For the last 25 years I have kept an office in St Ives – not the one by the sea where aggressive gulls rip ice creams indiscriminately from the hands of hyperactive children and...
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When we zoom in or use a longer focal length, the subject looks bigger... other things being equal, of course. But other things need not be equal. We can, for instance, zoom in ...
As with a lot of my articles, the reason I’m writing this is to solidify an idea in my head. That idea is that I have become a bit of a snob, that I’ve lost touch with something...
23 August, 2020
Six of my Best Freebie Cameras – Part2: The Others – By Rock
Following on from my previous post regarding the 'sins' of being given cameras for free, when you have too many anyway, here is part 2 featuring three others. If you took notice...
22 August, 2020
My first 3 rolls of home developed film – By Holly Gilman
Otherwise known as “third time’s the charm”.
I have recently decided to plough on with my goal of developing film at home and here is the story of my first 3 rolls.
I have deve...
I am sharing a whole roll of Ilford HP5. Is that not everyone’s first roll of film?
I really like the idea of sharing a whole roll. In fact on my learning log I regularly analy...
21 August, 2020
FujiFilm E-900 Review – a Sublime Paradox – By Adam Kendall
The FujiFilm 'E' series of cameras offer the user a classic, straight-forward experience. This is especially true of the FujiFilm E-900 - the designers took what worked from the...
20 August, 2020
5 Frames with Fujifilm Neopan 1600 – by Simon King
Despite my previous efforts to demystify this deceased Fujifilm stock I still have something of an attachment to the idea of shooting Neopan designated films, so when I found so...
