As the only photographer many of my friends know, they have sometimes offered me their families no longer wanted old camera, usually another worn brownie of various odd lineage ...
Part III of my “Seeing Panoramic” series. You can see Part I which features this same Fujifilm TX-2 Xpan) I went to Cornwall once (Kernow in Cornish –Baner Peran) . It was...
I must admit, I am a bit of a collector. Some time ago, I had a 1976 Triumph Spitfire and a 1991 Mini Cooper. I sold the two because I did not have enough opportunity to drive t...
This is a near-full rewrite of an article that was originally shared on Casual Photophile in August 2024. In addition to tweaking some content, I also wanted to correct a techni...
The Leidolf Lordomat is the most important camera in my collection because it belonged to my father. My father bought the camera around 1954. As an enthusiastic athlete, he also...
In 2025, it feels like everyone has an opinion on film photography. For some, it is nostalgia, for others it is a TikTok trend, for a few it is a fully fledged cult. Somewhere b...
Previously on Cameras of Croydon… This is my third review of a camera model from Aeronautical General Instruments of Croydon, South London, under their AGILUX brand. The A...
I must confess, right from the beginning, that for the last 40 years or so, if not even longer, I have been a rangefinder user only; I stopped using SLR cameras, and quite an ex...