At the bottom of John Scott's fun gaffa tape pinhole lens post is Hamish's invitation for contributors to a new series entitled "That time I shot with a...". Essentially, any sort…
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Charles Higham
5 frames with...5 frames with a Chinon CG-5 and Vivitar 19mm & Ilford Delta 3200 – by Charles Higham
I enjoy shooting wide angle, and the wider the better. I've used 24mm lenses and got a lot of fun from a cheap Vivitar UltraWide and Slim camera which has a…
My mother presented me with a mixed collection of my late father's transparencies on one of my visits. Mostly good family photos as expected, but also photographs of a few places…
If you've got a dodgy or non-working Nikon L35AF 35mm compact film camera lying around, or are willing to buy one, you might be prepared to throw caution to the winds…
Having put a film through a Konica Z-up 100W compact which I reviewed here, I was tossing up whether to do the same thing for the top-of-the-range Konica Z-up 150 VP…
Another plastic compact from the early 1990s: check. Not much about it on the internet: check. 28mm to 70mm Minolta zoom lens worth testing: check.…
This is a Konica Z-up 100w. Don’t be surprised if you’ve not seen one before; I hadn’t when I bought it for a few pounds. It’s a 35mm film compact with…
5 frames with... Photos & ProjectsShooting a roll of Kodak HIE infrared film with a Nikon F-301 – by Charles Higham.
I’ve wanted to shoot Kodak HIE High-Speed Infrared film for some time. Discontinued in 2007, it became known for producing images with other-worldly qualities through its sensitivity to IR wavelengths up…
5 frames with...5 frames with a the Minolta Dynax 3000i & Minolta AF Zoom 35-80mm f/4-5.6 – by Charles Higham
In the 1980s Minolta must have identified a market for a user-friendly point-and-shoot autofocus SLR. The shiny plastic Dynax 3000i body requires a 2CR5 battery and is compact but feels solid.…
