What kind of idiot would go on a once in a lifetime trip, to a place they have never been, and take a camera they have never used? Well, me I guess. So this is the story of lear...
29 June, 2023
Ilford Ortho Plus – A good match for a Box Tengor 56/2.
A slightly outdated 120 roll of Ilford’s orthochromatic film left over from an earlier exercise seemed a good match for my recently purchased Zeiss Box Tengor. The Massive Devel...
28 June, 2023
Roundshot Seitz 65/70-220 – One (Long!) Frame
Last time I wrote about my pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, which I documented on medium format with my Hasselblad 500 CM. What I didn’t mention was how that trip made me c...
If X is good and Y is good, then X and Y combined must be even better. Out of this misguided reasoning have emerged such unholy inventions as the beer-tap hat and ice-cream frie...
24 June, 2023
Funleader 18mm f/8 Cap Lens Pro Review
This is a quick review of the Funleader 18mm f/8 Cap Lens Pro. Sound familiar? Like I might have reviewed this lens before? Well, you’d be right, though the version I last revie...
23 June, 2023
Samoca LE-ii Review – A Fantastic Little Rangefinder
In January 2022, a friend of mine, who is camera mad, said to me ‘you should get yourself a camera, a film camera, you will love it!’. Then he said, ‘get a look at this on eBay’...
I am a man with many interests and hobbies. Beyond just collecting and using cameras I also like to repair them. Sometimes even successfully.
I acquired a Ricoh ZR-20sp for r...
21 June, 2023
Yashica Lynx-14: The Camera that Came Home
In an unforgivable moment of weakness, I once tried to sell this lovely Yashica Lynx-14 on "the 'Bay.” Don’t know what came over me. I’ve always loved low-light pictures and the...
