10 June, 2015
First roll from UK Film Lab
Having become a touch disappointed with the inconsistency of colour work I have been getting back from my local D&P, I thought it about time I tried a pro-lab. Having done a...
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5 June, 2015
A roll of XP2 through the Contax T3
I've been promising a review of the Contax T3 for some time now, it's coming, but progress has been glacially slow. It's not because I don't use the camera, I do, in fact it's a...
I’ve spent a lot of time over the years reading online about lenses. I’ve had an interest in lenses with a discernible character for a good while before I started th...
21 May, 2015
Defining the Perfect Lens
Lenses are like the eyes of our cameras, they don’t process information, they just transmit it to what’s behind. Perfect vision, or perfect eyes are always going to ...
I do like a focusing tab on a rangefinder lens, I just find focusing slightly more intuitive somehow. Generally speaking I also find the lack of requirement to grip the focusing...
17 May, 2015
A pre-wedding shoot on a farm…
I’ve been shooting weddings fairly sporadically for about 8-9 years now, I’ve always just shot them with the digital, but have been finding this increasingly uninspi...
12 May, 2015
Leica 50mm f/2.5 Summarit-M Review
Along side – or at least attached to – the Leica M-A I recently borrowed from Leica UK was a 50mm f/2.5 Summarit-m. To be honest I’m not sure if they meant to ...
11 May, 2015
First Roll with my Leica M-A – Lndnwlk 3.0
Saturday just gone, the 9th of May 2015, I did my best to put my election result woes to one side and make my way to London for a day out. I had two reasons to be there, the fir...