10 June, 2024
Pearl River 4 – A Chinese TLR camera
This is a review of the Pearl River 4. But first a little Chinese camera history. The first TLR to be manufactured in China was the Shanghai TLR by the Shanghai Camera company. ...
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For those of us who learned photography shooting Kodak’s Tri-X or Plus-X – bless that emulsion’s sainted memory – hope springs eternal that there’s a skirmish still ...
There seems to be a lot of love for the Olympus XA (and its sequels) on this site. I’m not here to add to that. Sure, it’s a fine camera with a lens that is very sh...
7 June, 2024
5 Unintended frames with Agfa APX100 (and an OM4-Ti)
The sun was shining and my wife and I went out for a walk we had long intended to do, round the perimeter of a local Common. Nothing dramatic, but it was a walk we had not done ...
Today there are some who want to get into film and there are those who want to get back into film. I fall in the category of the latter, having started out with film beginning w...
After the first test of my Rolleicord Vb with Ilford HP5, I wanted to try a color film, and my choice fell on Kodak Portra 400, a film considered a milestone by many. The cloudy...
6 June, 2024
Astrhori XH-2 Shoe Mount Light Meter Mini-Review
Astrhori have today announced the new Astrhori XH-2 Shoe Mount Light Meter. I have had one on test for a few weeks now, and though it is in many ways very similar to the Astrhor...
5 June, 2024
FOMO – Taking my Favourite Image of the Year
Fear of missing out as a photographer comes in many guises, shall I take colour or black and white film, primes or zooms etc etc. In this case I was planning to shoot a specific...
