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10 June, 2026
A group chat for contributors / paid subs
I am thinking about setting up maybe a whatsapp group chat or similar for contributors. Open to ideas around a platform, as long as it’s nothing too complicated to use. Wh...
10 June, 2026
The Next Emperor of Foro Italico – One Shot Story
Late afternoon in Rome in mid-May. The Foro Italico hosts the Italian Open, where the gotha of the international tennis entertains the audience, while Piazza del Popolo a court ...
10 June, 2026
Fotopro Origin Travel Tripod – Long-term Review
Tripods, I feel, are among the less glamorous photography accessories. They don’t have the technical wizardry of gimbals and drones, nor the whizbang street-cred of flashe...
9 June, 2026
5 Frames with a Rolleicord IV
My first camera was a Kodak Instamatic 50, which I had won in a photography competition as a teenager. The competition was organized by Kodak to promote their new 126 film cartr...
9 June, 2026
8 rolls of Kodak Gold in 8 days on Tenerife
I could not wait to write this blog after coming home from Tenerife in September, but I was very hesitant to write it as I came back and looked at the pictures. Not that I was d...
Viltrox have today announced their 75mm 1.8 and 90mm f/2.2 EVO APS-C lenses – these are new to the EVO range which currently comprises an 85mm, 55mm and 35mm full frame le...
Just today announced is the new VILTROX 75mm 1.8 EVO lens for APS-C cameras, a focal length that is not commonly found in the cropped frame camera format There is much to like a...
8 June, 2026
Viltrox 35mm f/1.8 EVO APO Review
This is the first of two Viltrox lens review I have been working on recently. This first one is about the new Viltrox 35mm f/1.8 EVO. The next one will be about the 55mm f/1.8 E...
