27 November, 2024
5 frames taken with a Leica R4 that I got by chance
A German proverb says: “Unverhofft kommt oft.” (The unexpected often happens.) and so a friend called me some time ago to offer me the Leica collection of his fath...
26 November, 2024
5 frames with an Olympus Trip MD2 and Kentmere 400
While my camera of choice has been an Olympus OM1 for a while now, I am always on the lookout for something cheap and cheerful to stick in my rucksack or pocket for days where a...
26 November, 2024
5 Frames rock hunting in the Keweenaw with a Minolta SR-7
My wife, the pups, and I like going to Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula several times a year to relax on the beach, visit family, and do light work on our house there. I alwa...
25 November, 2024
5 Frames with a Vivitar 70-210 f/3.5
Cheap zoom lenses have never had a great reputation. Especially in the Digital age, some budget zooms are considered a bit of a plague. Cheap, plasticky, and very poor optically...
19 November, 2024
5 Frames of Kodak Tri-X @3200
Chances are, if you’re into film photography, you’ve at least heard the terms ‘pushing’ and ‘pulling’ film. In a nutshell, pushing or pulling...
16 November, 2024
5 Frames with a Minolta Dynax 9 & Harmon Phoenix 200
“Happy accidents?” I often muse on my growing fascination with analogue photography. Digital was my starting point, my comfort zone when I needed to “get the...
15 November, 2024
5 Frames with a Kodak Easyshare DX7630
I’ve had a tumultuous, and possibly longer than I’d like, experience with my Kodak Easyshare DX7630. On one hand, the colors out of the Kodak CCD sensor can be bea...
13 November, 2024
5 Frames with a Yashica Mat 124
I recently ran into a Yashica Mat 124 for sale at a local camera store. Having spent way too much time browsing endless listings for Seagull 4As (which have seemingly only incre...
