4 December, 2024
Hydra on 35mm
I learned about Hydra during my university years. I was in a ‘Leonard Cohen phase’ and learned that he lived on the Greek island during an early phase of his life. Fast forward ...
28 November, 2024
5 Frames in Laos with the Lomo LC-A
With my passion for photography reinvigorated after a multi-year rut and breaking my pride and joy, an Olympus MJU II, I wanted to make my trip to Laos an experiment with a new ...
27 November, 2024
5 frames taken with a Leica R4 that I got by chance
A German proverb says: “Unverhofft kommt oft.” (The unexpected often happens.) and so a friend called me some time ago to offer me the Leica collection of his father’s estate. I...
25 November, 2024
5 Frames with a Vivitar 70-210 f/3.5
Cheap zoom lenses have never had a great reputation. Especially in the Digital age, some budget zooms are considered a bit of a plague. Cheap, plasticky, and very poor optically...
19 November, 2024
5 Frames of Kodak Tri-X @3200
Chances are, if you’re into film photography, you’ve at least heard the terms ‘pushing’ and ‘pulling’ film. In a nutshell, pushing or pulling...
13 November, 2024
5 Frames with a Yashica Mat 124
I recently ran into a Yashica Mat 124 for sale at a local camera store. Having spent way too much time browsing endless listings for Seagull 4As (which have seemingly only incre...
13 November, 2024
Minolta Maxxum 7000 – Putting a €30 Camera Through Its Paces at Belgium’s Toughest Cycling Race
Belgium’s Tour of Flanders (De Ronde van Vlaanderen) snakes through Flander’s fields on a mixture of well-paved roads and what those in the know call ‘cobbled sectors’: long sec...
28 October, 2024
5 Frames with a Minolta XGM at Go Your Own Way
I have a multitude of cameras and lenses, collected over many years, including some left over from my professional photography days, Sadly I sold my Hasselblad 500CM, but kept ...