Halcyon DaysEvoking a good bit of nostalgia, a 1958 Buick waits at the Wig Wag signal as the Nebraska Zephyr backs into Barn 9 at the Illinois Railway Museum on September 19th, 2021. The passenger […]
Category Archives: Equipment Journal
Equipment Journal: A Surprise from Nikon
Back in June of last year, I wrote a post comparing simple conversions of Nikon RAW files using Adobe Lightroom and Nikon Capture NX-D. I still will pull up Capture NX-D if I’m looking to […]
2021 Reboot
Well, after having done better in 2020, the blog has once again gone silent and the website has languished for months without any kind of attention. What can I say? Life has been crazy lately […]
Equipment Journal: Pocket Sketchbook (Canon Elph 110 HS)
Amanda and I have been doing some household cleaning recently. During that process, she came across her stash of old point and shoot cameras. She put me in charge of going through them and seeing […]
Equipment Journal: Nikon AI Nikkor 50mm f2
A couple of years ago, I found myself wanting another 50mm lens for my Nikon system. We have an AF-S 50mm f1.8G but it lives in Amanda’s camera bag. While she always lets me use […]
Equipment Journal: Adobe Lightroom Classic
Adobe has certainly become something of a controversial subject for photographers. On the one hand, they make the products that are still the standard of the industry which everything else is measured against. On the […]
Equipment Journal: Epson P800
It took me quite awhile to start printing my own work. My first attempts were pretty inauspicious, too. I started with an old Epson 2200 around 2017 or so. While that was a capable printer […]
Equipment Journal: AF Nikkor 80-200mm f2.8D
Over the years, I’ve had many lenses that I have variously claimed to be be my favorite. My 85mm f1.4D. My Sigma 12-24mm. My Pentax 77mm f1.8 Limited. My 12″ Gundlach Radar. The Xenotar on […]
Equipment Journal*: YashicaMat LM
When writing the non-review of my Rolleiflex 2.8D the other day, there was a tiny part of me that felt like I was giving short shrift to the TLR that has served me the longest. […]
Camera Non-Review: Rolleiflex 2.8D Xenotar
Items that were part of my wedding day attire: Tie-clip and class ring from my dad, cufflinks from Tyler, pocket watch to match the ones given to my groomsmen and my Rolleiflex 2.8D. Yes, I […]