If cameras were madeleine cakes and Proust a photographer, then perhaps CCD compact cameras would be that memory trigger that provoked longing for his childhood. Tired metaphors...
One month after I got my street photography dream lens – the Leica 50mm Summicron Version 4 – I took it with me on a short trip to Venice. I came upon this lens soon...
14 March, 2024
5 Frames with a Minolta X-700 and Tri-X
When I first got back into shooting film around 2013, the first film SLR I acquired after a brief flirtation with lomography cameras was the Minolta X-700. I got it and a couple...
12 March, 2024
5 Frames with Lomography Orca 110 monochrome film.
The first film I tried when I became fascinated by the subminiature formats was Lomography’s Orca 110 monochrome offering because I had bought a Minolta 460 Tx 110 camera...
10 March, 2024
5 Frames with the Mamiya 6 IV-S Folding 6×6 Camera
I was recently on a photo walk with some fellow film buffs. One of the guys pulled out a beautiful Leica M3 from his bag: “It was my grandfather’s camera,” ...
9 March, 2024
5 Frames with a Voigtlander Vito II
In my late teens, around 1970, a work colleague invited me round to his place to show me how to print from 35mm film using an enlarger. This moment was a total epiphany for me, ...
7 March, 2024
5 Frames with Agfa APX 400 in the Midwinter
I spent a few days in a quiet rural area, before actually reopening the business for 2024. You know, that time space between the end of year and beginning of the new daily strif...
I’ve used medium-format cameras before: an Agfa Isolette II that I repaired and a Holga, but consider my first official roll to be with the Bessa I. The roll I shot throug...
