Avoiding Smokey Skies
June 29, 2023 - The smoke from Canadian wildfires is back in my area again and the air is really bad. There was a classification of unhe...
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Oakwood Cemetery Gets the 5 Cent Treatment
June 21, 2023 - When I was looking for old Minolta MC lenses I noticed that the 300mm f/4.5 lens is labeled 30cm rather than 300mm. So t...
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More EF 50mm f/1.2L Samples
June 19, 2023 - I had another opportunity this morning to test out the new lens, this time along the trails at Ashley Reservoir in Holyo...
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The Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L Lens Has Arrived
June 18, 2023 - The experiment with vintage Minolta lenses ended with my decision to purchase a used Canon EF 50mm f//1.2L USM lens to u...
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Bumps in the Road
June 14, 2023 - A few days ago I mentioned that I had two more Minolta lenses on the way. They were a 28mm f/2.5 and a 135mm f/2.8. Both...
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Saratoga Battlefield With Minolta
June 11, 2023 - I carried my new camera combination around the battlefield this morning. The EOS R with RF 14-35mm lens and the R6 with...
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A 1970 200mm Lens
June 04, 2023 - I've been both using, and searching on eBay and elsewhere for, the Minolta manual focus lenses. Yesterday, another lens...
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