A few years ago I became interested in photography. I was mostly attracted to the old twin-lens reflex cameras, but soon I had to face the fact that my weak eyes cannot focus we...
Fujifilm. The name alone sparks feelings of adoration for some and rage from others. What about you? Does it make you think of Velvia? The X-series digital cameras? Maybe i...
I was recently reading about the industrial designer Sir Kenneth Grange, who over a long career has been involved in the creation of an impressive range of household products in...
It was the camera that got me into medium format film photography, and for better or worse, the one that I love, and the one that frustrates me the most. A Soviet tank of a came...
The Bronica S2A is a hefty 6x6 focal plane medium format SLR that was produced in Tokyo from 1969-1977. It was the last fully mechanical 6x6 SLR among Bronica's Z/D, C, and S se...
First a confession: That photo isn’t Mom’s Kodak; but it’s just like it. Using a 1950's Kodak Brownie Hawkeye model with either 120 or 620 film and a bulb flash is easy and rewa...
Aeronautical and General Instruments, or AGI, used to have a factory in Purley way. At the time, London’s main airport was just across the road from the factory. During the Seco...
I shot a roll with a twin-lens reflex camera (TLR) for the first time this month. But long before I used a TLR in real life, I loved the idea of it – so much so that I thought t...
