In modern photography, the “Petzval Mod” is a camera lens hack that will turn a dull, run-of-the-mill Soviet camera lens into a dreamy, kaleidoscopic master shooter. The modification will provide a surreal, swirly background field, or bokeh, that envelops the center subject. To put it in basic terms, you need a HELIOS 44-2 common 35mm…
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Soaring on a Manhattan Morning
“Manhattanhenge” is a combination of astronomy and architecture. Because New York City’s streets have a nearly perfect east-west pathway, there are several times during the year when the sun sets RIGHT in the pathway of traffic, or rises RIGHT in the pathway of traffic. To capture a “Manhattanhenge” photo is an accomplishment in and of…
Read MoreMy last-ever roll of 35mm Fuji Velvia 100
Well, it happened. Two years after Fuji ended their Velvia 100 slide film stock, my supply of Fuji Velvia 100 has dried up. All gone. I have one 35mm cartridge left. And after that … all I have are two more 120-size rolls of the product. As for my 35mm stock, the only slide film…
Read MoreTulips with a medical lens
I really hadn’t planned on attending the Capital District’s TulipFest this year. I mean, you photograph one batch of tulips, you’ve photographed them all. But on Sunday morning, May 12, I had an idea. What would those tulips look like if I shot them with my new-to-me Nikkor medical 120mm lens? This could be interesting.…
Read MoreLet the 2024 Competition Season begin!!
Long-time readers of my blog will instinctively know that the warm weather brings the beginning of what I call “Competition Season.” Competition Season, for me, means that I look over all the photos I’ve recently taken, and determine which ones will appear in any one of five different events – the photography shows at the…
Read MoreIs a Nikon Zf camera in my future?
Today, Nikon released the news. They are introducing a true retro full-frame mirrorless camera. And as they did when they produced the Nikon Df camera (of which I own two), their new shooter is called the Zf. Here’s a link to Nikon’s advertising page and all the camera’s specs. So let me see what this…
Read MoreChuck’s Best Photos of 2022
With tomorrow being a WHCL “Nightowl Radio Show” playlist, and Saturday designated as a “What’s Up in the Neighborhood” blogroll recap, this is essentially the last day of 2022 for me to share my personal recap of ten Chuck Miller-captured photos and my feelings about capturing them. So if you’ll indulge me on this wee…
Read MoreAnd in the end … I went silver.
Some time ago, I postulated the option of either getting a second Nikon Df camera, or ditching my current Df and going for a pair of Nikon Zfc mirrorless cameras. The idea behind this postulation was to go full-bore into three-dimensional stereoscopic photography, whether it involved creating custom View-Master reels, or standalone Holmes Stereo cards…
Read MoreNikon Athena went to the Fairs…
This year, as I visited the New York State Fair in Syracuse and the Big E in Springfield, I took along my pink-leathered Nikon F2S camera (“Nikon Athena”) and took some sample shots. I wanted to test out Athena’s built-in light meter, and hoped that the film I loaded in the camera would work in…
Read MoreWhen Nikon Athena’s on point…
I’ve really been digging my Nikon F2S camera (“Nikon Athena”) of late. It’s a great little workhorse, and the pictures it captures are as sharp as a knife. And this summer, I’ve had a bit of fun with Nikon Athena, packing it with a roll of Kodak Ektachrome E-100 and taking it for a few…
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