23 July, 2023
5 Frames with my newly acquired Pentax 67
Well, all roads would eventually lead here. I knew it in my gut. My dalliance with different film cameras and a desire for a certain quality took me past 35mm shooters with dece...
15 April, 2023
Drinking districts in Japan II – Nagasaki with a Leica iiig, 50mm Summitar and Portra 400
My photography is about people but often without people – stories in objects and surroundings about their lives and lifestyles.
Nagasaki (city) is a historically famous port. T...
26 March, 2023
Drinking districts in Japan I: Tokyo with a Leica iiig, 50mm Elmar f3.5 and Portra 400 – By Geoff Chaplin
My photography is about people but often without people – stories in objects and surroundings about their lives and lifestyles.
Japan probably conjures up many thoughts – crowd...
21 February, 2023
5 Frames on the Kodak 66 Model iii and Portra 400 – By Stevie Keen
As an early foray into film photography, the Kodak 66 Model iii was a steep learning curve. No light meter, no way of measuring distance and a sequence of buttons and levers tha...
21 December, 2022
Cinestill 400D vs Kodak Portra 400 – Film Review – By Ted Ayre
Let’s face it, Kodak Portra 400 is the predominant colour negative film of the decade. When Fujifilm inexplicably pulled Pro400H off the market, it left Kodak to dominate the me...
It seemed like a good idea to drop a roll of 35mm colour negative into my camera and go and pop off 36 exposures in a couple of hours, or at least it would have been two years a...
An annual Herreshoff vintage yacht regatta is held in Bristol for owners of classic Herreshoff wooden boats. Most were built in our town in the glory days of the storied Herres...
I’ve read more than once that the Schneider 90mm f:4 Apo Symmar Macro PQS lens for the Rollei 6xxx and Hy6 systems is the best lens in medium format. Hasselblad own...