5 February, 2025
Pentax Zoom 60 Auto – Thoughts from a 3rd roll
Automation of cameras. Pentax Zoom 60 and Fujifilm 200 film.
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24 December, 2017
Nikon F75 Project – Part 3 – Kodak Portra 800 & Two competing brains at the Christmas Fayre
I talked around the way I think differently with different cameras in my hands in my post about the Lure of the Uncomplicated camera. How the Nikon F75 impacted on my thought pr...
The one feature I’ve always desired from a compact camera is a 50mm lens. I would estimate that around 75% of my photography is shot with a normal focal length. This is actually...
21 December, 2017
5 frames with a Ferrania Condor II – Francesco Melis
The 1952 Ferrania Condor II rangefinder camera, alongside with some famous and well sought-after postwar productions, is normally considered a Leica copy, although it shows many...
19 December, 2017
5 frames with a Pentax Espio 35-70 AF Zoom – By James Cockroft
Pentax made loads of Espio cameras. You can find different versions all over. The 35-70 AF Zoom is one of the bigger, clunkier ones, and it does all kinds of things, like double...
When I first looked at the 7Artisans 5mm f/1.1 specs I asked myself if this could be a kind of 'everyman’s Noctilux'. But hand in hand with this question comes the scepticism. I...
17 December, 2017
Nikon F75 Project – Part 1 – Going off on a tangent from my usual direction of travel
I’ve started a little project shooting a Nikon F75. I’m calling it a project, as I want to differentiate it a little from my normal trials with cameras. My intention isn’t to sh...
16 December, 2017
Leica M2 – Overlooked lesser sibling or minimalist, ‘gold-standard’ talisman of classic Leicadom for wide angle? – By Chroma
Now then, down to brass (Leica) tacks…(and yes, I am including favourite shots taken by myself in Bangkok with a Leica M2 throughout this post).In reading this article, it is as...
14 December, 2017
5 Frames with an Olympus Trip 35 – By Chris McPhee
This is a camera that I would guess everyone is familiar with. It’s not a complicated piece of machinery and millions were made in the 60’s, 70’s and 80...
