In the past, I always used manual cameras. I measured the light, set the exposure, and focussed myself . Even in a car, I like to be in control and only…
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Last year, my wife rang me from a boot sale and asked if I was interested in a camera called a Rollei 35. I did a quick bit of Googling and,…
It feels like an age since my summer holiday, but I’ve been so busy with one thing and another that since then I’ve not yet had the chance to write about…
The following review is of the Demi C - to my knowledge, along with the Olympus Pen F and FT model SLR cameras it's the only half frame with interchangeable lenses. Actually this…
...The solution? Shoot less, or shoot more for the same amount of money. The former isn’t an option, but the latter? ...hmmm......This thought led me down a little side alley of…
Introduced in 1939, the Retinette was one of these cameras, designed to be a cheaper alternative to the more famous Retina series, it is still a very capable camera and much…
Scale Focus Thoughts on Shooting FilmUnderwater Film Photography With The Nikonos V – Guest Post by Aukje
I can't remember exactly what triggered the idea to shoot underwater with a film camera first: a mention of the Nikonos camera in my twitter feed, or the painterly effect I…
Being aware of square format only in the context of medium format cameras, I was intrigued by a recent thread in a photography forum in which 35mm square format cameras (such…
Scale FocusThe Minox 35GT, Ilford HP5 and the streets of Berlin – Guest post by Jean-Christophe Wiart
When I think about Berlin, there are tons of things that cross my mind; there's the famed subculture of this city, and places like the Kunsthaus Tacheles, the wall, the wastelands…
