20 January, 2026
Arizona Dreamin’ – One Shot Story
It was close to nine in the evening, yet the edge of the sky was still pale blue. The heat had not softened. Dry wind lifted sand and cut against my exposed skin. Eighteen wheel...
19 January, 2026
Pakistan – 33 Years exploring – With the Olympus E1 and E3 DSLR’s and Steve – Part 1 in The Punjab
So, off I went to Pakistan again, but this time with my Welsh mate Steve. Been exploring the place for 33 years and only scratched the surface. Steve wanted to go to Pakistan, a...
17 January, 2026
Summicron 50/2 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field Test
A casual stroll around the Trevi Fountain gave me the chance to experiment with an unusual combination: an old Summicron 50/2 and a relatively new Nikon Z5. The opportunity mate...
17 January, 2026
Amsterdam, with RULES and a Zeiss Sonnar 50mm lens
The game was to use my digital camera (Sony A7Riii) as if it was a film camera so I set myself the following rules for our nearly four day trip to Haarlem and Amsterdam. A maxim...
15 January, 2026
Europe’s second city, with a Yashica Mat 124G
We took the train for the 36 minute journey – a day trip would have been easy but we wanted to spend a few days away enjoying the food and local attractions. It was a pleasant 1...
15 January, 2026
Relearning Film – Notes from a Returning Shooter
I’m relearning 35mm film. I grew up shooting on film. I’m 55 now, so my first camera was around 1984, when I was sixteen: a Minolta X-700, which I still have. Getting back into ...
13 January, 2026
Bringing an Helios 40-2 at the opera
At the end of the post about the test of a Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135/4 I concluded: “I didn’t miss more modern gear, and I didn’t lose a single shot because of the oddnes...
13 January, 2026
5 Frames with a classic SLR – Why I Chose the Nikon FE
I recently purchased a Nikon FE analog camera with a 50mm lens. Here’s the story behind it. So I decided to buy a new camera. You’d wonder why. Do I not own enough cameras as it...
