With this dark grey miserable harsh winter never ending I thought I’d add some colour into my (and your) day by writing about colour and my experience with it. Much has be...
20 March, 2024
Nikon F4 Review – A Design Revolution
Some cameras are ergonomic and have a continuity of style with other cameras in a given system. This has been true basically since the beginning of mass-produced cameras of almo...
28 February, 2024
Canon EOS A2 – An Odd Little GAS Journey.
Why an odd GAS journey? I am glad that I imagined you asked. I recently wrote a post on my blog about me finally caving in and getting a Vintage Digital (Disclaimer: “Vint...
23 December, 2023
Minolta Dynax 9xi – That difficult second ‘Pro’ AF SLR
This is a review of the Minolta Dynax 9xi (aka Minolta Maxxum/Alpha 9xi, hereafter referred to as the Dynax 9xi). It was Minolta’s second ‘professional’ Autofo...
6 November, 2023
Nikon D700 – a 2023 Review of a Classic Full Frame DSLR
I used to shoot a Nikon D700 professionally as a second camera to a D3, and later a D800. The D3 was the peak of my positive relationship with Nikon, and the D800 was the last N...
30 October, 2023
Nikkormat FT Mini-Review – Back to Basics
Nikomat or Nikkormat? Actually, both are ok to use, in order to describe one of the heftiest (but beautiful) cameras I have ever owned and handled. Well, apart from the Pentax 6...
16 October, 2023
Canon T50 – Loving the unloved/ignored.
Over the years I have amassed many cameras, both in 35mm and medium format. I have a particular soft spot for Nikon and Zeiss Ikon products, but also love Minolta, Pentax and th...
9 October, 2023
Nikon FM and How it Became my “Do Anything” Camera
I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of getting to understand one camera so well that it becomes an extension of oneself. Thus, some years ago, I set out to find this mythical...