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Magic @ 1.2: The Canon FD 55 1.2

Canon FD 55 1.2

Shooting at F-stop 1.2 is new to me.  It’s a tricky proposition. With a manual lens, even trickier.  Indeed, in the short bit that I’ve had the Canon FD 55 1.2, I’ve found that nailing down a portrait at 1.2 is no easy task and not for the impatient (and I’m quite used to shooting […]

Tokina Power Tower – The Tokina AT-X M100 PRO DX

butterflies Tokina 100

I can start this article in two ways.  The first way is more intelligent, given that my wife may or may not read this post.  This first way would be to explain that I needed another portrait lens for one of my film cameras – the Nikon F100.  There, done. I’ve only been shooting with […]

Meet the Minolta 58 1.4

Randoons

Here’s one week and one lens.  Purely personal work here. The location is not exotic but I’d argue the images are.  People are not included (and I love to photograph people) but it’s a lovely little tribute to my late 1960s Minolta Rokkor MC 58 1.4 and to how much the weather and world shifts […]

Down on the Bayou

I was down there in November for a brief moment.  Louisiana, that is. Except for photographing a law firm and its members, I was largely cloistered in the house of one of my sisters, processing images until 2 am, or at the nearby PJs, drinking coffee and… processing. I was finally able to break free […]