30 May, 2026
5 frames with a Voigtländer BESSA L
What sort of camera is this? It is not a rangefinder; it has no built-in viewfinder, but it does feature integrated TTL metering with LED lights. It accommodates interchangeable...
28 May, 2026
5 Frames in an Altered Landscape
I normally shoot black and white film with a prime lens, usually a normal focal length like 50mm or, whenever possible, 40mm. Sometimes, though, I carry a modest 35–70mm zoom th...
23 May, 2026
5 Frames with a Yashica Mimy
My collection of cameras keeps growing! Every time I see a bargain on an auction site, particularly of a camera that I think looks attractive, I am tempted to put in a cheeky of...
19 May, 2026
5 Frames with the Ricoh 500 ME – What Grain Does.
I took these photographs at two very different moments. The first were made on the Norfolk coast. I was very unwell at the time. The trip was meant to get me out of the house, t...
18 May, 2026
5 Frames Rediscovered
It’s not often that I look back at my catalogue of scanned negatives. Typically I’ll shoot a roll of 120 film in a 90 or so minute walk about or if I’m shooti...
Because of my obsession with different sensors (currently in remission thankfully) I had to buy an Olympus E-300. It has the famed Kodak CCD sensor as found in the Leica M8 (exc...
It’s not uncommon nowadays to come across out-of-production or repurposed movie film for both 35mm cameras and medium format. Movie negative color films have different chemistry...
2 May, 2026
5 Frames in a Welsh Quarry
Last summer I tagged along with the local geology group on a visit to a nearby quarry, taking my Super Ikonta 530/16 and a roll of Delta 100 with me. Health and Safety being wha...
