23 September, 2017
Hawkesmill Borough Leather Camera Strap Review
The Hawksmill Borough Leather Camera Strap is an adjustable length riveted Horween leather camera strap. It's soft, strong, and (at its longest) really quite long...
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16 September, 2017
Voigtlander 50mm 3.5 VM Heliar – a review of two halves
The Voigtlander f/3.5 50mm VM Heliar is a unusual lens that appears to me to have a fairly quiet, but almost invariably positive reputation. There isn’t a huge amount writ...
10 September, 2017
5 frames with a Zero 2000 Pinhole Camera
The Zero 2000 is a pinhole camera I borrowed off Alex Yates (pinhole genius) just before I went on my recent holiday to Cornwall. Somewhat (read heavily) inspired by Alex's beau...
If you've been following this series of posts about the path I've been walking to find myself a perfect classic Sonnar, you will have likely come to the conclusion that I've bec...
20 August, 2017
Lumu Power review – the tiny full featured light meter
The Lumu Power is without any doubt the most full featured light meter I have ever owned. It's tiny, it weighs hardly anything, it manages to offer a feature set that expands wa...
16 August, 2017
Film Photography and Street Photography Workshops, London 25/08/17 – Book your place now
Next Friday the 25th of August 2017 I will be in London running a film photography workshop. Straight after there is a street photography workshop run by Spyros from StreetHunte...
13 August, 2017
Sony A5100 review and (quite personal) setup guide
The Sony A5100 is by many accounts a great little camera. It's very small, it does pretty decent quality video, it has very fast autofocus, a flippy-uppy screen and is compatibl...
29 July, 2017
7Artisans 50mm f/1.1 (ongoing) Review
It's fair to say that DJ-Optical 7Artisans 50mm f/1.1 has caused a bit of a stir in the world of rangefinder photographers. The forums are alive with speculation and commentary,...