23 September, 2026
Petri Color 35 D & Foma 100 – A twin test
When I see a camera going cheaply in a charity shop, I tell myself that if it turns out to be good it will turn out to have been a good buy but if it doesn’t, then I will ...
Roger's Posts
10 September, 2026
Experimenting with IR filters
Hamish’s recent post of the brown, dried grass on Old Hills reminded me (very slightly!) of the surreal false colour effects that can be got with IR converted cameras and ...
8 September, 2026
Voigtlander Vitomatic IIa
This Voigtlander Vitomatic IIa, which I recently acquired, has some interesting features. It is what I think of as a typical Voigtlander – compact, very heavy for its size...
29 August, 2026
Filmomat PhotoPlug
As someone who has more film cameras than I need, I decided it would be interesting to know how accurate their shutters are. Obviously, you can tell the difference between 1 sec...
Having succumbed to the temptation to impulse buy a camera that I knew only by its reputation for having long been the inexpensive way into medium format, a Lubitel 166, I decid...
24 April, 2026
A cautionary tale with a long expired film
A mint condition Lubitel 166 for a reasonable (very low) price at a flea fair turned out to have a half-exposed film in it. I have other TLRs and I have no doubt that they are m...
17 December, 2025
5 Frames of Croome Panorama Tower
Fairly near where I live there is an observation tower that is under the care of the National Trust, part of the Croome estate, but because it is in the middle of a field a coup...
21 August, 2025
5 frames from my first roll of Kentmere 200
On the basis that with a new film it’s useful to see as many examples as possible, here are 5 frames from my first (half) roll of Kentmere 200. I put a roll in my Olympus ...