Category Archive: photo gear

05 Apr

Ilford 120 film packaging turns into a camera

Ilford 120 film packaging turns into a camera

From the dieline, a design/packaging blog I read regularly. A student designed a package for ilford 120 rollfilm, that can be folded into a pinhole …

 
By Ed Z
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03 Apr

an ode to the normals

an ode to the normals

Ah, the humble normal lens… in a day and age where all the glory goes to the 70-200/2.8s and the ultrawides, it is easy to …

 
By Ed Z
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27 Nov

Panasonic GF1 first impressions

Panasonic GF1 first impressions

As anyone who’s been following this blog knows, I’ve been very excited about the whole inception of the new micro four thirds standard… I decided …

 
By Ed Z
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22 Sep

the Mamiya 6 – a highly subjective review

the Mamiya 6 – a highly subjective review

My photography career started with film.  Black and white negative film, and an old Pentax spotmatic.  I “switched” to digital with a Minolta Maxxum 7d, …

 
By Ed Z
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29 Jul

DPreview looks at the E-P1

DPreview looks at the E-P1

With the big splash the E-P1 made on its release, there’s no surprise that DPreview has their in-depth review up already… Take a look… every feature …

 
By Ed Z
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16 Jun

olympus digital pen, e-p1, officially released!

olympus digital pen, e-p1, officially released!

And finally the true strength of the 4/3 system is realized…  Just in case there’s anyone who *hasn’t* heard about it yet (my RSS reader …

 
By Ed Z
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10 Jun

wireless tethering in a card? yes please

wireless tethering in a card? yes please

I’ve written about the Eye-Fi series of SD cards before.  Very cool concept, I really wanted to get one but they had just a few …

 
By Ed Z
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06 Jun

could this be the camera I’ve been dreaming of?

could this be the camera I’ve been dreaming of?

combined with the recent series of videos commerating the 50th anniversary of the olympus PEN series of cameras, THIS LEAK seems almost too good to …

 
By Ed Z
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20 Mar

The Renaissance continues

The Renaissance continues

Who woulda thunk it?  in a sea of digicams, Voigtlander goes ahead and releases a rangefinder. An analogue rangefinder.  A *medium format*, fixed lens, analogue …

 
By Ed Z
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13 Mar

An old flame…

An old flame…

It’s funny, there seems to be a kind of “collective unconscious” in the photo community… All the buzz about film lately, from discussions on strobist …

 
By Ed Z
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