On face value, there might appear to be a significant advantage to shooting with a single lens reflex camera over and above the rangefinders and compact cameras I prefer to shoot with. After all, when looking through the viewfinder of an SLR, what is seen is the view through the lens. How could forgoing that …
The Viewfinder effect – and why I choose to cripple myself with an offset viewfinder Read More
Sometimes in life the actions of other people can really surprise you. Unfortunately in our media driven world the surprise is too often actually one of shock or horror; shock or horror that the media seem to celebrate by pushing it down our so-ready-to-swallow-it throats. Sometimes, I think it’s a wonder we don’t spend our …
There isn’t a great deal to say about the Olympus AF-10 Super. It’s about as basic a camera as they come. Yet as I’ve expressed in a previous post, there is something about it that I liked, enough at least to attempt to make it better still through a modification. So has this been the …
Olympus AF-10 Super Review, or: Pushing the functional limits of a crap point & shoot. Read More
In its most simple form there are three elements to a film camera; the lens the camera and the film. Of course in the process of taking a photo, there is also the light entering the camera and the photographer. When all of these things work together perfectly, the result is a wonderful photo. Yet …
Until a few weeks ago I hadn’t held a Barnack Leica for a good few years, so long in fact that whilst I knew the name “Leica” when I did hold one, I had no real concept of what I was looking at. In the maybe 15 years since then I have picked up quite …
The Genius of Barnack, a Leica iiia & how rangefinders found a home on 35mmc Read More
