“In meetings philosophy might work,
on the field practicality works.”
-Amit Kalantri
From the B-side: The Cone of Shame
Classic Camera Review: Canon FTb QL
Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.
-Aaron Siskind
Legacy Lens Review: Konica Hexanon AR 57mm f1.4
“How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Legacy Lens Review: Canon FDn 70-210mm f4 Zoom
An ordinary lens, if used only for making ordinary photographs.
From the B-side: The Humble Cable Release
Underrated, but indispensable.
Legacy Lens Review: Tamron 28mm f2.5 Adaptall 2
“Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.”
― Samuel Johnson, The Idler; Poems
Legacy Lens Review: Vivitar Series 1 70-210 f3.5 Macro Zoom
Sometimes price is a poor measure of value.
Classic Camera Review: Yashica TL-Super
Built like a brick outhouse, but infinitely more fun.
The Panatomic Disaster
“The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty”
-Winston Churchill
Legacy Lens Review: Minolta MD Zoom 28-85mm f3.5-4.5
“If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.”
-Ayn Rand
Legacy Lens Review: Super-Takumar 28mm f3.5
I hope I am in similar shape when I am that age. Ok, maybe not heavy and round, but you get what I mean.
From the B-Side: Nikon Lens Scope Converter
Neither tool nor toy, it is a bit of both. There really should be a word for that.
Legacy Lens Review: Canon 50mm f1.4 FD and S.S.C.
“Great battles are won with artillery.”
-Napoleon Bonaparte
From the B-side: Rubber Lens Hoods
…Because I like my lenses.
Legacy Lens Review: Topcor 3.5cm f2.8
“The horror…The horror.”
– Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, Apocalypse Now
From the B-side: The Soft Release Button
Another B-Side review of an accessory that you may or may not find useful.
Classic Camera Review: Tower 51 Rangefinder
A lofty name for a humble camera.
From the B-Side: Mechanical Self-Timer
“Oh, the Omega 13 device. We found that on the alien planet. We don’t know what it does, either.”
-Captain Jason Taggart, Galaxy Quest
Legacy Lens Review: Nikkor ED 180mm f2.8 Ai-s
“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.”
-Marc Riboud
From the B-side: A New Category
“What the heck is it, Edgar?”
-Beatrice, Men In Black
Classic Camera Review: Olympus OM-2S Program
“Back to Olympus, from the war’s alarms, Return the shining bands of gods in arms; Some proud in triumph, some with rage on fire; And take their thrones around the ethereal sire.”
Homer, The Iliad
Fungus Among Us: Does It Matter?
“Existence has overpowered Books. Today I slew a Mushroom.”
-Emily Dickinson
Legacy Lens Review: Yashinon-DX 50mm f1.4
A lens with flair…and flare.
Legacy Lens Review: Nikkor 50mm f2 Ai
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
— Leonardo da Vinci
Legacy Lens Review: AF Nikkor 300mm f4
Yes, Mr. Wayne, it comes in black.