7 May, 2026
Shooting Pano on a Hasselblad
There have been more than a few interesting posts over the last couple of months exploring various approaches to shooting in a panoramic format, including Simon Foale’s pi...
For an analogue photographer, the 28mm focal length is the gold standard for street photography, and it is a great focal length to document daily life. Yet finding a high-qualit...
15 April, 2026
The only camera I’m allowed to own
…ok, so the title is a bit misleading – I’m a grown man, I can own as many cameras as my wife says I can. What I’m taking about here is the hypothetical ‘if’; if I absolutely ha...
This article will save you money. Maybe. If you’re here for some photos, scroll to the TLDR and the photos at the end. Last year I came across this review by Dan Cuny of t...
26 March, 2026
Xpan on the Cheap
Some recent articles on 35mmc and elsewhere brought to my attention the marvels of the Hasselblad Xpan, also sold as the Fujifilm TX-1. It can expose a frame of 65 x 24mm on 35m...
14 March, 2026
Squares vs. Rectangles in Photography
My photographic archive, viewed from a certain altitude, resembles nothing more than a collection of rectangles and squares. The rectangles come from my 35mm cameras, while the ...
20 February, 2026
Agfa Rapid – Down the Rabbit Hole
A year ago I had never heard of the Agfa Rapid system and now I have five Rapid cameras, and counting – what’s going on! I had picked up an Agfa Iso Rapid IF for a dollar, initi...
14 February, 2026
A Filmie goes Digital
We see a lot of stories these days about digital camera users trying their hand at film photography, sometimes getting excited and frustrated in equal measure. Just for fun, thi...