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I don’t think it was a Christmas present, but once upon a time my old pal Jason gave me a Russian-made Horizon 202 rotating lens panoramic camera as a gift. The Horizon is an all-mechanical camera, no batteries included, no batteries needed.

If you purchase one of Panasonic’s full frame cameras, like the  Lumix S1R, chances are you’ll be able to get it with the Lumix S 24-105mm f/4 Macro OIS lens as a kit, so typically the package a good deal.

My friend Mark Toal is a big fan of  the Auto ISO setting that’s found on most DSLRs and mirrorless cameras but up until recently I was not. I even wrote a post about why I didn’t like this feature. The main reason I didn’t like Auto ISO is because most of the software that’s used by DSLR’s and mirrorless cameras seem to favor higher ISOs (and higher noise) than I thought was really necessary. But since that original post I’ve changed my mind, mostly because of the efficient way that modern cameras handle noise.

Sometime in the early 1970’s I bought a new Nikon F2 and in those days, you typically purchased a camera with a 50mm lens. The next lens that was added to my Nikon system was one I’d longingly pressed my nose against the window of Ritz Camera’s Baltimore Street store, the Sigma 16mm f/2.8 with built-in filters. I loved that lens and here we are all these years later and I’m looking at another Sigma 16mm lens…

As I’ve mentioned in a previous post, I am not a deeply religious person but I do believe in a higher power. The last time was in Acapulco, Mexico and visited La Capilla de la Paz (The Chapel of Peace) it was a spiritually moving experience, So I thought I would share some of my thoughts on this special place today.

Back in the film days, camera manufacturers tried to standardize on a single filter size for most of their lenses but that seems to be no longer the case. These days it seems to be more of a filter smorgasbord.