1 August, 2025
Box Brownie model 2A.
The Kodak Box Brownie 2A and adapting it for 120 film.
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Inspired by the recent article by Hamish regarding the Sony A7Rii, I wanted to share my way of working with my favorite digital camera, the Fuji X-Pro. A lot of people, myself i...
26 February, 2017
The story behind a photo of a plastic bottle or: A (slightly defensive) response to a comment posted on my Sony A7rii review
The above is a photo of a bottle that me and Janine (my studio photographer at F8) recently took for a client.
Quite boring isn't it? Though, technically it's quite a good phot...
25 February, 2017
Noritsu LS-1100 – First Black & White Scans
Sometime late spring last year I bought myself a Noritsu LS-1100 scanner. For one reason and another, and another, and a few more, I've had a bit of a mare getting it working, b...
24 February, 2017
Avenon 21mm f/2.8 super-wide lens mini-review
I think of my mate James as slightly eccentric in his choices when it comes to camera equipment. A good example of this eccentricity is the work that he had done to a Leica M3 a...
22 February, 2017
Adjusting the rangefinder of the Fed4 – Guest post by Howard hurd
A fairly common issue on online forums with the Fed rangefinders seems to be rangefinder accuracy. When I first bought my Fed4, the rangefinder patch did not align accurately ei...
20 February, 2017
Fed4 & Industar И-61 lens review – Back in the USSR – by Howard Hurd
Early experiences with Soviet cameras left a lasting impression. I have always wondered what I would think if I used these cameras again today, after more years of experience in...
19 February, 2017
Zeiss 50mm 1.5 Sonnar (Separated Optics) – Finding my perfect classic Sonnar – PT2
Out of the selection of lenses I mentioned in the first part of this journey, my wild card (completely screwed) Carl Zeiss 50mm f/1.5 definitely makes for the most logical place...
18 February, 2017
My First Experience of Film – by Ross Gibson
My name is Ross and I'm 14 years old. I first met Hamish at my mum and step-dad's wedding, he was the photographer along with his friend James. A while after the day I got in to...
