3 January, 2024
Getting it Wrong and Portra 160 in the Autumn
This morning there is a global artificial intelligence meeting at Bletchley Park to discuss how to stop technology eradicating mankind! Elon Musk has waded in in his own style b...
26 December, 2023
Life-like Finders and Photo-like Finders Part 1: The L–P spectrum
“The camera is just a light-tight box.” If you spend time on photography websites and forums, you’ve probably encountered this dictum before – often as an admo...
24 December, 2023
A Bout of GAS, and a Rediscovered Pentax Q7
I took my Pentax Q7 for a couple of Christmassy evenings out in town with the kids in the run up to Christmas. I took it out because it ended up finding its way to being the clo...
14 December, 2023
Developing film at home for the first time
Growing up as a Millenial my first experience with photography was of the digital kind. Buying a Nikon D50 with kit lens from the local photography store, I took pictures of my ...
14 December, 2023
Agfa Copex Rapid developed in H&W Control
The tantalising mysteries of microfilms (AKA ‘copy’ or ‘document’ films) grabbed my attention almost as soon as I re-entered the world of film a few short years ago, precipitate...
11 December, 2023
The Short Telephoto – My Preferred Carry-Everywhere Lens
It’s been a little while since I really began to realise just how much more I favour I hold for a short telephoto lens. Over last summer though it went from being a vague prefer...
10 December, 2023
AI, TV, VHS, IC, CD, DVD, EV, ICV and all the rest.
Currently isolated with my first bout of covid, to pass the time I have been reading various articles relating to developments in photographic technology (and playing with Affin...
1 December, 2023
410 East 65th Street
Whatever the reason, my telephone fell off the wall regularly, and I used tape and gum to effect repairs. When the handset gave up, I used my stereo headphones for the receiver....
