16 June, 2015
First shots with the Leica 90mm f/2.8 Elmarit-M
I’ve recently bought myself a Leica 90mm Elmarit-M. Partly to give me a 90mm focal length with modern glass for my Sony A7s/r at work. But also, I’d started feeling ...
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13 June, 2015
Understanding lens terminology – Part 2 – Bokeh
This post is the second part in a series of posts looking at the definitions of various lens terminology. In the first part I talked about three subjects, contrast, sharpness an...
12 June, 2015
Faye and Family – A Family shoot with a difference
These are the last of the first batch of photos I have had back from UK Film Lab. Although they look like conventional family shots, they were actually shot for Faye’s bus...
11 June, 2015
Ma Baker – Behind the scenes at a local bakery
Where appropriate I’ve been subtly introducing a little bit of film photography in to my working day. In this instance the brief was to capture the hustle and bustle of th...
10 June, 2015
First roll from UK Film Lab
Having become a touch disappointed with the inconsistency of colour work I have been getting back from my local D&P, I thought it about time I tried a pro-lab. Having done a...
5 June, 2015
A roll of XP2 through the Contax T3
I've been promising a review of the Contax T3 for some time now, it's coming, but progress has been glacially slow. It's not because I don't use the camera, I do, in fact it's a...
I’ve spent a lot of time over the years reading online about lenses. I’ve had an interest in lenses with a discernible character for a good while before I started th...
21 May, 2015
Defining the Perfect Lens
Lenses are like the eyes of our cameras, they don’t process information, they just transmit it to what’s behind. Perfect vision, or perfect eyes are always going to ...