11 January, 2025
5 Shots From Minolta’s Entry Level AF SLR – The Dynax 300si
Quite a few years ago I was gifted a Minolta Dynax 500si. The donor had sold the lens on its own so the body came to me “because I do film photography stuff”. I alre...
6 December, 2024
5 Frames in Berlin with Leica M3 & Ilford HP5
About a year ago, as my wife and I began planning our recent trip to Berlin, Munich and Amsterdam, my thoughts immediately turned to photography. I can’t be the first mem...
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...
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...
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 ...
28 August, 2024
Burning the midnight oil with Ilford HP5 at 1600 ASA
Last time I have attended a night concert was back in August 2000, Bon Jovi playing at the old Wembley Arena. Great times, really great; but as with all good times, that concert...
4 August, 2024
5 Frames of Iceland (on Portra 400 and HP5+)
I’ve been trying to write this for over seven months, yet I can still remember the trip quite vividly. In November 2023, my wife and I were planning a trip to Iceland aft...