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13 January, 2020
Ilford Ortho Plus Review – My First two rolls
I must admit, I wasn’t all that excited when Ilford Ortho Plus was announced. I mean, I was enthused by the fact that Ilford had brought a new stock to 120 and 35mm - this sort ...
I’ve been lucky to spend a lot of time in the US, thanks to my job in New York. As a software engineer in a very technical industry, photography has been for a few years my esca...
11 January, 2020
Canon 50mm F1.8 LTM on A Leica T – by Ed Lara
As much as I enjoy shooting film, I still take the majority of my photographs with digital cameras. That said, I prefer to use cameras and lenses which give me as much simplicit...
10 January, 2020
Voigtlander VSL 1 review
The Voigtlander VSL 1 is a camera with an interesting and somewhat complicated history. It was originally launched in 1971 as Zeiss Ikon SL706, the last camera of that famous co...
9 January, 2020
Nikon EM & Nikkor 35mm Review – A Quest for An Ideal Compact Film SLR – Pt2 – by Ed Lara
In a prior post I shared my thoughts on the Pentax MV-1 which I purchased at the same time I found a Nikon EM. I bought both in an attempt to replicate the great experience I ha...
On Sunday 20th October I was lucky enough to hear that the London Arba'een Procession was happening later that afternoon, and headed straight for Marble Arch. I took my Nikon FM...
I shoot film, but I am no analog zealot. For me, shooting film is rarely about the film. It is always about the experience shooting with some of the best cameras the world has e...
6 January, 2020
5 frames with a Fuji X100 / a reminder of an annoying conversation I had with some Fuji reps
I didn’t take many photos on Christmas day - not with “real” cameras at least. I mostly just used my iPhone. I did take a few shots though - the kids on their new trampoline was...
