Tag: lenses
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Some cameras, many cameras
Having just received my second Contax 139 (to replace my beloved original one that I got when I was 16), I reckon this is the right time to summarise my photographic equipment. I am not a collector. I own cameras and lenses because I use them, with the only exception of the first in the…
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Ghosts and ghosting
In a lens, ghosting refers to the formation of light artefacts due to reflections of the source of light. This book, “The Ghost stories of M.R. James”, published by Edward Arnold, is therefore the perfect companion. Good night. On a technical note, I can hardly think of anything more difficult than photographing in candlelight only…