Lenses

Shifting expectations - stepping into the world of film photography

I don't consider myself a Luddite at all, I am a big believer in technology and its potential to bring improvement to humans across the...

Scotland, a place of beauty (with a Pentax K-1 !!)

Hello from Scotland 👋🏻 as I am writing this post on the last day of our third trip to this amazing place. It has become a bit of a...

A few days in Berlin with the Voigtlander 50mm F2 APO-Lanthar

Berlin is probably my favorite city to photograph. There is so much history, and its vastness means there is always something to shoot....

A farewell review: The Nikon 28mm f/1.4E ED

As of the day of writing, I no longer own this lens. I thought it would be fitting to write a farewell review of the marvelous Nikon 28mm...

Third time is a charm: The Nikon 58mm F1.4 G

What to make of a lens that I sold twice already, and now have bought for the third time? For one thing, I truly love the Nikon 58mm...

A week in Iceland - field testing my Nikon Z system

Land of fire and ice. Volcanoes, waterfalls, lava fields, black sand beaches, craters, mountains, glaciers, ice caves, fjords. The list...

A hard break-up: Life without Leica

A few days a go, the last Leica product I owned has found new ownership. My trusty Leica SL is mine no more. Eighteen months ago, I wrote...

My hiking setup for photography

Being out in nature is good for people, something the different lockdowns of the past 18 months emphasized. Sometimes you need to miss...

Favorite focal length: a reality check

In the early days, when my photography moved beyond capturing simple shots of my life as it happened, and I got a little deeper into the...

Wide-angle Wonder: How I ended up with a Voigtlander 21 mm f1,4 Nokton asph. VM

Learn why I bought the Voigtlander 21mm and whether I like it.

Cars & cameras: a match made in heaven

Cars are made to be driven first and foremost. But at a very close second, they are made to be photographed. From the exotic to the...

The magic of the Leica 50mm Noctilux

I've owned and used a variety of Leica lenses but I was always curious to experience one of the most debated lenses out there - the Leica...

A new point of view: the Zeiss Distagon 35mm F1.4 ZM

Even though 35mm is one of the most used focal lengths by photographers all over the world, I somehow never really clicked with this way...