Rose City PhotoFair

07/02/2025

Rose City PhotoFair coming soon 9/20/25!

Rod talks up his decision to buy an old a7 at the last PhotoFair show. This is a still a viable camera today and he is using it for Astro Imaging and 'old sc...

06/06/2025

135's are awesome... Rose City PhotoFair is only a few months out mark your calendar 9/20/2025 at Kliever Armory in Portland.

Rod discusses the versatile nature of today's and yesterday's high speed 135mm lenses. From portraits to astro-photos these lenses are amazing and older ones...

02/12/2025

Check this out, what do you think?

For this article I will focus on 35mm / FullFrame cameras and appropriate focal lengths. Although it is an easy conversion to figure the comparable focal length for smaller or larger formats, there…

09/18/2024

Only three days before the show! Saturday, 9/21/2024. This is our biggest Portland show yet with nearly 80 tables at Kliever Armory in Portland. Thousands of deals on cameras, lenses, and film. Modern and vintage along with an art show all under one roof for one day only! Don't forget half price admission tickets are still available at our eventbrite ticketing center use the promo code "First100" These are limited to just 100 tickets so hurry there are still some left.

Portland's largest camera show event!

09/05/2024

I am hosting the Rose City PhotoFair camera show and sale on Sept 21st at Kliever Armory. You can check out details at www.photofair.com. We have a photography exhibit along with some 70+ tables of killer vintage and modern gear. I have a ticket sales promotion for 1/2 off general admission available to the first 100 people using promo code "First100" at our ticketing site here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/9th-annual-rose-city-photofair-tickets-923878624837?aff=oddtdtcreator

Portland's largest camera show event!

09/03/2024

Razor Sharp Lens

I acquired a Zeiss Macro Planar 100 F/2 at the last PhotoFair show in San Rafael, CA. I have always been curious about this lens as it is a bit unusual to have 1:2 flat field macro and a super fast…

09/03/2024

Lensbaby stuff is cool...

Yes, I am recycling my corny Chubby Checker joke from several months ago when I reviewed the Lensbaby Trio. I managed to pick up a Lensbaby Twist at the last PhotoFair event in June. If you recall,…

09/03/2024

PhotoFair is less than three weeks away! Saturday, September 21st at Kliever Armory. The first 100 advance sale tickets online at Eventbrite are 50% off. Use the promo code "First100" Hurry these will not last.

Portland's largest camera show event!

03/15/2024

Took some images tonight of the moon. Sky was turbulent so not super sharp, but not terrible either :)

10/10/2023

Great lens! Bought at our last show!

I bought a nice old school rangefinder lens at the PhotoFair show in Portland last month. It seems like there is something cool at every camera show and this time I found a gem. I have written abou…

02/25/2023

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Rod discusses the dual range Summicron and walks around in the snow getting some images with it. He goes over the basic functions and how to get the most out...