17 July, 2025
Hanimex XP2 – An overview
Hanimex XP2 110 camera that is in need of attention.
16 July, 2025
Harman Phoenix II – My first roll and some brief thoughts on the development of this new film
Harman have just announced the release of their second colour film, Phoenix II. As per the last few releases out of the factories in Mobberly, I have been lucky enough to have r...
15 July, 2025
Leica M7 – A Trial Run, and My Decision Not to Keep It
Quiet for quite some time, my Gear Acquisition Syndrome perked up last month, in the middle of my Year of the Rolleiflex, when I spied a “deal” at a large Manhattan ...
11 July, 2025
Leica Elmarit-M 90mm f2.8 and a History Photo Walk
The featured image shows the lens on my Sony A7Riii body. Technical details about the lens can be found here, and Hamish Gill wrote about it here. The lens followed the Tele-Elm...
Here we have the Konica Autorex; the only 35mm SLR that can switch mid-roll between full-frame and half-frame. It’s quite rare (only a handful in the UK) and I was able to...
The Fuji GW690iii was my first camera that had no electronics. It has produced some of my favourite photographs, but fundamentally changed the way I meter scenes for light. Give...
After I finally retired, my wife and I moved from the hectic, congested, expensive, etc. Washington D.C. area to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. It’s so much calmer, quiet, f...
5 July, 2025
Kentmere and I – Musings on recent film choices
Firstly the cover shot. Having picked up on a comment recently, the cover shot was also on film. A Voigtlander Vito B and a roll of Kodak Gold that had just come out of two othe...
