Analogue photography is one giant and almost never-ending rabbit hole. You start somewhere, are inspired (or made jealous) by someone else’s gear. You end up scouring…
Olympus XA and Fujicolor Pro 400H – A Favorite Camera/Film Combo – By Phil Calvit
December 9, 2020I came of age in the ’70’s and ’80’s shooting film like the vast majority of other people did: you picked up your yellow box of…
Six of my Best Freebie Cameras – Part2: The Others – By Rock
August 23, 2020Following on from my previous post regarding the 'sins' of being given cameras for free, when you have too many anyway, here is part 2 featuring…
Fed 2 Russian Rangefinder Mini-Review – By Julian Higgs
August 14, 2020Why would anyone want to buy a 50 plus year of Fed 2 Russian Rangefinder camera? I have been interested in older LTM rangefinders ever since…
Voigtlander Vitessa – a (non-comprehensive) review – By Steve Karsten
July 17, 2020This Voigtlander Vitessa article began as a 5 frames with post, but turned into a mini-review after Hamish asked me if I would be interested in…
Leica M10-P Review – A Brilliantly Underwhelming Digital Rangefinder
July 6, 2020When I first got my Leica M10-P I referred to it as being brilliantly underwhelming. This isn’t the most complimentary sounding comment I don’t think, but…
Konica Auto S3 – A Tale of Woe and finding My White Whale – – By Hendrik Teron
June 11, 2020Not unlike that all too prolific tale of Captain Ahab chasing down the elusive white-whale, I found myself chasing down the Konica Auto S3, and boy…
Pixii (Model A1112) – A Primer into this New Digital Rangefinder Concept
June 8, 2020For the last few months, I’ve been beta testing Pixii - a new smartphone-connected, 12 megapixel, APS-C format, screen-less digital rangefinder camera that will be hitting…
The invite dropped into my whatsapp in early February last year. Stag-do in Budapest! Long weekend! Now, I’m a habitual traveler, I love traveling and the majority…
Leica IIIa Review – My Final Roll with an Underused but Long-Prized Camera
March 9, 2020I’ve had my Leica iiia for a long time now, and though I didn’t use it for about 4 1/2 years, I hadn’t been able to…