The late 1950s saw a brief peak in the popularity of cameras taking twelve 4x4 cm images on 127 film. They offered better-than-35mm quality without the bulk of a 6x6 medium form...
Universal Camera Corporation launched their Univex Mercury CC model in 1938, along with their proprietary #200 series films. It's basically 35mm film, but on an open roll. The m...
Throughout lockdown, I've looked at my camera display cupboard every day. The fact that I can see my collection easily from my home desk is one of the perks of WFH. The Purma Sp...
I've designed and 3D printed some film holders that work well with cut strips, and the models are free to download on Thingiverse.
It can be a faff to digitise your negatives w...
Open-aperture TTL metering was pretty standard when I started using 35mm SLRs in the Eighties, but back in the Sixties it was a Big New Thing. These two cameras, the Topcon RE S...
'Sharp lenses' and 'cheap lenses' is a Venn diagram with a very small intersection. In search of such a short-telephoto lens for equestrian photography, I started looking at the...
