5 August, 2026
Projector Lenses – My Drug of Choice
To paraphrase a fellow photographer from a forum – if you want the real crazy bokeh, projection lenses are the drug of choice. The following article – coming from my hobby...
There is a specific moment on a shoot that I never enjoyed. The light is doing something interesting and about to stop doing it, and instead of looking at the scene I am staring...
23 July, 2026
New Horizons with Adapted Lenses
My creative journey usually looks like this: have a slight interest in a topic, go on a deep dive online, and learn as much as I can before committing fully. I started photograp...
Part one of this article looked at how, after very humble beginnings, NASA realised the potential photography could bring to the Space Program – how the cameras used in space we...
The Kochmann Korelle 6×4.5 was a German strut-folding camera taking 16 negatives on a roll of 120 film, available from 1933 they were made up to the start of WW2. Apart fro...
It’s been almost 9 years since I got my first lens in Leica thread mount. It was Canon 135mm f/3.5 and I was blown away by how well it stood the test of time even though it was ...
21 June, 2026
A Virtual Tour of the Franke & Heidecke Factory in 1938 – on International Stereoscopy Day
Today, 21st June 2026, is the 5th International Stereoscopy Day and this year also marks the 100th anniversary of Franke & Heidecke’s stereoscopic film camera, the Rolleidos...
17 June, 2026
How to Shoot Instax in a Polaroid Camera
A Polaroid camera that works with Instax is the holy grail of instant photography. Why? Because today’s instant cameras are designed to be feature poor. Like point-and-shoot dig...
