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Martin M.H. lives outside Stockholm, Sweden. He is a M.Sc. in Computer Technology but he has been a passionate photographer for over 50 years. He started his photographic adventures when he was thirteen with an Agfamatic pocket camera, which he soon replaced with a Canon rangefinder camera that his mom gave him in his teenages. After that he has been using Canon SLR, Nikon SLR manual focus and Autofocus, Sony mirrorless crop sensor, Nikon DSLR and Nikon Mirrorless. He has photographed any genre he could throughout the years and you can see all kind of images in his portfolio. During the later years though it has been mostly landscape, nature, travel and some street/documentary photography.

Analogue, photography

Analogue Photography – Part 1: A Personal Journey into Film Photography 1/2

June 18, 2025 Martin 9 Comments

Canon A1 | Black & White Negative film | Agfapan 400

With the growing interest in analogue photography, as Bastian so inspiringly explores in his Analogue Adventures, I too have decided to create a series of film-related articles. I’ve chosen not to use the same title, as my own relationship with film photography goes back to a time when it was simply photography to me. While Film Photography would feel like the most natural title, I’ve decided to go with Analogue Photography instead, to keep a sense of continuity with Bastian’s series.

Canon A1 | Black & White Negative film | Agfa Isopan

Canon A1 | Colour negative film | Fujicolor

Canon A1 | Black and White Negative film | Agfapan 400

Canon A1 | Black & White Negative film | Kodak Tri-X 400

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Laowa, lenses, Review

REVIEW: Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 FF Zoom Fisheye

June 10, 2025 Martin 15 Comments

LAOWA 8-15mm f/2.8 Fisheye Zoom on Nikon Z7ii

Introduction

The Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 FF Zoom Fisheye is a full-frame lens that combines the characteristics of two distinct fisheye types in one: circular and rectangular. Fisheye lenses are already uncommon in the mirrorless world, and fisheye zooms are even rarer—this is, in fact, the only fisheye zoom ever made for any mirrorless system, and the fastest fisheye zoom ever made. Let’s see how it performs!

camera-icon2 I tested this lens on a 46 Mp Nikon Z7ii (Sample images were taken with a Nikon Zf )
You can see this review as a YouTube video here!
Sample images in high resolution here.

Sample Images

Nikon Zf | LAOWA 8-15mm f/2.8 Fisheye Zoom | @15mm f/8

Nikon Zf | LAOWA 8-15mm f/2.8 Fisheye Zoom | @13mm f/8

Nikon Zf | LAOWA 8-15mm f/2.8 Fisheye Zoom | @mm f/5.5

Nikon Zf | LAOWA 8-15mm f/2.8 Fisheye Zoom | @15mm

Nikon Zf | LAOWA 8-15mm f/2.8 Fisheye Zoom | @15mm f/5.6

Nikon Z7ii | LAOWA 8-15mm f/2.8 Fisheye Zoom | @15mm f/2.8

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Accessories, Review

Review: TTArtisan Flash M01 + Wireless Trigger J01

June 6, 2025 Martin 3 Comments

Introduction

TTArtisan had earlier released LED lamps in the shape of a 35mm film roll. Later, they also released the RGB version of those lamps. Tiny LED lamps that can be easily carried in a pocket and hidden behind any object to be photographed, adding an extra element to the images. Now, they have released camera flashes in that format, the M01 flash together with the wirelless trigger J01. Let’s have a brief look at them.

camera-icon2 I tested these falshes on a Nikon Zf and a Nikon Zfc.
You can see this review as a YouTube video here!
Sample images in high resolution here.

Sample Images

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lenses, Nikon, Nikon, Review

REVIEW: Nikon Z Nikkor 14-30mm F/4 S

May 21, 2025 Martin 14 Comments

Introduction

In my recent quest to review some of the zoom lenses in the Nikon Z series, we’ve arrived at the NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S — an ultra-wide-angle zoom and one of the first in the “S” line after the 24-70mm f/4 S. The other two f/4 S zoom lenses I reviewed (24-70mm f/4 and 24-120mm f/4) delivered impressive performance, but this one is an ultra-wide — a category that has historically been more challenging to get right. That said, Nikon has marketed it as part of the “S” line, which promises higher quality. Let’s see how it performs!

camera-icon2 I tested this lens on a 46 Mp Nikon Z7ii (Sample images were taken with a Nikon Zf)
You can see this review as a YouTube video here!
Sample images in high resolution here.

Sample Images

Nikon Zf | Nikon Z Nikkor 14-30mm F/4 S | @20mm f/16 (Stockholm, Sweden)

Nikon Zf | Nikon Z Nikkor 14-30mm F/4 S | @30mm f/4

Nikon Zf | Nikon Z Nikkor 14-30mm F/4 S | @18mm f/13 (Tokyo, Japan)

Nikon Zf | Nikon Z Nikkor 14-30mm F/4 S | @21mm f/22 (Nagano, Japan)

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Comparison, Laowa, lenses, Review

REVIEW/COMPARISON: Laowa 15mm f/4.5 Macro 0.5x (vs. 15mm f/4 1x)

May 15, 2025 Martin 18 Comments

Introduction

The Laowa 15mm f/4.5 0.5x macro is one of the very few lenses that combine an ultra-wide angle of view with close focusing capabilities, offering up to 1:2 (half life-size) magnification.

Laowa previously introduced a 1:1 macro version back in 2019, but it came with a few quirks. It featured a shift mechanism that added bulk, the full 1:1 magnification required you to get extremely close, almost touching the subject, and its sharpness at infinity focus left much to be desired.

With this newer lens, Laowa has aimed to address all those issues in a more compact, practical design. Have they succeeded? Let’s find out in this review, as I compare it to its predecessor in each section.

camera-icon2 I tested this lens on a 46 Mp Nikon Z7ii (Sample images were taken with a Nikon Zf)
You can see this review as a YouTube video here!
Sample images in high resolution here.