30 December, 2025
The Discipline of One Lens
Life is too easy for photographers these days! We have wide-ranging, versatile zoom lenses. Those folk using phones also have a choice of focal lengths on many models. Now I usu...
28 December, 2025
A Potted History of the Last Two Years of my Return to Film Photography
During my pre digital life I was mostly a Pentax fan, using their SL, SP, ES, ME, MX, LX, 67 and 645…all long gone. The last three I bought whilst I was in Hong Kong for a...
7 December, 2025
5 frames of pulling color film two stops for no good reason
I read plenty about pushing film when I dived into film photography a few years ago: you willingly underexpose your pictures and later compensate in development, leaving the fil...
If someone handed you two high end cameras — a rangefinder and an SLR — which would you pick up first? Which would you end up sticking with as your ‘when in...
13 October, 2025
Wider Isn’t Always Better
A lot of people love wide angle lenses from Garry Winogrand, known for his street photography made with a 28mm lens to Alex Webb, who favors 28 and 35mm lenses to Magnum photogr...
5 October, 2025
A Phone camera vs 15 year old point-and-shoot
I am really enjoying getting back into film photography, and contributing, in a small way, to this site. But I also enjoy digital, for me the two are complimentary. This summer ...
2 October, 2025
Sony RX1R and the Illusion of Alternatives
When Sony announced the RX1R III, my mind immediately leapt back to the original RX1R – a camera I had once carried, loved, and ultimately let go. The cost of the RX1R III...
29 September, 2025
Twin Lens Reflex – My Experiences and Thoughts on this Camera Type – Show and Tell
History, design and examples from a number of TLR cameras.
