A friend of mine has been doing a house clearance on behalf of a lady whose parents died. The house in question is next door to him and, as the daughter lives some distance away...
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7 May, 2024
Karni Mata, Deshnoke
During my recent visit to India I travelled to the town of Deshnoke in order to spend some time at a temple I had heard about. Dating from around 1530, the Karni Mata temple is ...
6 May, 2024
Lomography Nour Triplet V 2.0/64 Review – Beyond The Blur – My Time With The Bokeh Control Art Lens
In the world of photography and its current emphasis on sharpness, the quest for a lens that not only captures lovely images, but also adds an artistic touch is never-ending. Th...
5 May, 2024
Évora, Portugal with a Leica MP & Foma 100
Not only photogenic, historic and interesting (a UNESCO world heritage site, European Capital of Culture for 2027), Évora also has a superb hotel in a converted former nunn...
I started shooting film when I began high school, at the age of 15. Back then, film was making a comeback and rising in popularity in my home country, which means prices were al...
3 May, 2024
A brief encounter with a (Zeiss) Ideal camera.
The ‘ideal’ camera in this case being the Zeiss Ideal, a 9×12 model from around 1930. An interesting camera, once known as a ‘hand and stand’, a...
Hey photo makers. As part of my ongoing gas I recently acquired a MInolta 85mm Varisoft lens. Starting with a mint condition X-700/50mm f/1.7 setup gifted to me by a coworker a ...
As users of film cameras many of us have had to master Sunny 16 and estimating distances because many of the older cameras we use lack an exposure meter or a means of setting ac...
