28 May, 2024
Expired Film – My Hows and Whys
I’m writing this because expired film generates a fair bit of internet interest and chatter. It’s also something with which I have reasonable experience and I’ve formed my own i...
I seem to have been taking photographs of the muddy puddles and flooded fields where I walk the dog for ever. She’s over 12 so I’ve seen a lot of seasons, a lot of rain, and a l...
Stuart Jenkins recently posted an article on Fixing the Fujica SLR lens compatibility problem. The problem being that a design issue prevents some M42 lenses being used wide ope...
24 May, 2024
5 Frames testing two Rollei A110 cameras
This is a tale of a test roll, well a test cassette, loaded in two Rollei A110 (110 format) cameras. Bottom line: one camera produced over 15 frames before failing while the oth...
Shooting an handball match between Italy and France, unfortunately with an unhappy ending for my Country, was an opportunity to bring back to life the rugged Canon Eos 1V, the m...
I started my photographic journey with a high school course and a borrowed Voigtländer. I purchased my first SLR in 1972 (a Canon FTb) and followed that with a Durst enlarger an...
21 May, 2024
The Cat and His Boy – A One Shot Story
Michifu is our friend and member of the family. He’s a Tom Cat of about 20 months of age so not fully grown yet. He comes and goes as he pleases, spending a lot of time ou...
19 May, 2024
Kyoto, farewell
I’ll get to the real reason I took my Sony A7Riii and 85mm lens later, a secondary reason was I had been shooting film for many months, maybe over 50 films, and wanted a break a...
