RAFTERS – SHANKLIN PIER – ISLE OF WIGHT
Shanklin Pier is quickly becoming one of my favourite places to photograph, especially at low tide when I have full access to beneath the structure. Nikon Z6 with Z 24-70 f/4 S.
Commercial Photography With The Nikon Z 24-70 F/4 S
Asahi Pentax 50mm F/4 1:1 Macro-Takumar – A Rared Patina’d Bird..
I’m well known for loving mint kit, particularly lenses and camera bodies but there are exceptions and these are two of them; an old Asahi Pentax Spotmatic and a rare, early 1:1 50mm F/4 1:1 Macro-Takumar that I now have the pleasure of owning and using. I’ve spent a fair bit of time cleaning and […]
FIRST SHOT WITH A MINOLTA LEICA-M 40MM F/2
I purchsased this little gem of a lens a couple days ago and it duly arrived this morning. Via a K&F Concept Leica-M to Nikon Z adapter it was duly mounted on the Nikon Z6 today for a short trip to the beach to meet some friends. My firend’s son, young Max, was a great […]
ASAHI TAKUMAR PENTAX LENS SET & OEM CASE
This little project has taken some time to complete but it’s finally done. A few weeks ago I found an old Asahi Takumar Pentax case on eBay for peanuts and decided to grab it and renovate it and then modify it slightly to store my Takumar lenses. I replaced the foam inside at the sides […]
Testing The Asahi Takumar Pentax 85mm f/1.9
A quick forray out to the beach today to give the Asahi Takumar Pentax 85mm f/1.9 a whirl on the Nikon Z6. I have to say, it’s a wonderful lens to use. I kept it predominantly at f\1.9-f\4, which wasn’t always ideal on such a gloriously sunny day as today some of the results were […]
Nippon Kogaku NIKKOR-S Auto 50m F/1.4 TEST SHOTS
I took my son to shoot a few frames down at the East Cowes seafront today. Looking through the lens bag I decided to give the Nippon Kogaku NIKKOR-S Auto 50m F/1.4 a test on the new Nikon Z6. Below are a few sample shots, all manually “everything” of course as this is an old […]
Enter The Nikon Z6
After years of using a D300S and D700 it’s time to finally move on. A new chapter in the lives of the world seems to have begun and appropriately a new chapter in my photographic life has too begun. I’ve gone from DSLR to mirrorless and this will be my faithful steed for the next […]
The Underdog
The Nippon Kogaku NIKKOR-S Auto 50m F/1.4 is lauded and lamented in equal measures but for those who love that “old school film look” this is an interesting lens. Josh Solomon sums it up well in his article The Underdog Nikkor-S 50mm F/1.4 F Mount Lens, and Why it’s Josh’s Favorite Lens Ever.