Julian Tanase

I am not a portrait photographer, so no, I didn’t purchased this lens to have those creamy, dreamy portraits. Well, of course I have my fair share of this type …

Agfa By travel Photojournals Pushing film

Visiting Dracula with a roll of APX 400

This is the Törzburg Schloss, situated in the high mountains of Romania. It is also known by its Romanian name, Bran Castle. Often mentioned in Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”; however, this is …

Vivitar

Vivitar 28-200mm f3.5-5.3 MC

I have had this lens in my possession since 1994 or 1995, bought in St. Albans from the old photo supplies shop of Mr. Totteridge. His small shop was my …

Ranting

Preconception and expectations versus reality of a photograph

One thing I noticed over the years was that every time I was visiting a different culture than mine, many photographs I took were rubbish. Or at least this is …

SLR 35mm

Olympus OM2n – best of both worlds ?

As with most of my short reviews of cameras that I own or owned in the past, I am going to discuss here how I personally see and understand this …

Compacts

Minox 35 PL – a compact from Wetzlar

In the very early 90s, the Minox 35 camera line was all the rage for both Minoxers and regular amateur photographers as well. Of course, these Minox cameras were not …

35mm walls By travel

The “Troytsa” – a religious resistance symbol in Bessarabia

The Troytsa is a religious wooden monument, usually showing Christ on a cross (or just a cross) in various models, depending on the artist’s skills or local custom. Apparently, of …

35mm walls By travel Photojournals

Easter vigil in an Orthodox community

Religiously, the Republic of Moldova belongs to the Eastern Orthodox Church; the fact that it’s of the “old” Byzantine style, or the “new” orthodox style, that’s an entire different matter, …

Compacts

Rollei B35 – the German cousin from Singapore

Back in the early 90s, when I became acquainted to Minox 8×11 cameras, I also started to get an interest in 16mm / 110 film photography. To this day, I …