Lenses
If you fancy a go with a film camera, and you think 35mm is just way too common to be cool, the Diana 38mm Super Wide-Angle lens might be a good first step. Not only will give you that old-time…
Lenses
So Bad It Must Be Good? Do you want inconsistently soft-focused pictures that are heavily vignetted? If you do, then the stunningly sub-mediocre $20 plastic Holga 60mm lens is custom-designed for your needs (click here for Nikon mount). I’ve never used…
Gear Reviews
Niche is sort of a nice way to say “one-trick pony”, which is a term often seen in reviews of Lensbaby products in general. I feel like a lot of their products are the kind of thing you use once…
Opinion
The conventional wisdom in the days of film photography was to buy a UV filter (or a “skylight” filter) for each and every lens in your bag. The thinking was that UV filters provided some very minor positive visual effects,…
Lenses
At $329 new retail, the Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM is far from the cheapest option in the 50mm focal length options for Canon SLRs (see the full 50mm roundup post here), but it’s got a few standout features that make…
Lenses
If you love quirky/oddball lenses, the Zenitar 50mm f/2 is something you should check out. It comes in M42 screw mount, but can be used with almost any mounting system through the use of an adapter. And, in true TightCamera…
Opinion
You don’t always *need* to shoot in RAW. There, I’ve said it. And by so doing, I have contradicted just about about every respected digital photography guru on the planet. And somewhere out there, Jared Polin (Fro Knows Photo) just…