Why I Still Shoot with the Contax 645 — And Why You Should Too In a world dominated by the latest mirrorless marvels and AI-powered phone camera apps, my go-to camera is a relic from a bygone era — the Contax 645. Yes, that Contax 645: heavy, film-hungry, temperamental at times, and entirely devoid of …
Voigtländer Snapshot Skopar 25mm f4
Another in a series of Farewell to Gear, where I bid fond adieu to cameras and lens. Once in a while (Edit: I mean, often), there are lenses you pick up out of curiosity, fall in love with, and then never let go of (Edit: until I had to let it go). The Voigtländer …
Easy way to update firmware on Godox TT350
I thought I’d share with you my experience trying to get TT350S to work with X2T-F Couldn’t figure out buttons and menus. I never read instruction manuals but this time I had to. Manuals makes no sense. No spelling errors, but also makes no sense. Went online to watch youtube how-tos. Very little info. Got …
Go(dox)damit!
I heard that recent Godox triggers will work on all recent Godox flashes. Even across brands. For example, a X2T-F trigger (which is for Fujifilm hotshoe mount) can fire a TT685S flash which is for Sony hotshoe mount). I saw a few onsale on Carousell. Hmmm… buy and try! What can go wrong? …
The X-Pro1 in 2025 — Still My Quiet Workhorse
Self-portrait (I’m in the sliver in the centre of the revolving door, right where the arrows are pointing) shot with x-Pro1 and XF14mm f/2.8. The ISO was 200. I slowed the shutter to 1/17s so that I can get motion blur on the lady. Being set on AE priority, the computer inside X-Pro1 worked out …
Modern Mayhem
The Summarit 5cm f/1.5: Old Soul, New Body There’s something beautifully rebellious about putting a 1950s Leica lens on a digital Fuji body. It’s a quiet protest against megapixels and MTF charts. A reminder that character beats clinical every single time. The lens in question? The Ernst Leitz Wetzlar Summarit 5cm f/1.5, proudly perched here on …
GF63mm is Criminally Underrated
The GF63mm is criminally underrated, and if you shoot GFX, you probably already own it. It was the “normal” lens that was paired as the “kit” lens with the early GFX bodies. The later bodies were paired with the GF35-70mm lens instead. Actually the criminal here is me. For the longest time, this is the …