The seperate exposure meter was an indispensable accessory in the time before built-in and through the lens meters became the norm. Nowadays, when the attractions of old, all me...
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From very early in my photography I have been fascinated by the unique look and simply luscious tones infrared images can produce. Ansel on steroids. I have only been able to pr...
When an Ensign All Distance camera from 1927 came up on the local auction site, a wave of nostalgia saw me thinking about revisiting my first, very basic, box camera. Having own...
1 March, 2023
Diffraction and its Impact on Sharpness – By Tony Warren
I recently had some disappointing results while trying out a colour negative film in a Retina IIc. I was shooting the urban art (and some graffiti) that has been created here in...
30 December, 2022
Shooting infrared with a rangefinder camera, Rollei Infrared film and a Retina IIc – By Tony Warren
A comment on my review of Rollei Infrared film triggered this follow up. In his comment, Neal Wellons pointed out, quite correctly, that, for infrared photography, using a range...
27 December, 2022
Nikon F801 (N8008) Review – A Numbers Game – By Tony Warren
I sold my last film SLR in the late 1990s before my flirtation with digital, which quite quickly lost its appeal and I drifted back to film, continuing with digital mainly as a ...
16 December, 2022
ZHong Yi Lens Turbo II Review – The Cure – By Tony Warren
According to Google Translate, “zhong yi” means “traditional Chinese medicine” and it did indeed cure one of my photographic afflictions.
Around 20 years ago, at eye watering c...
7 December, 2022
Voigtländer Kontur Viewfinder Review – By Tony Warren
In the post WW2 years, Voigtländer expended a great deal of effort to provide the best viewfinders for their cameras, the optical viewfinder being almost universal for popular c...