My Olympus OM-10 was a mistake. I hadn’t owned an SLR since I claimed my dad’s OM-2 for a high school photography class. I’d bought an Olympus 35RC a couple months prior and lov...
One of the things I've discovered learning about photographic equipment is that the name on a camera or lens doesn't always tell you the whole story. Occasionally you'll see the...
10 July, 2020
25 frames / a whole roll developed by me for the first time in 30 years – #FullRollFriday – by Rock
You have probably guessed by the title that's it's been a long time since I developed my own film. It was something that I did all the time in my youth. In fact, it was a requir...
I can’t remember where I first saw this camera, but somewhere along my journey through the world of rangefinders about the same age as me, the Pax M4 came to my attention. It wa...
In 1977 I abandoned the 110 format and bought the Pentax ME camera with its 50mm lens, it had insufficient angle for the panoramas I wanted to photograph, so I bought the Pentax...
5 July, 2020
5 Frames with (Early Version 24 exp) DubbleFilm BubbleGum and my Minolta X-700 – by Kate Johnson
It is amazing to me that lately many experimental and special effects films have been passing through my life. It started with my ‘Secret Santa’ in December 2019. But then I s...
4 July, 2020
The Season of our Discontent – By Mark Seawell
I watch from my perch in Ogden Utah, 30 miles north of Salt Lake as the world wobbles out of control. The year 2020 arrived and COVID-19 swept across the country. Meanwhile, the...
4 July, 2020
5 Frames with a Leica M2, 50mm Summicron V5 and 35mm Zeiss Biogon f2 – By Giles Barratt
I am a musician and have been spending quite a lot of time in Krakow, especially as it's a great city for jazz. For the last say 3-4 years I have been enjoying photography espec...
