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Lens Flair – Reviews of camera lenses

by tompagenet2 on 3/24/24, 11:24 AM with 4 comments

  • by tompagenet2 on 3/24/24, 11:28 AM

    Hey all. I have been on HN for a very long time, and am generally in awe of the creativity and ideas. I created this site in part because HN inspires me; yes there can be criticism, but there are also amazing ideas and projects being shared.

    I'm no coder, but I have read a lot of "don't think about it, do it" posts here. I love photography; I'm very average, but I like trying something new and late last year I realise I have a lot of lenses and I thought I should force myself to use each of them in 2024 and 'review' them. It's an excuse, as much as anything, to lean into the constraint that each lens uses. I can't remember what I was reading here when I had the idea, but I do remember it was one of those "Amazing demo in [tiny amount]KB" and it made me think how much joy there is in constraint and trying something different, just for the fun of it.

    I also am posting here as I've read a lot of "just get on with it"; arguments against faffing with formatting and tweaking, and it was with this in mind that I've used a fairly standard template in Wordpress (where I don't really know what I'm doing) and just got on and taken pictures and written, and not mucked around too much. I'm ten (of about 36) lenses in now, and enjoying it. Comments, criticism and anything else greatly received.