20 August, 2026
Being Un-Leica
Am I un-Leica? No… Well in the case of a IIIf, yes I am. I’ve been giving some thought as to why I’m not a Leica user. It’s not because I don’t like them. What’s not to li...
17 August, 2026
Why I’m Choosing the W-Nikkor 3.5cm f/1.8 LTM or Omnar NK35-18 MkII Conversion as my 35mm (Pt. 1 of 3)
It all started with Sonnar Love. Like many regulars of 35mmc, over ten-years ago I was enlightened and soon began pursuing Sonnar-formula lenses because of community founder Ham...
11 July, 2026
Digital B&W … … with filters?
Should I use colour filters when shooting B&W on a digital camera? The resounding answer on the internet is, no, shoot RAW and you have more flexibility in casting to B&...
My introduction to film photography was towards the end of the 1980’s when I got a job working in the darkrooms of a daily newspaper. The standard way to become a press ph...
26 June, 2026
Phil Maxwell, the Olympus XA2, and the Street as Theatre
I have known Phil Maxwell for about sixteen years. For a period, we both had studios in Spitalfields, in that strange zone where the East End was still recognisably itself but w...
Inspired by what I learned in the recent “Goldilocks Challenge” comparing my different Leica 50mm lenses, I’ve embarked on an open ended project/rabbit hole of...
13 May, 2026
Leica 50mm Lenses – The “Goldilocks Leica Lens Challenge” Day Two – Summicron vs. Summitar…
For me, a good photo outing starts before I pick up a camera or leave the house. Of course, I’d never go out shooting without a loaded camera, and depending on how ambiti...
Having succumbed to the temptation to impulse buy a camera that I knew only by its reputation for having long been the inexpensive way into medium format, a Lubitel 166, I decid...
