“van Gogh Bokeh” of the Canon FD 200mm f2.8 vintage lens
Twelve Sunflowers is one painting out of two series of sunflower paintings by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. It’s one of the most valuable paintings in the world and demonstrates Read More …
Telegram to Johnny Sisson: Sharpness turned up in photography with “The Butter Knife” Raynox 135mm lens
Comparing the sharpness of the Raynox M42 135mm f2.8 with the vintage Canon FD 135mm f2.5 lens The Raynox 135mm f2.8 vintage lens was a discussion topic in the Classic Read More …
Wet on Wet Bokeh! – Revenge of the Raynox 135mm f2.8
At the end of 2018, I wrote a podcast listeners e-mail to the editors of the Classic Lens Podcast, promoting the inexpensive and unknown Raynox 135mm f2.8 vintage lens as Read More …
Recommended Photography Podcasts
Tony and Chelsea Northrup The informative and entertaining videos about all kind of photography topics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/ Especially Tony’s explanation of the DXOMarks for checking which new lenses to buy or not Read More …
Probably the Best Shop for Vintage Cameras & Lenses
In my view, the best shop in the world for vintage cameras and lenses is the one of David Chan in Hong Kong, Kowloon. See this interesting and funny video of Read More …
Vintage Cameras and Lenses in Social Media
Want to easily share your photographs made with vintage lenses or do you want to learn from other photographers using vintage lenses? Have a look on following recommended Social Media Read More …
Is darktable an open source alternative to Lightroom?
Afraid of paying a monthly subscription fee for commercial software products when you might only need just a good raw editor? Take a look at the free open source software Read More …
Rolleiflex and Stupor Mundi – Wonder of the World
Frederick II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1220 – 1250 Frederick II, a Hohenstaufen and grandson of Frederick I Barbarossa, was already referred to as stupor mundi (wonder of the Read More …