Category: Digital
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Soligor (Tokina) 55-135mm f3.5 vintage
I’ll start by saying that this is my absolute favorite vintage lens. I’ve got this 1960s piece as an addition to a Nikon Vintage lens, for few dollars. Fell in love with it instantly. It’s simply beautiful. It’s all metal (or so it feels) with a tiny weird sunshade of something that feels like black…
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Tamron F-mount 200-400/ 6.8 (vintage) – sharpness
I took this vintage (1960s?) lens out to get a better idea of its capabilities. All samples are handheld, manual focus, manual aperture, no optical stabilization, VR or anything remotely similar. The lens itself is simple and quite long but it can be reasonably used either handheld or on a monopod. Mine came with an…
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Tamron F-mount 200-400/ 6.8 (vintage), Nikon mount
I tested a vintage Tamron F-mount 200-400/ 6.8 performance for handheld panning – samples below. This lens has a Nikon mount and has been introduced in 1965 from what I managed to find out. Some lucky people can find it for a price of an expresso. Its Nikon counterpart now costs more than a truck.…
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Takumar-A Zoom f3.5-4.5 28-80mm – Vintage (Pentax mount)
Takumar-A Zoom 28-80mm f3.5-4.5 with Macro setting and a Pentax K mount (KA), made between 1984 and 1988. I was lucky enough to secure a pristine one at the price of a cappuccino. After reading some disastrous reviews, I didn’t expect this unassuming looking lens to be so sharp, with pleasant bokeh and strong contrast and colors. Samples…
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Tamron SP AF XR LD Aspherical IF Di II 17-50mm F2.8 (Pentax K mount)
Light, compact and very sharp, this lens performs perfectly well under (almost) any light conditions. I will upload few sample photos shortly.
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Hasselblad Stellar SE
I wanted a Hasselblad for a long time, and this tiny camera was an impulse shopping. Reading the reviews – post purchase – I assumed it’s a Sony with a different body and a Hasselblad logo. I assumed wrong. I did shoot with Sony, and I like the images it produces – but this little…
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Sony DSC-HX50V
I found this camera in a thrift shop, in quite a sad state. After a lot of cleaning (exterior only) I took it for a walk on Sumner beach, and I was so very happy with it that now I have it in a pocket pretty much everywhere I go. It is small and convenient,…
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Canon PowerShot SX740 HS
This is a little camera that gets a lot of hate online, and I personally don’t get why. I bought it new, and, so far, I really like it for what it is: a very convenient way to snap some shots while on the go. And, as proven below, it can be more than that,…
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Nikon CoolPix P1000
First view, this camera is all plastic, extremely bulky, heavy and hard to maneuver. There was not much thought put into how it feels and how it looks. But then there was no need to, really. At 125 x wide optical zoom, I did become addicted to it very quickly though. It’s fair to say…