9 August, 2025
TLR Challenge: My Conclusions
It’s about a year since I set myself a challenge to use a TLR regularly over the year and shoot at least 50 rolls of film. So, while it’s time to reach some conclusions, I must ...
22 April, 2025
An Inexpensive Adapter on a Sony Mirrorless and Auto ISO.
A M39 to Sony E adapter with Industar and Elmar lenses on a Sony A3000 shooting with auto ISO setting.
14 April, 2025
Fujifilm S5 Pro and What does “Film-Like” Even Mean?
Most film shooters would know that over the past few years there’s been chatter about certain older camera sensors, in particular CCD sensors, that are widely reported to have “...
18 March, 2025
Remembering an old, broken camera.
More than a decade ago, and I remember this as though it were yesterday, I was sitting in a North London pub waiting for my girlfriend to arrive. I had been taking photos with d...
27 February, 2025
TLR Challenge: 6 – Antwerp
We visited Antwerp on a couple of occasions, checking the weather forecast looking for a better alternative than cloudy and dull, but sometimes you just have to go with cloudy a...
23 February, 2025
A Final Chapter for Large Format
Linhof Super Technika. Komamura Woodman 45. Large format.
13 February, 2025
TLR Challenge: 5 – Hamburg
I hate buying presents for birthdays. Generally if I buy something it’s not quite what the recipient wanted. I know my wife likes going to new places particularly in Europe so I...
6 February, 2025
Finding the Best 126 Cartridge Camera – Part I
The 126 Cartridge camera and I were invented around the same time. Meaning about 1962. Kodak introduced 126 cartridge film and these instamatic cameras in 1963. Above is s a pic...