Mark Ellerby

I like to get out and about and take pictures. I enjoy using a few different cameras, film and digital.

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Stone igloo

14 November, 2025

A Stone Igloo – My favourite photo of 2025

By Mark Ellerby

This photo was taken whilst on a hike with my local walking group, the Sheffield 40s/50s ramblers group, with my Rollei 35T that often comes with me on daywalks, because of its ...
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The camera

16 June, 2025

Olympus XA1 – One roll mini-review

By Mark Ellerby

I have enjoyed owning and using various Olympus XA cameras for a while, but I had skipped over the XA1 with its fixed focus and protruding shutter button. I wondered why would t...
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Multiple exposures in Brighton

8 December, 2024

Brighton montage – a one shot story

By Mark Ellerby

February 2014 at a conference in Brighton. I took my recently acquired Rollei B35 along with some Kodak Gold. In the less interesting intervals of the conference I sneaked out t...
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6 December, 2024

Rollei 35T – A compact hiking companion

By Mark Ellerby

I had been desiring a Rollei 35 for a while, after previously owning a B35 which produced some nice pictures for me but had a tendency to chew the film between sprocket holes an...
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XA4 sitting pretty on a bed of moss

9 May, 2024

Olympus XA4 has a day out in Scarborough

By Mark Ellerby

I have previously had an XA, an XA2 and an XA3, all well used and enjoyed, and which all eventually broke in their own special ways. The XA4 is the latest in the series and I al...
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