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24 November, 2025
The October Wasp – A One Shot Story
I came across the wasp while walking to town on an unremarkable Sunday afternoon. This modest photo was taken with an ailing Pentax Auto 110 film camera, using a generic colour ...
I’m a big fan of the Color-Minotar lens that graces the tiny body of the Minox 35 cameras. About the only thing that annoys me about the lens itself is the misspelling of ...
22 November, 2025
5 frames from an obsolete camera, the Olympus i-10
A log time ago in a far off century, 1996 to be precise, a collective consortium got together led by Kodak, Canon, Minolta, and Nikon to launch a new film format, this format be...
22 November, 2025
Mexico City with a Travel Camera (Olympus 35 RC)
Last spring the opportunity came up for a family trip to Mexico City. A week before our departure, I acquired an Olympus 35 RC from a camera show. I thought this would be useful...
21 November, 2025
8×10 camera for $10 in ten minutes
I signed up to teach a photography event to 8-year-olds at a summer activity event. It was scheduled to take place on my college campus in late June, 2025. The ‘class’ was compr...
21 November, 2025
Life and Death in London – My photo of the year 2025
This hasn’t been easy and I thank David, Scott and Hamish for setting me the (actually enjoyable) task. It turned out my favourite fell just outside the last 12 months (I’m taki...
21 November, 2025
5 Frames with Svema Foto 100 with an Argus C3
I recently learned about Svema films, and was instantly intrigued by Svema Foto 100. Film from the most important Soviet film factory, still made in Ukraine, with punchy contras...
20 November, 2025
5 Frames with a Braun Super Paxette using Dragon No.1 film
I love old film cameras. It’s led me to build a small collection including a Kodak Retina IIIc (which I’m not a massive fan of), Voigtlander Vitomatic IIa (which I l...
