28 October, 2024
5 Frames with a Minolta XGM at Go Your Own Way
I have a multitude of cameras and lenses, collected over many years, including some left over from my professional photography days, Sadly I sold my Hasselblad 500CM, but ...
27 October, 2024
5 Frames of Kodak 5219T film with Contax Aria for Cantonese Opera
When it comes to Contax, you can’t talk about the cameras without talking about the optical giant that is Zeiss, and almost all of the photographers who defected to the SL...
23 October, 2024
5 Frames with a 1D MkII and a 35mm F1.4L
Slogging around the Canon 1D MkII is my favorite way to pretend I’m a photojournalist. It’s big, bulky, and gets uncomfortable on the neck after about ten minutes....
22 October, 2024
5 Frames from the Ultramax Challenge
There has been a lot written about why some photographers prefer film to digital, or at least use both. Whether it is the slowing down, more thoughtful approach, the look of neg...
20 October, 2024
5 Frames with a Canon G1 – a Little Known Classic
I wonder how many of you photographers out there can remember your very first film camera? I can… A Petri TTL, purchased from Mr Cad, when he had his shop in West Croydon ...
“Collectors are happy people.” — Johann Wolfang von Goethe Old Nikon rangefinders are a like catnip for camera collectors. Even insufferable Leica snobs, li...
12 October, 2024
Fuji Eterna 250D – My first step into cine film stock
I’ll be honest, I have never shot any cine stocks like Kodak 250D or 500T which seem to be shot by most people. There’s been a couple of reasons for that. Cine film ...
12 October, 2024
5 frames with Petri 7s using Kodak Gold 200
Several months ago, I stumbled across Barry Carr’s article 5 Frames With the Petri 7s. It quickly led me down a rabbit hole, as I wasn’t overly familiar with the P...
