This little thing is fun. That’s the main takeaway — the key word that came up over and over again on a recent photo walk in my hometown of Adelaide, South Australia. The event ...
David Hume's Posts
14 April, 2025
Fujifilm S5 Pro and What does “Film-Like” Even Mean?
Most film shooters would know that over the past few years there’s been chatter about certain older camera sensors, in particular CCD sensors, that are widely reported to have “...
19 March, 2025
Kitchen 1991 – A One Shot Story by David Hume
Our daughter was visiting recently and started rummaging through one of the boxes of prints she found in a cupboard, looking for baby photos. “You really should scan these...
3 February, 2025
Fuji X-Pro3 – 5 years on – Extended Thoughts and my Dream Lens
It’s almost exactly five years since I wrote the first of a three part (now four part) series about my adventures with the Fujifilm X-Pro3. At our five year anniversary the Fuji...
18 June, 2024
Melbourne 1996 – A One Shot Story by David Hume
I came across this photo yesterday while looking for something else. I immediately remembered the circumstances of taking it. In the 1990s I used to exhibit my artworks in Melbo...
28 May, 2024
Expired Film – My Hows and Whys
I’m writing this because expired film generates a fair bit of internet interest and chatter. It’s also something with which I have reasonable experience and I’ve formed my own i...
In retrospect perhaps I tempted fate. This Jankuary road trip retraced the steps of a trip I made in the late 1980s to retrieve our Combi van that had broken down when my wife a...
8 January, 2024
NONS Instant back review
The overview After shooting 30 frames in my Hasselblad 503 CX with the NONS Instant back I stopped thinking about the back at all and simply thought about making images. In othe...