The three-eyed monster that is the iPhone 12 Pro Max seems to pack incredible punch power for serious photography. But as usual, we need to go beyond the sole technological specifications and see how it handles real life. Apple boasts about its incredible night shots, so, as a fan of…

The Polaroid Mint is a plastic instant camera without a screen. Hello optical viewfinder.

It prints using a thermal color process and saves pictures as JPEGs — almost no settings. Five press-buttons (one to trigger), a slightly hidden reset one, and one high-power LED flash.

It also has a micro…

Let us focus once again on an old legendary lens with a story; let me try the Jupiter 3 50mm f1.5.

Those of us who know these old lenses already know they are usually exciting artistically and pack a lot for the price. This one is the wider-opened sibling of…

For those of us still using film, or for you out there who are ready to come to it, Ferrania is again offering its ‘original’ film formula in 135 or 120 film formats.

Ferrania is an Italian film company named after the city where it was born in 1938. Its…

The Ricoh 35 Flex is a fixed lens 35mm reflex manual focus camera from 1963 with automatic or manual controls. The camera I tested is the first model and doesn’t need batteries (thanks to its Selenium light sensor) and can be enhanced by wide-angle and telephoto screw add-ons to screw…

Everyone has the best tips. They’ve already posted them online. Here my three more, probably good-enough random tips for model photography.

1 — Make things comfortable with essential goods.

While your model may work for free, cash, or prints, providing essential comfort is always a plus. Having water to drink…

Everyone has the best tips. They’ve already posted them online. Here my three more, probably good-enough random tips for concert photography.

1 — Don’t stand in the eyesight of the public.

If people come to see a live event, it is usually not to experience the photographer’s lens and butt…

The Helios 44 is one of the legends because of its swirly bokeh and affordability. It is a Carl Zeiss 58mm f2.0 lens copy made initially in the USSR as the default lens for many popular Soviet cameras. Again being made in Russia since 2016, you can usually find it…