{"id":9610,"date":"2026-07-28T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/?p=9610"},"modified":"2026-06-25T19:31:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T23:31:58","slug":"classic-camera-revival-episode-228-lens-tetralogy-iv-telephotos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/28\/classic-camera-revival-episode-228-lens-tetralogy-iv-telephotos\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Camera Revival &#8211; Episode 228 | Lens Tetralogy IV &#8211; Telephotos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CCR-Logo-Ten-Years-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7616\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CCR-Logo-Ten-Years-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CCR-Logo-Ten-Years-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CCR-Logo-Ten-Years-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CCR-Logo-Ten-Years-425x425.png 425w, http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CCR-Logo-Ten-Years.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Episode 228 - Lens Tetralogy IV - Telephotos\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);height:150px;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=crs2p-1afa088-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=auto&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=3\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And we&#8217;ve made it to the end of the tetralogy, and we&#8217;re going beyond the portrait length to talk about telephotos, which, for our purposes, are lenses that are 200mm and longer. These might not always be the first lens you reach for in your regular photography, but they are still powerful tools for events, nature, and even getting close when you can&#8217;t do so safely. The lenses featured in today&#8217;s show include the AI Nikkor 300mm f\/4.5, AI-S Nikkor 200mm f\/4, Leitz 180mm f\/3.4 APO, Canon FD 300mm f\/5.6, AI-S Nikkor 80-200mm f\/4, Olympus 75-150mm f\/4, AF Micro-Nikkor 200mm f\/4, Vivtar 135mm f\/2.8.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for a good spot to get your gear and material fix check out <a href=\"http:\/\/burlingtoncamera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Burlington Camera (Burlington, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtowncamera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Downtown Camera (Toronto, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bellarte.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Belle Arte Camera (Hamilton, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/guelph.fotosource.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pond&#8217;s FotoSource (Guleph, ON)<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allthingsfilm.ca\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All Things Film (London, ON)<\/a>. In Quebec, <a href=\"https:\/\/photoservice.ca\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo Service (Montreal, QC)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/studioargentique.ca\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Studio Argentique (Montreal, QC)<\/a>,  Out West there&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/kerrisdalecameras.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kerrisdale Cameras (BC)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecamerastore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Camera Store (Calgary, AB)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beauphoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beau Photo Supply (Vancouver, BC)<\/a>. Additionally you can order online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.argentix.ca\/index01.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Argentix<\/a> (Quebec), <a href=\"https:\/\/filmwarehouse.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Great Canadian Film Warehouse<\/a> (Ontario), the <a href=\"http:\/\/filmphotographyproject.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Film Photography Project<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freestylephoto.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freestyle Photographic<\/a>. Looking for development options, check out these labs that have our support, <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.borealislab.qc.ca\/borealis\/en-home\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bor\u00e9alis Photo Lab<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oldschoolphotolab.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Old School Photo Lab<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thedarkroom.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Darkroom<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmrescue.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Film Rescue International<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also you can connect with us through Facebook: we&#8217;re at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/classiccamerarevival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Classic Camera Revival<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/classiccamerarevival\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram (@classiccamerarevival)!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And we&#8217;ve made it to the end of the tetralogy, and we&#8217;re going beyond the portrait length to talk about telephotos, which, for our purposes, are lenses that are 200mm and longer. These might not always be the first lens you reach for in your regular photography, but they are still powerful tools for events, nature, and even getting close when you can&#8217;t do so safely. The lenses featured in today&#8217;s show include the AI Nikkor 300mm f\/4.5, AI-S Nikkor 200mm f\/4, Leitz 180mm f\/3.4 APO, Canon FD 300mm f\/5.6, AI-S Nikkor 80-200mm f\/4, Olympus 75-150mm f\/4, AF Micro-Nikkor 200mm f\/4, Vivtar 135mm f\/2.8. Looking<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/28\/classic-camera-revival-episode-228-lens-tetralogy-iv-telephotos\/\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[35,34,36,1776],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9610"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9610"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9867,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9610\/revisions\/9867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}