3 November, 2026
The Final 5 Frames with My Leica Digilux 2
After several years of faithful service, my beautiful Leica Digilux 2 finally succumbed to the inevitable death of its sensor. The failure of the now infamous Sony ICX282AQ2 2/3...
Last year, I spent three weeks at the beginning of summer in the beautiful Swiss village of Ernen, in Upper Valais. It was not my first time there, because I really like this vi...
28 October, 2026
5 Frames with the Plaubel Makina 67
She told me there was a box of old cameras under her bed which started with the letter L. While walking around the northern Kentucky neighborhood of Latonia one afternoon, Sandy...
22 October, 2026
5 Frames with a Minolta CLE – The Myth of the Straight Line
We like to tell ourselves that the photographic journey is a logical progression—a straight line from beginner gear to our ultimate aesthetic baseline. If I had known in my earl...
16 October, 2026
5(ish) Frames with a Hasselblad Super Wide C
I got the Hasselblad Superwide C around 1977. It was built in 1954, so it was rather old at the time. Mine was well worn, but in the 40 years I used it, it never needed servicin...
16 October, 2026
Cemetery culture
Mourning, remembering, honouring, designing, maintaining, developing: a cemetery is first and foremost a place of mourning and remembrance, but also a significant cultural space...
15 October, 2026
5 frames with a Leica M4-2, Seagull M 35mm f1.7 and Kentmere Pan 400
The trouble with having an analogue Leica M – or any other film camera really – is that you need two. After all, what if you wake up and it’s a glorious spring day, ...
14 October, 2026
5 frames with a 85mm and a 75mm lens – Does it make a difference?
Recently, several 75mm lenses for full-frame cameras were presented by Chinese lens manufacturers. Only few 75mm lenses were produced in the past, like the Zeiss Biotar 75mm (a ...
