Your kilo of soviet metal, your light meter which stopped working decades ago, your dark, murky viewfinder designed to just miss focus, your rewind mechanism engineered to give me blisters on…
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There’s an odd misconception about the use of Leica cameras that I often get challenged with - especially on social media. As someone who frequently uses 3rd-party lenses on my Leica…
Thoughts on Digitisation Thoughts on Shooting FilmMy Colour Film Photography Workflow, or: A Rant about how Software isn’t the Enemy!
There’s been a large amount of chatter on some of the analogue photography Facebook groups recently about whether or not it’s cheating to use software to tweak your film photos to…
Camera History Lenses Scale FocusCompact Excellence: A Review of the Voigtländer Vito BL by Andrew Morang
Reading 35mmc can be dangerous to the pocketbook and can lead to GAS (no, not flatulence, but gear acquisition syndrome). I read several glowing articles here about Voigtländer cameras. I never knew…
Inspiration Photos & ProjectsMy Dark Side: Night Photography with CineStill 800T Film – By Christian Schroeder
I always found myself drawn to the rather mystical photographs captured at night. Not only that these images are kinda cool, it's also very practical during the winter season: sitting in…
I recently wrote about shooting my first roll of Portra 400, which I had pushed to 800 - my preferred ISO for shooting 400 speed film. There were a few commenters…
Featured Technical knowhowUnderstanding Shutter Speed, Aperture, Film Speed (ISO) & The Relationship Between Them
I’ve thought about covering off some of the basic principles of photography a few times on this website, but often find myself coming to the conclusion that someone else will have…
Photo-Philosophy Rangefinders (Changeable Lens) Thoughts on CamerasCamera Performance – The Kiev 4 Bites Back – By James Northcote
I first got into film photography to pass the time on film sets between scenes. Film sets are amazing places to photograph. Lots of interesting looking people doing weird and wonderful…
Digital Cameras Leica Cameras Rangefinders (Changeable Lens)A brief relationship with a Leica M [typ 240]
I’ve spent the last month or so shooting with a Leica M [typ 240]. I bought it as temporary replacement camera after my M262 had to pay a little trip to…
