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19 January, 2026
High Risk, High Reward (or, Against Spray and Pray)
I have recently stumbled upon a video of a guy ‘debunking’ the alleged myth of ‘one shot, one keeper’ —actually the orginal Japanese version was hikken, ...
19 January, 2026
Pakistan – 33 Years exploring – With the Olympus E1 and E3 DSLR’s and Steve – Part 1 in The Punjab
So, off I went to Pakistan again, but this time with my Welsh mate Steve. Been exploring the place for 33 years and only scratched the surface. Steve wanted to go to Pakistan, a...
18 January, 2026
Konica Infrared 750nm – Experimenting with Expired Infrared Film
A few months ago a professor at the University of Sheffield where I work gave me and some colleagues a couple of boxes of expired film, which were owned by his father. Most of t...
17 January, 2026
Summicron 50/2 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field Test
A casual stroll around the Trevi Fountain gave me the chance to experiment with an unusual combination: an old Summicron 50/2 and a relatively new Nikon Z5. The opportunity mate...
17 January, 2026
Amsterdam, with RULES and a Zeiss Sonnar 50mm lens
The game was to use my digital camera (Sony A7Riii) as if it was a film camera so I set myself the following rules for our nearly four day trip to Haarlem and Amsterdam. A maxim...
16 January, 2026
Panasonic C 2200 ZM Mini & Zoom with Kodak Colorplus 200.
Colorplus film an a Panasonic C 2200 ZM Mini&Zoom.
A notorious website (which address I won’t mention) recently blamed a new cinema lens (which I also won’t name) for being almost unusable outside the centre of the f...
15 January, 2026
Europe’s second city, with a Yashica Mat 124G
We took the train for the 36 minute journey – a day trip would have been easy but we wanted to spend a few days away enjoying the food and local attractions. It was a pleasant 1...
