I remember one day, I walked into a camera store near the British Museum and handled a Rolleiflex for the first time. It felt precious, a marvelous piece of mechanical engineeri...
Ibraar Hussain's Posts
14 January, 2025
A Fujifilm Professional GA645i and Ilford Pan F
I’ve never written a 5 frames article before, usually because I can’t decide on which 5 frames I’d like to include, I’ve attempted it several times but it always ends in defeat ...
This is a review of the Pergear 25mm 1.7 lens in MFT mount. I was kindly sent this by Pergear to review, thanks to Hamish and Sabrina for arranging this. It’s listed for s...
15 July, 2024
Chinon CE-4 and Pentax SMC 50mm f1.7 – Think Different
This is a review of the Chinon CE4, but first a little background. After Pentax revealed their plan to design and manufacture new Film cameras I had a sudden urge to use a Penta...
I’ve never played Polo, in fact I don’t know much about it and have no idea about most of the rules, to me it’s a bit like Soccer on horseback – or is it...
24 June, 2024
Olympus E-1 Review – Down the Kodak CCD Rabbit Hole
To go down the Rabbit Hole: To enter into a situation or begin a process or journey that is particularly strange, problematic, difficult, complex, or chaotic, especially one tha...
21 May, 2024
The Cat and His Boy – A One Shot Story
Michifu is our friend and member of the family. He’s a Tom Cat of about 20 months of age so not fully grown yet. He comes and goes as he pleases, spending a lot of time ou...
15 April, 2024
Minolta Maxxum 7 – The Best for when you really have got to get that shot (on a budget)
Early 2017 was a disaster, needless to say one thing lead to another and I then eventually was camera-less. You can imagine how that feels? Penniless yes, but cameras-less? Anyw...