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nice review!!!

Great review! And excellent writing overall. Thanks for sharing your experience with this camera. Since it's fairly cheap on eBay, I'm thinking about picking up one.

Hi Mark, It is difficult for me to understand that after showing photos where a 28mm is well used, you maintain, and I want to believe that it is an irony, that the 28mm is a “boring” focal length. Just because people photograph stupid things with cell phones doesn't mean that the problem is the focal length. On the other hand, I don't know if it's an editing style but the photos you took with the 28 seem to have been taken with a cell phone, I say because of the look, they are very flat and I say this beyond the cloudy sky. They look very clear but they lack life. And yes, your photos taken on film look much better. I would have loved you to compare it with the “cheap” 28mm E line of the F mount. Maybe the world would have come out of the flat dimension.

Had great success with this lens on a z9 capturing motorbikes for a publication and some wildlife as well. Never used a z6 but heard v3 is great. My 180-600 lens is pretty good edge to edge but I don’t really pixel peep at the edges of the frame as all the good stuff is in the middle. Even if it was awful at the edges (which it isn’t) for motorbikes you crop in a bit anyway usually and very few clients need a close to 50mp image. Interesting comment about pros maybe not using this lens but I’ve a sold a fair few images and no client has ever said they weren’t good enough. I do think there can be a certain elitist attitude from some photographers on things. Christopher frost for instance. - super channel and useful but sometimes what he finds doesn’t really translate to real world photography. Not meant to be an attack just being honest !

Really nice photos. Great video

I enjoyed watching this video.

Video @ 25:42 "Seven elements and three groups" - Pretty sure the proper count for that optical formula drawing is 7 elements in 5 groups...

I love how you employ the wonderful 'Rule of Third' & 'Looking Room' for your image composition. Bravo ! So many amateurs and even so called professionals ignore those critical rules...👏

Airlines, sweatless dogs and princes... comedy timing and delivery genius.. haha... Anyone can get focus but not many can develop a style that tells a story to the audience and you sir have done it again.. id add the bus shower dude to the six picks.. save those 2 rolls.. i expect in a few years to see them in a gallery along with the china ones

thank you Mark for giving us a little insight into this other world. imperfect but lively was also what i was thinking seeing this city and its people

Interesting to see something from Colombo. The images haven’t much contrast in my opinion. At first glance I thought that a lack of sunlight was the reason, but sunlight didn’t change this. Is it the characteristic of the film of is it the lens that causes such flat images?

Love the humor, on a technical note I think that having the focus idependent from the lens is actually a genius move at least from a maintenence point of view: I personally repaired 3 lenses for my kiev88, nothing really broken just old oil became like tar on the aperture and so I dismatled everyting to clean it, that said I would hate to have to think about the shutter mechanism (like in the hasselblad system) on top of the aperture and focus, so having only the aperture on the lens and not risking rebuilding the helicoid in the wrong position makes things a lot less stressfull

Narnia, less populated with annoying little p?!(£$. I loved the vintage Leyland buses, amazed that they're still on the road. Looks like a much more interesting city than the sterile places you've been working in lately.

While I often binge watch other photography channels (and I do love them), I'll put aside time for your videos as if I were watching an episode of a thought-provoking docuseries. Whether it's about older Nikon glass like the 75-150 or the 180, or whether it's about the experience of shooting in different places, I find the content and your narrative style very compelling. Thanks for continuing to share your experiences!

Changed abit since my old dad was there in 43.

beautiful photos and intresting journey!

This version of the 40mm is wonderfully compact, similar to my 50mm series-e. I know the great feel from the 58mm SL2, I have no other lens with such a great focus and aperture ring feel. However, I will probably get the newer version, especially because of the rabbit ears, it fits better with my F2. Optically, the two are supposed to be identical.

thank god i'm not the only pervert who does tele street photography.. anyway thanks for the video. as always top notch

He was giving you the White man's price. Next time, bring a native Chinese with you to shop for a lens and you will get a better price. When I was in Shenzhen, I paid 100% more for items when I shopped by myself as opposed to when I brought my Chinese friend with me.

I really want to know about your teaching of design. That perked up my ears.

Good on you for learning some Chinese for your holiday. Your pronunciation wasn’t too bad!

Thoroughly enjoyed your review. Thank you.

19:09 "UHS ii cards" Really? I don't think so.

Getting familar where light and shadows fall is handy too. The lady with gumball machine thing my fav. Speaking of familar.. i can recognise a M.McMahon photo now.. you have got a style.. on a side note all that food and not one fat person in xhina.. lol😅

What do you use for video?

Thank you for passing on your knowledge and wit. I would have loved to have had you as my teacher in my early years at school, but as they say it is never to late to learn. Thank you. 🍎🥕

Getting to know a location doesn't make you a better photographer but it can lead to becoming a better photographer. Getting to know Chicago won't make you a better photographer through finding what's in Chicago that is always there for the next person to come to Chicago. The skyline is going to be the same for the next person traveling to Chicago. It's been designed directly and indirectly to be photogenic. It's repeatedly going out looking beyond the obvious is what makes you a better photographer. And you get to know a place through that process.

A very interesting and entertaining video, Mark. Thanks for putting in the effort!

