21 November, 2024
Memorable photos made with forgettable lenses
Well, memorable for me anyway – your mileage may vary. Some of the images I’m sharing here made good money for me a few years ago when I had a side hustle in stock photography, ...
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Green is my favourite colour by a good margin, and it’s probably mainly because I like being around plants. I find lush tropical plant life relaxing and reassuring. It lowers th...
14 December, 2023
Agfa Copex Rapid developed in H&W Control
The tantalising mysteries of microfilms (AKA ‘copy’ or ‘document’ films) grabbed my attention almost as soon as I re-entered the world of film a few short years ago, precipitate...
12 September, 2023
5 Frames with the Auto Close-up Lens for the Mamiya 6: ‘Baroque’ and superfluous or compact and handy?
In researching the Mamiya 6MF camera prior to buying one a little over 20 years ago, I read a review which included mention of the Auto Close-up Lens attachment for the Mamiya’s...
4 September, 2023
Fujifilm Velvia and My Shallow and Shameless Dumping of Kodachrome
I tried out my first ever 35mm roll of Fuji Velvia 50 (‘RVP’) in mid 1990, not very long after it became available in Australia. It totally blew my mind and I was instantly hook...
1 September, 2023
5 Frames of Kodachrome 25 and 64 – an unromantic retrospective
A recent clean-up in the end room of our house resulted in a pile of junk being removed from on top of my light box, a glorious 1.4m long expanse of slide-viewing luxury made fo...
The Mamiya 6 Automat, a 1955 folding 6×6 camera has been reviewed most engagingly on Youtube by a bloke called Martin Henson, who has a great accent and a great photographi...
I’ve been using medium format film cameras for over thirty years – initially a (too brief) period with a Rolleiflex in the early 90s and since 2002 a Mamiya 6MF which I still en...