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A couple of weeks ago I attended a Beers and Cameras meetup and photo walk in Birmingham organised by this site's very own Hamish Gill. I took my Leica M6TTL as usual, this is m...
The Ricoh GR Digital is by all accounts an elderly digital camera. Released in 2005, it’s been superseded 5 times. This possibly begs the question as to why I’ve just spent £100...
Pretty much every person we meet has been told somewhere that developing black-and-white film at home is reasonable, but that developing colour film is just too tricky. But this...
12 May, 2018
Fuji Natura S Review – Wide and Fast – By Andrew
Like many of you, I have a bad habit of cruising auction sites looking at cameras I shouldn’t be buying. I also have a habit of dropping low-ball bids on cameras under th...
11 May, 2018
Kodachrome Movie Review – it’s Good Even If it is About Family, Not Film – By Frank H. Wu
Any film photographer who saw an advertisement for Kodachrome likely reacted as I did: “Gee, I really should check out that movie.” If you follow through, you might be disappoin...
I’ve noticed camera communities excitedly share news about new cameras, lenses and lighting equipment but sometimes it seems these cameras don't even get used.
Why?
Gear is ch...
9 May, 2018
5 Frames with a Nikon F80 – by Chris McPhee
This was a camera that I owned only for a little while. I’ll explain why. When my daughter was born back in the 90’s, I bought my first Nikon. It was the F60 from Dixons. I wasn...
Driving through secondary roads is one of my passions. I spend great time planning two-three day trips where I avoid the main highways to discover the most amazing landscapes, l...
