Tagged with retro - Personal View Talks

Playing Doom on your digital camera

karl — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 13:27:35 +0000

I'm not usually into retro-gaming, but this I found really funny:

It is also insightful too see how open these cameras were for 3rd-party software to be installed. Nothing like the barb-wired walled gardens that are consumer electronics today...

Olympus EM-5 topic

sohus — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:54:37 +0000

This will be the first professional PEN with weather-sealing and professional body. New sensor design and revolutionary viewfinder are rumored as well. I hope it is a good rival for the Fuji, as I want to stay in the MFT system.

Available at:

Reviews and previews:

Leica M-D - digital camera without screen

karl — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 17:16:58 +0000

With some embarrasment I read that Leica actually releases a digital camera without screen. (See also: https://us.leica-camera.com/.

Their "monochrome only" camera was already pretty retro, but ok, not having a Bayer patterned sensor does have some advantages should one really be interested in monochrome photography, only.

But a digital camera without a screen? To "not spoil the suspense of what your pictures look like before you watch them back at home"? Seriously?

That's the kind of over-the-top retro nonsense no reasonable person would buy. What's next? A Leica without shutter, were like with the 19th-century camera you temporarily remove a lens cap manually to time exposure?

I would rather like to see Leica contributing to the future of photography then to reliving its past...

macro closeups / retroadapter on 7D

meniK — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:24:02 +0000

testshots. supercloseups with a 15-85mm 3.5 canon optic in retroposition.

7D for closeups. 550D with magic lantern for offtopic shots.

im okay with the first test. eyemacro coming in parttwo.

its pretty much fun. try it for yourself.

have a damn great day, don