3 January, 2018
5 Frames with a Leica M typ 262
I’ve only had this camera for around a week, and haven’t formed any particularly strong opinions about it yet – but did think a 5 Frames post would give me a chance to sha...
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31 December, 2017
Leica M9 Review – Rediscovering a Joy in Digital Photography
The Leica M9 was the first full frame digital rangefinder. At the time of its release it was also the smallest full frame digital camera on the market. In fact, it wasn't until ...
29 December, 2017
7Artisans 55mm f/1.4 aps-c lens – Mini-review
The 7Artisans 55mm 1.4 is so inexpensive that I decided to add one to my own collection. I’ve not been using it that long, and haven’t taken a huge amount of shots with it, but ...
27 December, 2017
5 frames with a Leica M3 & Zeiss 50mm Sonnar
Last year as part of a mini documentary project we were working on at work for Duncan Fearnley, me and my video guy at work James drove 200 miles (each way) to visit a company c...
24 December, 2017
Nikon F75 Project – Part 3 – Kodak Portra 800 & Two competing brains at the Christmas Fayre
I talked around the way I think differently with different cameras in my hands in my post about the Lure of the Uncomplicated camera. How the Nikon F75 impacted on my thought pr...
The one feature I’ve always desired from a compact camera is a 50mm lens. I would estimate that around 75% of my photography is shot with a normal focal length. This is actually...
17 December, 2017
Nikon F75 Project – Part 1 – Going off on a tangent from my usual direction of travel
I’ve started a little project shooting a Nikon F75. I’m calling it a project, as I want to differentiate it a little from my normal trials with cameras. My intention isn’t to sh...
10 December, 2017
Leica 50mm f/2 Summicron v3 – Cameraworks Restoration Review
A few years ago a mate of mine bought a v3 50mm Leica Summicron that could be best described as a bit of a dog. Optically, it was spot on, but mechanically it looked and felt a ...