17 December, 2025
5 Frames of Croome Panorama Tower
Fairly near where I live there is an observation tower that is under the care of the National Trust, part of the Croome estate, but because it is in the middle of a field a coup...
3 December, 2025
5 Frames with the Pentax K SMC 85mm f/2.2 Soft Focus Lens
What started as an experiment out of curiosity has apparently become serious, or at least a lot more expensive: I’ve bought a “proper” Soft Focus lens, and I h...
2 December, 2025
5 Frames with a FED-3 Rangefinder with Industar 61 L/D 2.8/55mm
In mid-2025, I added a Soviet 35mm rangefinder camera, an FED-3 with an Industar 61 L/D 2.8/55mm lens, to my collection. The camera and lens had been freshly CLA’d and wer...
30 November, 2025
5 Frames with a Leica iiig, Summitar and FP4+ at 400asa
I have written about the Leica iiig in the context of other Leicas here. Briefly summarising these are the key differences compared to the M3 for me: Advantages Smaller and ligh...
25 November, 2025
5 Frames of Queen Califa with a Holga
About 4 years ago I was looking for a medium format film camera. I went through all the choices and could not decide. Then I came across Anna Starr (anna.s.snapshots on Instag...
22 November, 2025
5 frames from an obsolete camera, the Olympus i-10
A log time ago in a far off century, 1996 to be precise, a collective consortium got together led by Kodak, Canon, Minolta, and Nikon to launch a new film format, this format be...
21 November, 2025
5 Frames with Svema Foto 100 with an Argus C3
I recently learned about Svema films, and was instantly intrigued by Svema Foto 100. Film from the most important Soviet film factory, still made in Ukraine, with punchy contras...
20 November, 2025
5 Frames with a Braun Super Paxette using Dragon No.1 film
I love old film cameras. It’s led me to build a small collection including a Kodak Retina IIIc (which I’m not a massive fan of), Voigtlander Vitomatic IIa (which I l...
