Specifically the Leitz 50mm f3.5 and the 135mm f4, both LTM and both are late coated versions. Tony Warren recently wrote an excellent review of the 90mm Elmar should you wish t...
Geoff Chaplin's Posts
20 May, 2025
Type 517 developed in R09 – Life and Death in London
Graffiti; Art or vandalism? A large area – many streets, bridges, car parks, stations – around Brick Lane in London are covered by ever changing Street Art: seen by some as the ...
7 April, 2025
Sonnar vs Summitar vs Summar – A quick demonstration
Let me start by saying that any of these lenses, indeed any lens, is capable of producing outstanding images in the right circumstances. The featured image is a crop of about 1/...
3 April, 2025
Liege with a Leica iiig, Elmar 50mm f3.5, FP4, Fomapan 100 in PMK Pyro and an accident
It was the weather we all know and love so much as photographers – dull, miserable, cold, a hint of fog but not enough to be interesting, and a soupçon of fine rain (featured im...
14 March, 2025
Pinhole Photography – Another Challenge!!
I got started with a spare body cap; drill hole in centre; tape a laser drilled pinhole over the hole (cost about 10$/£/€). Simple. Any idiot can do it – even me. If you are usi...
13 March, 2025
Leica iiig, Elmar, Summar and Retropan Soft 320 in PMK Pyro
Let me begin with my miserable excuses: (1) the weather was sh.., (2) the film was another ‘back of the fridge’ discovery, expired nearly 4 years ago, (3) probably b...
7 March, 2025
Bergger PMK Pyro B&W developer Review
Pyrogallol (pyro): white crystals which oxidise quickly turning brown. Cautions for using the raw powder are extensive – I used to handle raw chemicals but now, for some reason,...
27 February, 2025
TLR Challenge: 6 – Antwerp
We visited Antwerp on a couple of occasions, checking the weather forecast looking for a better alternative than cloudy and dull, but sometimes you just have to go with cloudy a...