A friend of a friend was clearing out some stuff after her Grandad died and found this Yashica 35 - it was subsequently passed onto me. I was confused at first as I only new abo...
Now can I just say that before this M6, I’d never shot a Leica, I’d only actually held one for a few seconds 10 years ago so I came to this wondering if all the hype was really ...
I love Paris. While I live in Japan, my business often takes me to Europe, and whenever it does, I always spend a weekend or so in Paris before moving on to wherever I need to g...
I love a point & shoot film camera, and generally find a lot of joy shooting many of them, regardless of how good or bad they are. But if there’s one that sticks in my mind from...
When I saw this Ricoh camera with the price tag of £2 my heart stopped. In my imagination I was just about to buy GR series camera. Closer look at it and realised that £2 is a f...
I had an opportunity to own and use Contax S2 together with 3 lenses (Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm F1.7 C/Y, Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 85mm F2.8 C/Y and Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 28mm F2.8...
About two years back I was perusing Leica lens offerings on eBay and came across this gem, a first generation Leica Summilux 35mm f/1.4. It was the black chrome version and appe...
I am not one plagued by Gear Aquisition Syndrome (aka G.A.S.) per se since I have some solid cameras in my arsenal that I am happy with. What I have been in search of is the ide...