Tony Howell Photography

My Gear

To see which camera was used for each image on this site, scroll to the bottom of each large image page

A7R MkV Professional Full-frame Digital Camera - 61 megapixels

A7R MkV Professional Full-frame Digital Camera - 61 megapixels, produces huge 172mb files that will print very large

Likes: Great camera, light weight, superb image quality. Fully articulated screen, auto focus-bracketing, AF system. Best camera I've ever used, and I've used a lot. 10/10 Dislikes: None Lenses: Tamron 17-28mm DiIII f/2.8 (9/10), Sony 20-70mm f/4 G (9/10), Sony 100-400mm G Master(9/10)

Sony A7R4
Tripod

Tripod: - Leofoto LS-324CEX Levelling Base Tripod (9/10) with a Benro GD3WH Geared Head for precise composing. (9/10)

Tripod Head

Filters: - Polariser (reduces glare) and B&W 4 stop and 10 stop ND (Neutral Density - slows exposure time)
Bag: - Lowepro 300

Software: - Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, Topaz Denoise AI

Canon Printer

Printer: - Canon PRO-2000 (9/10)


PREVIOUSLY OWNED CAMERAS USED TO TAKE IMAGES ON THIS WEBSITE: -

A7RIV and A7R Full-frame Digital Cameras. Likes:Light weight, great image quality and dynamic range. Great on/off button compared to Canon. Dislikes: Menu System

NOW SOLD

Cambo Wide DS Technical Medium Format Digital Camera (6x4.5cm sensor) with Schneider Apo-Digitar XL lenses

Cambo Wide DS Technical Medium Format Digital Camera (6x4.5cm sensor) with Schneider Apo-Digitar XL lenses (with P45 digital back, 39 Megapixels resolution)

NOW SOLD

Likes: Lenses, simply the best. Jaw-dropping quality. Fantastic detail. Great camera with plenty of shift movement. Dislikes: Completely spoiled my ability to like the Mamiya 35mm lens! Lenses easily flare, and are slow because of the centre filters. Big.Lenses: - Schneider Digitar XL 24mm, 35mm & 47mm. Great lenses, but would have liked a 24mm with movements!

Cambo WDS

Phase One 645AF Medium Format Digital Camera(6x4.5cm sensor)

Phase One Logo
Phase One 645AF

Phase One 645AF (used with P45 digital back, 39 Megapixels resolution) Likes: Easy to use
Dislikes: Wide angle lenses should be better. Camera battery system (6xAA) - fiddly to use and charge

Lenses: - Mamiya 120mm macro (10/10), Phase One 75-150mm (10/10), 50mm Shift lens (8/10), 105-210mm (8/10), 300mm (8/10), Extension tube 3

ALL NOW SOLD - too heavy

Read my Mamiya lens tests here

Mamiya 120mm macro review | Mamiya 105-210mm review | Mamiya 55-110mm review
Mamiya 300mm review | Mamiya 50mm Shift lens review


Wista SP 5x4 inch large format film camera

Wista SP

Wista SP 5x4 inch large format film camera, Rodenstock 90mm and Fujinon 150mm lenses. A well exposed 5x4 inch slide(piece of transparency film) is such a beautiful thing to behold.

(SOLD - great images but so inconvenient to use)

Fuji GSW 690II 6x9cm medium format film camera

Fuji 690

Fuji GSW 690II 6x9cm medium format camera with fixed 65mm lens. Great format (3:2) but fixed lens a little limiting. Large and heavy.

SOLD - too limite)

Bronica SQA 6x6cm medium format film camera

Bronica SQA

Bronica SQA 6x6cm medium format film camera with 40mm, 50mm, 80mm, 150mm lenses, S-36 extension tube

SOLD - too heavy and prefer 3:2 ratio, not square

Rolleiflex 2.8F 6x6cm medium format film camera with fixed 80mm lens

Rolleiflex 2.8F

Rolleiflex 2.8F 6x6cm medium format film camera with fixed 80mm lens

SOLD - wish I never had

Nikon D800E Professional Full-frame Digital Camera - 36 megapixels

Nikon D800E Professional Full-frame Digital Camera - 36 megapixels, produces superb 100mb files

NOW SOLD - too heavy

Nikon D800E