This is like a slam poetry performance. Bravo

Excellent video! Thank you for this video - I know nothing of China, much less Songjiang. You put a very human face on the people there, and it was nice to see so many commonalities with Westerners like myself, despite the obvious cultural differences. I was moved much as I was some years back when I had a Ku band satellite working and watched a number of cultural shows of Japan, where little towns were highlighted along with their art and culture. Many thanks!

I just got home with an N75 and a 28-80mm lens. I paid 15 dollars American, and the bag had 4 rolls of Fuji 200 film. I have no idea how old the film is, but free film is free film. Can wait to run a roll through it. Great video.

Great stuff sir! Over the years I felt I've taken my best photography shots when I'm relatively new to an area, as I start to know where things are, but they're still unfamiliar.

Great video, Mark! Concerning familiarity … I live since 11 years in Ruurlo, The Netherlands. Almost every day I’m venturing into the forest, almost directly next to our house. Every (moment of the) day is different … the seasons change, the weather is always different, light is abundant or dull. On every day there are photos to be made. Every now and then I set myself a challenge … most recently I’m trying to produce a series called “Glimpse of light” (if you want to have a look you’re kindly invited to visit this series on VERO). In the future there will be a new series “Mini niches”. In this way the inspiration keeps flowing despite the familiarity of the relatively small (this is Holland, you know) forest. Thanks for putting the effort in your videos, Cheers, Martie

Use the Nikon AF 180mm f/2.8D ED for headshots.

I lived in the shadow of the 8,967’ Mount Begbie in the British Columbia mountains for over a quarter century, and my near-constant proximity to that marvellous rock (replete with actual glacial remnants) allowed me to capture it’s bold peaks and frosted ridges in literally a thousand different moods over the years. There is in excess of ten thousand shots of it on my hard drive, and I’ll be editing them on idle days till the day I punt off. I don’t know if that location made me a better photographer, but for the low price of 20-ish steps from my front door, it presented me with timeless vistas in all four seasons, in all manner of weather; the types of shots you couldn’t plan if you called the psychic hotline for the best dates and burned all your air miles getting there. Am I better for it? I don’t know… but it certainly gave me enough chances to look like a better photographer, and in a world where four billion photos find their way online each and every day, I’ll take it😊

Great video Mark. You are a great photographer. Most of the photos you have included on the video are amazing. I'm sold on the lens before watching your video but I stayed for your beautiful photos and of course, the humourous comments.

Great video Mark, I'm subscribed. I have this lens and love it a lot.

I have a shiny new F66 MINI Cooper S, which I bought because it’s fun. I still have a Pen-F, which is still fun to use - although my fun EDC camera is my Q3. The Q3 doesn’t do everything that my Sony system does, but it is much more enjoyable to use. If OM ever released a Pen-F II I’d be very tempted.

Replicas of nine foreign cities. But, not one from the US. Oh, they have one, or several. Only they are just for the training of their spies that are in every American research university.

This is most certainly art. Your descriptive prose of each picture is sublime. Followed for sure 👍🏾

Nice review, thanks! I've got one of those Coolpix 4500 cameras, bought new in 2002, back then I also purchased the Nikon dedicated pouch, the dedicated Nikon screw-on Wide Converter WC-E63 (equivalent to a 20 mm lens) and the dedicated Nikon screw-on Tele Converter TC-E3 ED 3x (ED quality lens), equivalent to a 500 mm lens. There are specific settings in the menu for these two add-ons. Selecting the WC setting will set the internal zoom at the widest FOV (for the WC add-on), and the longest zoom position for the TC add-on. Brilliant piece of Nikon engineering. I love it. Very compact, unobtrusive, silent camera... the ideal companion for street photography. Now is 2024, the original rechargeable Nikon battery is dead, but the other day I bought a perfectly compatible 6V 2CR5 lithium battery from a camera shop. The young salesguy was amazed by this 'old' weird-looking thing that he'd never seen before. It is good to be an older guy :-), not in the rat race for technology any more, focusing only on the art of photography.

I'm glad I watched your video Mark because every now and then I get the notion to get one of these 120 toy cameras whether it be a Diana or a Holga. I do get seduced by the groovy talk about their distinct charm and the individualistic images they can produce. B UT the cameras seem high risk and problematic and when push comes to shove I just cannot buy one. I just like the idea of them! I think I'll stick to my Polaroid cameras who unpredictability and "charm" is enough for me.

Very nice sharing video❤ I comment too early, you are the most funny photographer that I know, nice photos and jokes😂

Fun is so funny - I had in my my mind, never, never change to 4:3 and than unfortunately I got my hand on a OM-1 - the Bolide in comparion to the "Pen" - the rest of it it's a love story from the first moment causs she feels so amazing and natural in my hand. On the other hand - a little sister for every day life with changeable lenses hmm oh please don't tempt me ;)

Love this lens and use it for street photography as well. Thanks for review, by some reason, on this piece of glass, they are rare.

I just inherited my grandma’s S2 and am wondering what the best digital film back is for it?

There is also a Super Isolette Rangefinder and is really expensive.

Seriously impressed by the Canon 120. Definitely a hidden gem of a zoom point and shoot.

1:17 made me spit out my tea laughing

I need this music in my life