29 January, 2024
Nikon S4 Rangefinder – The Antithesis to Digital Drudgery.
I’ve never struggled to choose the right camera for my day job. I work as a motion picture stills photographer. That once meant using sound blimps with SLR’s, I no...
26 January, 2024
Kodak DX6340 – A Day With a 2003 Digicam for Jankuary
I mentioned in my last post that I am a compulsive collector of Kodak cameras and have a number that I have never used. The current Jankuary January strand prompted me to look f...
25 January, 2024
Yashica Mat 124G – First Roll Experiences
The Yashica Mat 124G, an embodiment of mid-20th-century camera engineering. It greeted me with its robust, yet elegant, presence. The utilitarian design, devoid of modern frills...
24 January, 2024
Fujica Half – the Revival of a Half Frame Camera
At some point in the first half of the 90s I was very much into 16mm and Minox format film photography (still am); 35mm was something of a side thing, with 120 MF just a ro...
23 January, 2024
Bronica ETRSi and 135W – First Whole Roll Experiences
I have recently been experimenting with film again and, using a normal 35mm camera, and decided that I wanted to try something with panoramic format. There is an obvious choice,...
I wrote an article in 2001 about an almost 100 year old camera. Revisiting it now just over 20 years later I am staggered at the progress that has been made with digital equipme...
16 January, 2024
Casio EX-ZR800 – My Cheapo Companion
This is a sort of review of a small cheapo compact digital camera I have been using exclusively since early Spring. I wanted a compact digital camera, as I loathe Smartphone cam...
Me and the family go on a trip to the beach around Christmas every year. Last year we spent Christmas in Wales near the coast, this year we couldn’t afford a full on Chri...
