• My Favorite Photos of 2024

    My Favorite Photos of 2024

    Every year, I like to take a look back at my output for the year and select my favorite photos for the year. If you search the site for ‘favorite photos’ you’ll find this post on every year dating back to when I first started the site in 2012. Now some of you may be…

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  • New Vintage Sigma Glass – XQ 18mm & 28mm

    New Vintage Sigma Glass – XQ 18mm & 28mm

    And now for something completely different. Last year, some of you may have seen an article over on PetaPixel, discussing the Sigma Mark-I camera, a beautiful film body from the 1970s. In that article, a brochure of the Sigma lens system at the time was shown, and I was intrigued. While Sigma today has become…

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  • Canon 5Ds R – A Special Camera

    Canon 5Ds R – A Special Camera

    A few years ago, I ventured back into using a DSLR for the first time in over a decade to compare to my more recent experience with mirrorless cameras. Over the last year or so, I’ve been dipping my toes back into some older bodies, and taking advantage of the excellent used prices on older…

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  • The Future of Admiring Light

    The Future of Admiring Light

    If you come to this site semi-regularly, I’m sure you have noticed that there have been no updates in over a year, and prior to that, there were only sporadic posts. I figured I should give a quick update on the future of this site. First: the site is not going away. I will maintain…

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  • OM-System OM-3: I’m Confused

    OM-System OM-3: I’m Confused

    Today, OM-System announced their new vintage aesthetic mirrorless camera, the OM-3. This is a relatively high-end Micro 4/3 camera with a design style meant to mimic the Olympus OM-1 from the 1970s, and aesthetically, it absolutely works. The camera is beautiful, with a solid metal body with wonderfully knurled dials and that classic looking viewfinder…

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  • Fall Shooting in Ohio

    Fall Shooting in Ohio

    Every October I try to take a least a day or two to go shooting and capture some of the fall colors. This year was tough due to some quite busy days at work, but I managed to get out a couple times towards the end of October. I make a trip up to Cleveland,…

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  • Revisiting the Canon EOS 30D

    Revisiting the Canon EOS 30D

    2024 marks 20 years of serious photography for me, as I acquired my first serious camera, the original Canon Digital Rebel, in November of 2004. At the time, that camera opened up a new world of serious imaging that I had never before experienced, and it’s really when I began to grow as a photographer.…

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  • Review: Nikon Nikkor Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S

    Review: Nikon Nikkor Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S

    400mm prime lenses have long been staples of any good lens system. Most manufacturers have a top-tier 400mm f/2.8 in their lineup that usually goes for well into 5 figure cost territory and deliver incredible image quality. Few manufacturers, though, have bothered to make 400mm primes that are a little slower. Canon made the EF…

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  4. Great review with wonderful photos and authentic reflections that elucidate us with details. I’m considering purchasing this bag, and this…

  5. Hi Jordan, nice to have you back! Very interesting reading. I am new to Canon have an R6 with various…