Erwin Puts News Today

Contax RTS II with Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar 60mm ƒ/2.8 C 1:2 macro lens I dont know how deep a dive you want on this. I just noticed that these seem to be quite cheap on eBay, and its a camera...

An in-depth review of the Light Lens Lab 50mm f/2, a recreation of the iconic Cooke Speed Panchro II 50mm f/2 cinema lens from the 1940s.

[TOP publishes on M–W–F. Comments are added the morning following.] - Although you hear all about the ins and outs of my camera perseverations in excruciating detail—its part n parcel of our grand topic here—I dont actually buy that many...

Skimpy Day (and, Pentax Lenses) Todays that day I warned you about...cardiologist this morning and eye doctor this afternoon! In different cities (towns?). So TOP will be a little skimpy today. Im already a little late. But, in the meantime, does anyone even know of a comprehensive list of the lenses Pentax makes and sells new now, and the cameras they fit and work with? I tried to disentangle a list from various sources and I think Ive failed so far. Im not talking about the vast sprawling mes...

Srsly? The New Pentax I have to admit I was shocked when I found out the price of the new Pentax. For those of you not following along with DSLR news (more and more people, lately), Pentax has introduced a newly designed camera that unfortunately has an iteration naming convention because of where it falls in the lineup. And an awkward iteration it is—the K-3 Mark III, or K-3 III. I gather that should be pronounced kay-three-three. Pretty soon Porsche will get to the 911th version of the 911,...

Ed. note: Does anyone have a picture of Erwin? Id like to add one to this post.] The world of enthusiast photography lost a friend and a unique individual when Erwin Puts passed away in March after a short illness. Erwin was perhaps the greatest paragon of his type: the independent superfan of a camera brand or system. A great aficionado of the Leica marque, he worked tirelessly and performed truly Protean feats both to learn about the focus of his passion and to generously share what he knew ...