Fall Pictures: Olympus 35 RC Rangefinder
First roll off my Olympus 35 RC. I finally got around to changing the seals on this old mechanical beauty – the Olympus 35 RC was one of the last mechanical Rangefinders that Olympus made. The RC has...
View ArticleView from Lady Bird Johnson Park, GW Parkway
Earlier this summer, I as testing my Toyo 500mm lens, happened to stop by at the Lady Bird Johnson Park off GW Parkway. The Navy memorial is located at one end of the park. Park affords a great view of...
View ArticleOlympus Trip 35 – Fall in Montgomery County, MD
Some more Fall pictures. These were taken near Dufief Pond, and at Morris Park near Rockville. A couple are from Turkey Run State Park off of the GW Expressway. This year, Fall was pretty spectacular,...
View ArticleThe siren song of the ‘Black Finish’ vintage camera
I admit it – I am smitten by the black models of the old metal bodied manual cameras. Why black? In the old days BP (before plastic) black was the color of the “professional” model cameras. Why? I’m...
View ArticleDigital SLR Crop Factor – Boon or Bane?
There’s a lot of confusion when it comes to using lenses designed for 35mm cameras on the current crop of Digital SLRS. Many photographers have sizeable investments in 35mm lenses for their film...
View ArticleOlympus OM mount lens on Sony A700 – Part I – Zuiko lenses on Sony Alpha...
A while ago, I had written about a Bower made Minolta AF to OM adapter that I was able to use on my Minolta 800si/Sony Alpha 700 to mount Zuiko and other 3rd party OM mount lenses. The Bower adapter is...
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