So despite having a number of cameras (all film) – three Leica rangefinders (don’t judge!), a Leica SLR, bought for a specific purpose, which I don’t use any more an...
2 August, 2025
Widelux in the Wine Country
For a recent family vacation to Northern California’s Napa Valley wine country, I opted for a single camera and lens: the Widelux F7. This swing-lens panoramic camera, fam...
21 November, 2024
The Wider View – learning to create panoramic images
Over the last few years my photography has definitely moved away from landscape to urban subjects. Of course, restrictions due to the pandemic were the catalyst for this shift ...
28 June, 2023
Roundshot Seitz 65/70-220 – One (Long!) Frame
Last time I wrote about my pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, which I documented on medium format with my Hasselblad 500 CM. What I didn’t mention was how that trip made me c...
6 May, 2023
Fujifilm Professional TX-2 – Seeing Panoramic
The Fujifilm Professional TX-2 (its sister Hasselblad XPan I/II or the older Fuji TX) is one of those cameras which you lust after, and when you get it, open the packaging and ...
Dedicated panoramic cameras tend to be a bit pricey. This Lomography Spinner 360° is refreshingly affordable. It retails new for £89 on the Lomography website. I bought a shop-s...
28 October, 2021
An Experiment with Sprocket-Hole Panoramas – By Joris Koolen
As a relatively new amateur photographer, I settled quite quickly into a default process. I have a favourite film in a preferred format that I develop with my process of choice....
9 September, 2020
Brooks-Plaubel Veriwide 100 Mini-Review – By Dan Cuny
Being the very visual person I am, I'm generally drawn to cameras more by the visual appearance and quality of the camera than the technical aspects. The Brook-Plaubel Veriwide ...