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23 January, 2024
5 Frames Testing a Long Since Used Olympus 35 ECR
This camera including its now very battered soft case is one I bought in the early 1970s as a student to complement a much heavier Pentax SLR. It had a lot of use in the 1970s a...
23 January, 2024
Bronica ETRSi and 135W – First Whole Roll Experiences
I have recently been experimenting with film again and, using a normal 35mm camera, and decided that I wanted to try something with panoramic format. There is an obvious choice,...
I wrote an article in 2001 about an almost 100 year old camera. Revisiting it now just over 20 years later I am staggered at the progress that has been made with digital equipme...
21 January, 2024
5 Frames with a Minolta XD7 and Kodak Vision 3 250D
Does the camera I am using at the time affect the images I make? Perhaps. I’m not so sure. It certainly it affects the enjoyment of the process. But is the process important or ...
20 January, 2024
5 frames with Zebra Dry Plate Tin Types
When I made the leap to shooting large format this year after almost 20 years of exclusively shooting 35mm film, I immediately was drawn to the wide ranging world of alt-process...
18 January, 2024
New website – Live! (now help me find the weird stuff)
The NEW website is live and working (and fast!!). I’m going to keep it free of adverts for the weekend I think, so please enjoy the ad-free experience until then! In the m...
16 January, 2024
Casio EX-ZR800 – My Cheapo Companion
This is a sort of review of a small cheapo compact digital camera I have been using exclusively since early Spring. I wanted a compact digital camera, as I loathe Smartphone cam...
Me and the family go on a trip to the beach around Christmas every year. Last year we spent Christmas in Wales near the coast, this year we couldn’t afford a full on Christmas b...
