 Returns
So I re purchased my first DSLR a few weeks ago, for the low low price of $29.99! I first bought the Nikon D70 new in late 2004 for about $1000. That was such a watershed moment, having come from digicams and editing film scans for many years before taking the plunge on what was […]
Continue readingKodak Charmera Sample Photos + Portraits
Kodak Charmera Sample Photos + Portraits Hello! If you are new to my site because of this little trending keychain camera–welcome! I’m an Atlanta (US) based artist/photographer with lots of years of experience shooting and editing photos from many camera types. This post is about the little Kodak Charmera. After you get tired of scrolling, […]
Continue readingNikon 200mm f/2 vs Nikon 105mm f/1.4 Portraits
I had a fun photoshoot the other day. It was all outside and the weather was agreeable so it was a perfect project to use the best camera+lens combos that I have. I could have titled this post, “Portrait Shoot with Hanfu in the Warm Early Georgia Fall” but to be honest, in this era […]
Continue readingFujifilm GF 35-70mm f/4.5-5.6 Samples + Mini Review
Hello everyone I finally got a native lens for the GFX system, and boy is it sharp. The Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/4.5-5.6 is a “kit lens” and is the cheapest and one of the lightest GF lenses at something like a pound. Mounted on the medium format GFX 50S it’s not heavy at all and […]
Continue readingNikon V1 + FT1 + 200mm f/2 Practice Photos
Nikon V1 + FT1 + 200mm f/2 Practice Photos Last week I practiced with the above crazy combo, the Nikkor 200mm f/2 on the teeny tiny mirrorless V1 with the FT1 adapter. I was wondering if a few upcoming events could benefit from the outrageous 2.7x crop that is in effect with this setup. Would […]
Continue readingMinolta 50mm lenses on A7 Samples
I gathered up the 3 50mm lenses that I have in the Minolta/Sony Mount and took some test photos. My first 50mm was the AF 50mm f/1.7 that I used in college. It was already old back then, but little did I know of its power to see and render life on black and white […]
Continue readingMinolta Lenses on Sony A7 + LA-EA4 – Sample Photos
The other day my Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR finally broke. I’ve had it for something like 18+ years and boy did it produce some memories. I probably took like 300,000+ photos with it over the years across many Nikon DSLRs. Every camera/lens company has a pro lens of this type going back many decades, and […]
Continue readingFujifilm GFX 50S + Nikon 35-80mm f/4-5.6 Samples
After tinkering with the broken Nikon 35-70mm on the GFX I replaced it with a Nikon 35-80mm instead! And you know, it’s actually pretty good on the GFX at small apertures for landscapes and slow photography. You have to zoom in just a bit to cover the FF+ sensor. Not bad for such an affordable […]
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