If you grew up in the analogue age, chances are your first 35mm camera came with a fifty millimeter “kit” lens. These “nifty 50s” were reasonably small, reasonably bright, reaso...
18 December, 2024
Agfa Ambi Silette – First Roll Reflections
During a recent visit to a favorite antique store, I went to my favorite display case which were filled with cameras. One never knows what will be there and so it’s fun to...
16 December, 2024
Samyang Remaster Slim – a 3-for-1 Pancake Lens Review
The Samyang Remaster Slim is possibly one of the most unusual lenses I have reviewed on this website – it’s a lens that I was more intrigued by than a great deal of the le...
13 December, 2024
Olympus Trip 35 – Shooting my black camera in Munich
The streets of Munich were the perfect place to put my black Olympus Trip 35 to the test. There’s nothing like exploring new places to get enthusiastic about taking pictures. An...
My phone buzzes with a text from my new friend Tze Yong. “Xuántiān Shàngdì (玄天上帝), also known as True Warrior Great Emperor (真武大帝), is a prominent deity in Taoism,...
11 December, 2024
GoPro – Treating a Action cam Like a Point & Shoot
GoPros seem to be something that people buy then never use, in fact I’m guilty of this myself. There’s long been an association with GoPro and the intense and dramatic action sp...
9 December, 2024
Fujifilm GA645W – medium format for mountaineering?
All mountaineers interested in photography have compromised at some point on the photographic equipment they are willing to carry. For years, my choices were either a Ricoh GR1 ...
6 December, 2024
Rollei 35T – A compact hiking companion
I had been desiring a Rollei 35 for a while, after previously owning a B35 which produced some nice pictures for me but had a tendency to chew the film between sprocket holes an...
