21 April, 2024
Kodak Portra 400 – Recreating 90s New York Style
As a teenager growing up in suburban New Zealand during the early 90’s, New York seemed like an urban outpost on a distant planet. I recall a school friend giving me a copy of t...
19 April, 2024
Leidolf Lordomat – Capturing Light and Shade
Like many enthusiastic photographers, I have long yearned for a Leica. The M series have always seemed to me to be the epitome of 35mm rangefinder cameras, however the associate...
15 April, 2024
Minolta Maxxum 7 – The Best for when you really have got to get that shot (on a budget)
Early 2017 was a disaster, needless to say one thing lead to another and I then eventually was camera-less. You can imagine how that feels? Penniless yes, but cameras-less? Anyw...
12 April, 2024
Olympus C2000Z – A new life for an early digital compact
In Eric’s recent article, “Olympus Camedia C2020Z – Vintage Digital/Antique Shop ‘Jankuary’ Find – 2MP from 1999″, about a camera that he had found in an antiq...
10 April, 2024
Nikon TW20 5 Frame Review – Two lenses; two perspectives
Photographers often develop an intuitive connection with whichever focal length enables them to frame the world in a way that reflects their creative vision. Some prefer the tra...
9 April, 2024
Krauss Rolette Luxus – an old timer’s story
The Krauss Rolette Luxus got my attention twofold: it’s an exceedingly beautiful piece of machinery from the days of yore, and because it is related to the photographic past of ...
9 April, 2024
Rollei AFM35 – A Regular Companion Once More
In the early noughties, I had decided that I wanted a digital camera. I visited a couple of camera shops in Manchester, with a view to buying one, but was underwhelmed by what w...
8 April, 2024
Pentax Q7 – A Black and White Holiday Workflow
I’ve really taken to the Pentax Q7, so much so that it was the only camera I used on a recent 4 day trip to The Gower Peninsula in South Wales. I also took a point and shoot fil...
