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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.

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!

There’s an incomparable rush that comes from finding dinosaur bones. You know you’re the first person to lay hands on a critter that lived 80 or 90 million years ago. —Jack Horner

Eastbound and down, loaded up and truckin’ / We’re gonna do what they say can’t be done / We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there / I’m eastbound, just watch ol’ Bandit run!—Jerry Reed