My brief time playing with expired colour film was not rewarding. Too much is left to chance, out of my control, making for unpredictable results. Black and white meant I would ...
The Rolleicord Va is a medium format (6x6) camera using 120 size films, with which you will get 12 frames per roll. It is a twin lens reflex (TLR) camera and has a Xenar 1:3.5 7...
I am, if you want, an analogue native. And, for a number of lucky circumstances film photography never really went away. But being slightly lazy, my SLR would rarely follow me o...
The Zeiss Ikon Contaflex is an over engineered and overly complicated leaf shutter SLR. They were manufactured from 1953 to 1974 and went through several iterations, each more c...
6 December, 2022
5 Frames on Ilford FP4+ with a Meopta Flexaret IV – By Tony Warren
Of all the types of camera I have used over the years, my all time favourite by far has to be the twin lens reflex or TLR. If you are not familiar with the type, it is effective...
26 November, 2022
5 frames with my Pentax MX and Ilford Delta 3200 on a Bright Summer Day – By Armando Caballero
I know that you normally would not expect to find the words “Ilford Delta 3200” and “bright summer day” in the same sentence. But let me tell you the story of how I ended up sho...
20 November, 2022
5 frames with Olympus XA2 and Ilford XP2 Super (and the wistful nostalgia of goodbyes) – By Mel
I was introduced to analog photography last Christmas with a Polaroid One Step camera and a handwritten note saying something like “this is another attempt to see the world thro...
25 October, 2022
5 Frames with the Retina IIC and HP5 at Night – By Dave Roberts
I have often struggled with what meaningful activities one can achieve whilst on a meal break during nightwork. Being up at such late times, a meal can be last thing you want, a...