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HD PENTAX-FA 77mm f1.8 Limited Lens
- Written by: Steven
It has been almost 10 years since I first used this lens, which was limited to a simple test on the newly released Pentax K1 camera body at a launch event. That initial contact ignited a fondness for the 77 that has continued through to the present day. A couple of months ago I realised that a decade had passed and I was no closer to seriously using one, due to owning Pentax’s HD DA 70mm Limited and DFA* 85mm lenses. Before this, I used a very unreliable Leica Summicron 75mm APO lens with my SL2-s.

More Macro
- Written by: Steven
We pillaged our Macro archive once again to create this collection of macro images. Similar to previous macro collections, the work comes from a large body of 35mm slides that were taken more than 20 years ago. Two camera bodies were used — Olympus OM3Ti and 4Ti models with super bright focussing screen to allow critical manual focussing. Attached to these was a 65-116 telescopic extension tube and varimagni finder unit. Lenses used were the excellent Zuiko 38mm f2.8 and 80mm 1:1 f4 dedicated macro lenses. Lighting was provided by an Olympus F280 flash unit used off camera and bounced into reflectors. Film stock was Kodak Elite Chrome EBX 100 E100 G and GX. Scans were created using an Epson v850 Pro scanner.

Athens to Samos
- Written by: Steven
In 2010 we made a journey from Athens, Greece, heading eastwards across the Aegean Sea to the islands of Ikaria, Fourni and Samos. Ethan captured the trip for PhotoArk’s Travel Diary section while my own work remained unseen due to using film cameras. I have since scanned the original 35mm slides and created this collection showing some of the highlights.
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