1 November, 2014
Leica 50mm f/2 Summar Review – A lens with a good deal of character.
I very nearly didn’t keep my Leica Summar, in fact I’d almost decided to sell it before I’d even shot with it. First off, it’s an ugly little thing. Mine...
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30 October, 2014
Hartlebury Train Carriages – Cinestill 800T and 50mm Summicron
These train carriages are parked up on a disused bit of railway line just inside the Hartlebury Trading estate near Kidderminster. Quite beautiful in their decay I think, I deci...
26 October, 2014
Flash switch hack for the Olympus AF-10 super
Edit: Since writing this post, I have also written a review of this brilliantly crap camera – Olympus AF-10 Super or: Pushing the functional limits of a crap point & s...
27 September, 2014
Minolta TC-1 Review – An Eccentric Beauty
The Minolta TC-1 always struck me as an odd looking little camera with a few feature and design choices that just didn’t sit well with me. But over that last 6 months R...
9 August, 2014
The Film Camera – a Tool or Something More
In its most simple form there are three elements to a film camera; the lens the camera and the film. Of course in the process of taking a photo, there is also the light entering...
30 July, 2014
Leica M4-P Review – Function over Mystique
I recently bought a Leica M4-P, very recently in fact. It’s the funny thing with these Leica’s, they seem to inspire me to write about them fairly quickly, especiall...
29 June, 2014
‘Up North 2’ – The lost photozine
Some time ago I wrote a little bit about Paul Schofield’s photozine ‘up north 1’. Then some time later Paul sent me his second photozine mysteriously entitled ...
15 May, 2014
Pentax PC35AF Review – A camera with a certain charm
The Pentax PC35AF is a camera I have been meaning to review for quite some time now, I’ve just not had the motivation to do so. I’ve had quite a few of its variant m...