The Single Focal Length Photography Challenge: Unlocking Creativity Through Limitation Photography is often about choices, of subject, light, composition, and, crucially, equipment. Among the most defining choices a photographer makes is the focal length of their lens. The Single Focal Length Photography Challenge is a group activity designed to push photographers out of their comfort…
Shooting Classic 1960–70s Nikkor Lenses on Nikon Mirrorless This article is about using classic manual‑focus Nikkor lenses from the 1960s and 1970s on a modern Nikon mirrorless via the FTZii adapter. It is not a nostalgia piece, but it is also not pretending this is a purely rational choice. It is an account of…
Did you know that Aperture f-stops are a Maths Thing? Most photographers learn aperture as a ranking: f/2 is “wide”, f/8 is “narrow”, and smaller numbers mean more light. What often never gets explained is that the numbers themselves already contain that information. They are not arbitrary labels. They are measurements. And once you see…
Switching from DSLR to Mirrorless Most discussions about switching to mirrorless focus on features. Eye-AF. Frame rates. In-Body-Image-Stabilisation (IBIS). Video specs. Those are easy to list and easy to market. What is talked about far less is the cognitive and behavioural shock that comes from abandoning years, sometimes decades, of DSLR muscle memory. If…
