29 November, 2024
5 frames with Beauty Lightomatic II
I had been on the hunt of an analogue range finder camera for a while. Since I don’t plan to switch to another system camera, a fixed lens, affordable one would suit my n...
13 November, 2024
Minolta Maxxum 7000 – Putting a €30 Camera Through Its Paces at Belgium’s Toughest Cycling Race
Belgium’s Tour of Flanders (De Ronde van Vlaanderen) snakes through Flander’s fields on a mixture of well-paved roads and what those in the know call ‘cobbl...
11 November, 2024
5 Frames with my Canon A1 and a roll of Ilford Pan F
The Canon A1, released in 1978 was way ahead of it competition and further adding to the “prosumer” camera market. The following is from camera-wiki.org “It wa...
20 October, 2024
The night Venice talked to me
The dark, silky, smooth waters of the canals are silent now, only a few late boats are disturbing the lights that are dancing in the rhythm of the waves. Where there were armies...
17 October, 2024
Leica R3 – a camera I was never expecting to buy!
If I hadn’t looked at a certain film camera shops website after I was advised of the bulk movie b/w film they are re-spooling and selling very cheap, I wouldn’t have...
27 September, 2024
5 Macro Frames with a Canon EOS 30 & MP-E 65mm
I do macro photography. I have an Canon MP-E 65mm EF 1-5x macro lens. I have a Canon EOS 30 film camera with EF mount. There was only one way this was going to end. I loaded up ...
24 September, 2024
NEWS: Ilford Photo Celebrating 145 years History with Limited Edition Retro Packaging
Running a branding company as I do, I find this sort of thing very cool. Ilford photo will be selling some of their film range in these limited edition 1950s inspired boxes. In ...
24 September, 2024
Ilford FP4 Type 517 Cine Film Review
Long story short, this is a high quality film at a fantastic price. Many aspects of analogue photography can feel like a compromise, from actual decisions while photographing to...