2 April, 2024
5 Frames with a Nikon F3 HP and Portra 400
A retired moto-journalist friend loaned me his old photography bag when he heard I’d been shooting a lot of film. When I first returned to film, I’d mostly been us...
28 March, 2024
5 Frames with a Praktica MTL5B, a Pentacon 50/1,8 and a Roll of Portra 400 (expired in 2011)
An afternoon of urban exploration looking for derelicted places gave me the chance to test a Praktica MTL 5b with its standard (pun intended) lens: the Pentacon 50/1,8, which I ...
14 March, 2024
5 Frames with a Minolta X-700 and Tri-X
When I first got back into shooting film around 2013, the first film SLR I acquired after a brief flirtation with lomography cameras was the Minolta X-700. I got it and a couple...
One day in last November, my mom was telling me a plan her classmates from college came up recently about traveling to some small towns in Japan. In spite of work-related issues...
24 February, 2024
5 Frames on the road in Morocco with Bronica RF 645
I love both travelling and analogue photography. My search for a “portable” medium format camera (as an amateur) ended with the Bronica RF 645 . The size of th...
9 February, 2024
5 Colour Frames with a Yashica Mat TLR
My Dad got me into photography in the sixties, and I still use his Edixamat Reflex 35mm camera – it is built like a tank and after a CLA works a treat. His dream camera h...
4 February, 2024
5 Frames with a Kodak Medalist II and Ektar 100
Kodak’s original brochure for the Medalist II describes it as a “compact, integrated assembly”. They’re so wrong. It’s a magnificent beast. The cel...
1 February, 2024
Kiev 60 in Paklenica National Park
If Kalashnikov Ever Made Camera, then that would be Kiev 60. Definitely. But I love it, it’s large, shutter really kicks with that satisfying sound, gives you feeling tha...