30 April, 2024
5 frames with Fomachrom D II 20
Most photographers today know Foma from their black and white film but there was a time when the Czech company produced colour as well. The exact information about it is scant b...
30 April, 2024
5 frames with a Pentax Q7 & Fisheye lens in the library
My wife is doing an open university course, so around once a month during her academic year, we end up taking a trip to the library to collect some books. It’s become a bit of a...
25 April, 2024
Lower than the Angels: Chinatown in February 2020 and 2023
In early February 2020 I was in London. By then everyone knew something nasty was coming, if not perhaps how nasty it was going to be. And I read something very strange: because...
It was time to see what all the fuss was about. Harman Phoenix 200, a brand-new colour film from the masters of B&W film at Ilford. Finally, a viable competitor in a market ...
24 April, 2024
5 frames with a Minolta 700si
In a recent post, Julian Tanase urged us to think about “stepping back” in photography, using simpler cameras to make us think more about what we are doing. This pos...
24 April, 2024
5 Frames with an Intrepid 4×5 – Famous For Quality.
“Started in 1903 by Albert Scott and James Bathgate, the company [Nutty Club] became famous for products like pink popcorn, pearled peanuts and dozens of other products includin...
I managed to grab a few rolls of the very first batch of Ferrania’s brand new P33 film, so I wasted no time in putting it to work with a Nikon F3 and the glorious Nikkor 5...
20 April, 2024
Cascais, Portugal, by Day and Night
We went to Cascais in part in reaction to having been to Lisbon recently. As a Portuguese acquaintance said to us “Lisbon is no longer Portuguese”, it is now packed with tourist...
