Photography
Three Days in the Wild
It’s been a while since I went on a trip like this and I wasn’t really in the mood to lug around lots of heavy camera gear so I set a goal this time to shoot with nothing but an…
Vintage London
I did the tourist thing the other day and grabbed my 5D3 with a few old communist lenses...Helios 44-2 2/58, Zeiss Jena Flektogon 4/20 and Biometar 2.8/120. I intended to shoot some video but ended up enjoying the new focus…
Super Precision Matte Focus Screen
In my review of the Optix auto focus confirmation chip, I mentioned how most modern cameras use focus screens optimised for auto focus lenses and therefore lack some of the focussing aids found in older film cameras such as split…
The OptixPCB AF Confirm Chip
Probably the single biggest challenge using a manual focus lens on a modern DSLR camera is finding the sharpest focus point. The focus screen seen inside the viewfinder of modern cameras tends to be optimised for auto-focus lenses and therefore…
Carl Zeiss Jena
Carl Zeiss (today reunified) have historically been pioneers in the field of optics with many innovations in design carrying through to this day. Zeiss glass has an almost legendary look and while many of the most highly regarded lenses came…
Adapting a Soviet Helios Lens to work with a Canon 5D3…
I recently picked up a Soviet Helios 44-2 58mm made in 1977 in order to obtain a more vintage look for film and stills. The price of this relic? £20. Unfortunately, this copy of a Zeiss Biotar design has been in…
Hello world!
So here it is. I finally setup a website and blog and pulled together all my social media accounts. I’m still ironing out some of the kinks from this wordpress theme but overall I’m pretty happy. Themeforest.net is hands down…
