16 February, 2015
First Roll with the Contax T3
I feel like I’ve had the Contax T3 for quite a while already. I feel fairly familiar with it, I’m half way through putting together a review of it, yet I’ve on...
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14 February, 2015
“Karmera” and the act of giving away your gear
Sometimes in life the actions of other people can really surprise you. Unfortunately in our media driven world the surprise is too often actually one of shock or horror; shock o...
6 February, 2015
Win my Leica!
Win my Leica! – I’ve decided to give away my Leica iiic as a prize in a 35mm point and shoot compact camera photo competition!
I'm not always rational when it comes to buying cameras, quite often I buy them just for the experience of owning and trying them. But when it comes to the Leicas, I've tried to...
30 January, 2015
A lost roll from Christmas – 50mm V4 Summicron and XP2
I shot quite a few rolls over Christmas, but a few got left in cameras halfway through. In the case of this film, it got left in the Leica M7. The purchase of an Leica M3 and a ...
25 January, 2015
Footprint Leather Camera Strap with ‘QR Swivels’
There are so many leather camera strap brands out there these days I imagine that for some people it might be hard to know where to start on the path to finding one that suits t...
24 January, 2015
A Quick Guide to a Rangefinder’s Effective Base Length (EBL)
I recently published my thoughts on the Voigtlander R2a and R3a two great cameras that have one major caveat – their short rangefinder effective base length. I’m now...
21 January, 2015
First roll with the Leica M3
It’s been a very busy couple of weeks since the Leica M3 found its way to me. So much so that I’ve only managed to squeeze a single roll through it so far; I almost...