We first visited Estepona in 2023. On that occasion our hotel was situated about eight miles out of town which meant a bus ride in for us before we could start exploring. I wanted to return but stay in the town or close to it. So with that in mind we booked a H10 hotel located on the edge of town and within easy walking distance of the town centre.
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It’s getting on for nearly a year now since I started regularly using vintage prime lenses, choosing to shoot with them rather than my modern Fujifilm alternatives, mostly zooms. I don’t own a vintage zoom lens. I’m not sure why that is other than I’ve enjoyed using my new prime lens collection and just not been minded to even research vintage zooms as an option. However there is one issue that’s become apparent with these old prime lenses since I bought my full frame Sony A7 MK3 earlier year.
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Having scoured so many vintage lens blogs and watched hours of vintage lens YouTube videos over the last few months, I was aware that lens elements could be reversed to achieve some quirky effects. It was something I hadn’t considered trying until I stumbled across Nadin Thomsons wonderful photography blog site. Here’s a link to Nadins site, it’s well worth making a visit – nadinthomson.co.uk
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I’ve written recently about my interest in vintage lenses and how much I’ve enjoyed using them. It’s very rare that I use my modern Fuji lenses these days. So, having convinced myself that using vintage lenses is not just a passing fad I decided to enhance my use of them by investing in a full frame camera.
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Steve Hyde 