by John Bradford | Apr 19, 2023 | Digital, Photography, Reviews
Pentax makes some of the most magical lenses out there. Of those, the Pentax 20-40mm Limited stands at the pinnacle of coolness. The Pentax Limited line of lenses is one of the most interesting lens lineups in photography. These lenses started being produced in the...
by John Bradford | Apr 2, 2023 | 35mm Film, Digital, Photography, Reviews, Vintage Lenses
The Vivitar 28mm f/2.5 has become one of my favorite vintage lenses. While it may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, it’s one of the most fun. My copy of the Vivitar 28mm f/2.5 is an M42 mount Kiron manufactured lens. Vivitar cranked out a ton of 28mm lenses...
by John Bradford | Feb 13, 2023 | Digital, Photography, Reviews
The Pentax K70 has been one of the best-value DSLRs on the market for a long time. How’s it holding up in 2023? To start with, yes, the Pentax K70 is still a great camera! Despite coming out in 2016, the K70 still holds up very well against other entry-level...
by John Bradford | Oct 30, 2022 | Digital, Photography, Reviews
The Nikon D780 is an interesting mash-up of their best DSLR tech and early mirrorless tech. However, does combining those make any sense? Nikon wasn’t an early adopter of mirrorless camera tech. After they unleashed the original Z6 and Z7 cameras, they released...
by John Bradford | Sep 23, 2022 | Photography, Reviews
The Nikon 300mm f/4E PF was Nikon’s first lens to utilize a fresnel element to shrink telephoto lenses down to size. It’s as small as a 24-70mm, and lighter than one too. Did it give anything up for its size? When Nikon launched the 300mm PF back in 2015,...
