Recent content by Tony Warren

A hobbit with her feet shaved - female thing. I doubt I will see another airport other than for a very short trip to New Zealand's north island. I just read that Quantas across the Tasman from here are looking into a non-stop flight between Sidney and London. The mind boggles.

I think that Nikon always maintained a consistent ergonomic approach. The various ones I have used from a Nikkormat to an F3 they all felt very familiar, just more or less functionality. And that 105 was a superb lens, one of my favourites. Nice colour from the Portra. The grain doesn't have too...

Good visual play on words Gianluca.

Very nostalgic shot Ralph. Is that on the Grand Union?

Great shot that conveys the title well. I like the Loweryesque background too, almost a picture in itself.

The GKLto Nikon F adapter finally arrived amnd to my great disappointment didn't want to accept my Color Skopar X for some reason. It came with a tiny screwdriver so I wondered if it needed some adjustment and unscrewed the four obvious screws to see what happened. What happened was there was a...

Those are cracking results Peter. And the D has the 3-elemnt lens I believe. Great contrast and colour. The tone range in the Giaconda shot is impressive from the Gold 200, helped by spot on exposure of course.

Ah. So they are. I hadn't spotted that. Your reply confirms that we photographers do instinctively think in terms of composition and the general make up of the final image. A;ways intrigues me.

Constable meets Caravaggio! What stunning colour and a perfect composition. Do you own a narrow boat Ralph? It must be one of the most relaxing ways to spend leisure time. The only canal down here seems to be the one connecting the hydro electric stations to balance output. Very boring compared...

Another intriguing and engaging image Gianluca. I can't make out any letters but the composition hangs together very well with the man on the right third and a strong bar of dark colour on the left and the curve of skylight frame pulling the eye into the main component. All this I believe ocmes...

I live and learn. Always thought that the Rectilinear, Achromat and double meniscus were the same but I now discover the rectilinear is different, a two element, positive and negative, paired or cemented. The Rapid Rectilinear is a four element with two paired or cemented elements mounted...

That's a really nice Ensign Ralph and the results are much more like you would expect from the basically same lens design as your Tengor but with cemented pairs instead pf just two meniscus elements like the Beck Achromat on the 1900 Klito 3 1/4" x 4 1/14" drop plate that started me off with...

I looked at the Ensign All Distance Box. They made some nice cameras including their roll film models. I suspect your focus problem may be a displaced or just mucky supplementary lens. Maybe worth investigating but I seem to remember it was harder to get into than the Ensign and Kodak boxes. As...

Nice backstop then - cricket term - catcher maybe🥹

I did a series of articles a while back on various box cameras and the Box Tengor was definitely the star attraction. I made an insert from a section of a 35mm film tub that slipped snugly into the lens mount and allowed me to use a clip on filter holder. It really did produce some stellar...