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...
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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...
I have over the past five years developed either passion or an obsession for instant films, depending on who you should choose to ask. Growing up just on the cusp of the digital...
