Yesterday I added a new camera to my quiver. Well actually it’s not a new camera, in fact, its substantially older than I am. It’s a Zeiss Ikon Ikofelx Favorit, a Twin Lens Reflex Camera made sometime between 1957 and…
My Very Old New Camera
Gear for 3 weeks in South America
I once watched a photographer in an airport in southern Argentina carrying a camera backpack as big as my trekking pack while simultaneously dragging a wheeled camera case with two over-sized tripods strapped to the outside. He looked like a turtle…
Lenses and the aurora: Is Wide and Fast Necessary?
I zoomed in on the active portion of the display to get this image. I’ve never shot tight on the aurora before, but apparently it can work under the right circumstances. Canon 24-105 f4L @70mm, f4.0, 8sec, ISO3200. Last night…
There are nights…
There are nights when things just go right, and for two reasons, last night was one of them. Reason #1: After thinking it wouldn’t arrive after all, my brand new Canon 5D Mark III complete with a 14mm f2.8 lens…
Pop goes the Polarizer
If you encounter me in the field, you’ll likely find the lens of my camera uncovered by any filter. UV filters just add a layer of unneeded glass, warming filters have limited use, colored filters, in the rare times I’d…
A Prickly Subject- To Gear or Not to Gear
Right now, I’m building up the financial and mental fortitude to invest in a new camera body. Buying an expensive piece of gear is a slow process for me, I hem and haw, justify it one way, then justify the…