Gear Reviews & Experiences Archives

10 April, 2019

Canon AT1 Review – The Unpopular Sibling – By Gavin Bain

By GavinBain

If you've read any of my previous contributions to this website, you may recall that I started my photographic journey with a pair of Praktica's. My first was a Praktica MTL3 an...

5 April, 2019

Voigtländer Vito BL Review – Compact Excellence – by Andrew Morang

By Kodachromeguy

Reading 35mmc can be dangerous to the pocketbook and can lead to GAS (no, not flatulence, but gear acquisition syndrome). I read several glowing articles here about Voigtländer ...

4 April, 2019

Leica M6 (yet another) Review – Is it worth the hype? – By Joe Monat

By Joe Monat

Yet another Leica M6 review, so I will try to keep it brief in the overstated aspects of the camera and more so discuss my experiences with it so far and how it has helped me gr...

1 April, 2019

Zeiss 35mm 1.4 ZM Distagon Review – Optically Awesome!

By Hamish Gill

There’s quite a few lenses I’ve been asked to review by readers of this website over the years, but there aren’t many that I’ve been asked about as much as the Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 ...

30 March, 2019

Olympus Mju ii & Kodak T-MAX 400: Lessons from The Forgotten Ones – by Jon YK Lee

By Jon YK Lee

"Why did I let her go?", a voice whispered in my mind when I received my film scans on an unusually quiet Friday night. I watched as the images slowly populated my screen, produ...

29 March, 2019

Nikon L35AF – a mini review – by Giacomo Zema

By giacomozema

I started shooting film at the beginning of last year when I picked up a mint Canon Eos 620 that I intended to use with my EF lenses (which were tired of my aps-c digital camera...

28 March, 2019

Ricoh GR10 Review – A Diamond Wrapped in Coal – By Edward Chang

By edwardchang

The Ricoh GR: this series of cameras has had a cult following since its introduction in 1997 in the form of the debut model, simply called the GR1. I didn’t even know Ricoh made...

25 March, 2019

Leica TL Review – finding joy in very limited function and purpose

By Hamish Gill

On paper, the Leica TL offers me very little that I need from a camera. In fact, with the context of having one in my possession, I’d go as far as saying that it’s almost comple...

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Simon Foale on Pools of Light – Aquatic adventures in contrast management.
Thanks for this Scott. To answer your question about the feature image shot with the 85mm lens, I was shooting…
Simon Foale on Pools of Light – Aquatic adventures in contrast management.
Thanks Gary. You are dead right about post processing - there's a ton of stuff you can do to improve…
Simon Foale on Pools of Light – Aquatic adventures in contrast management.
Thanks for this John. I had not even contemplated using a UV/IR cut filter with Aviphot Pan 80 - this…

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