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15 May, 2024
Agfamatic Pocket 4008 – a P&S of Yesteryear
In the past, I’ve tended to review some high-end 110 cameras. The release of Lomography’s recent 110 camera was a timely reminder that some quite decent ‘Instamatic’-style camer...
14 May, 2024
A One Shot Story from New Zealand’s South Island.
Our recent first trip away post-covid seemed the perfect opportunity to take out my home made 6×12, 6 on 120 panoramic for the first time since I had added a focussing capa...
14 May, 2024
5 Frames inspired by Georges de la Tour
It was the 13th of March. In my inbox was the daily news in French email and it began by saying on that day in 1593 the painter Georges de la Tour was born, and he became famous...
This is a review of the TTArtisan 27mm f/2.8 AF in Fuji X Mount. For a long time now I have been a manual only lens user. I spent years shooting Leica film cameras almost exclus...
12 May, 2024
Visiting an old ‘friend’ – Lisbon
A generation ago Lisbon seemed magical, the light on the crumbling buildings, the ubiquitous graffiti, the former glory of the architecture and private courtyards. As time went ...
11 May, 2024
Recreating Historic Images
Back in 2016 a group of tourism professionals, historians, marketing pros and the US National Park Service began to work towards creating a U.S. Civil Rights Trail with the goal...
Welp, one good thing about having been an active camera collector for over fifteen years now is that if I decide to start reviewing cameras, I’ve got quite a few candidates at h...
9 May, 2024
Olympus XA4 has a day out in Scarborough
I have previously had an XA, an XA2 and an XA3, all well used and enjoyed, and which all eventually broke in their own special ways. The XA4 is the latest in the series and I al...
