Author Archives: Jouni Rinne

Of plates and balls

I hate quick release plates. I really do. I’m talking about the quick release plates built-in the modern day camera tripod pan and ball heads, of course. In theory, they are a marvellous idea, allowing the photographer to disconnect and … Continue reading

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Tale of two photos

These two photos shown together mean quite a lot to me! Let me explain… The picture on the left was taken in late ’66 or early ’67 on Kodak Ektachrome slide film. The person who took the picture was my … Continue reading

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Another Kiev 4A – and some buying advice on Kievs

A new Kiev 4A A bit over a year ago I bought a ’80 Kiev 4A. It was quite a rough example, it worked… just and just, the shutter was noisy, they were slight grinding noises while advancing the film, … Continue reading

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Infrared

Recently, I’ve become interested in infrared photography. Oh, I’ve always been interested in it, but now I have actually done something and tried out both film and digital infrared photography. Some of the resulting pictures are shown below. A series … Continue reading

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Miranda – Micro Four Thirds adapter review (part 2)

As I mentioned in an earlier post, Fotodiox has now a range of adapters for Miranda lenses. Since then I have wanted to see and test them for myself, so I ended ordering their Fotodiox PRO Miranda-MFT adapter for $59,95 … Continue reading

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