It is probably easiest if I just come out and say it like this: The XPAN will forever hold a special place in my heart.
It's been two years since I've owned it, and roughly 200...
The 1980s Hollywood stars Danny Devito and Arnold Schwarzenegger are the unlikely match to play twin brothers in the aptly named 1988 film, Twins (stick with me on this one). As...
18 March, 2018
What is a Rangefinder Camera, and is one right for you?
For many photographers rangefinder cameras are some of the most simple, easy to use, unimposing and inconspicuous cameras available. Yet for those who don’t get on with them, th...
17 March, 2018
Canon 7 Review – by Terry B.
I recall as a 16-year old and having taken up photography about a year earlier, seeing in the photographic press the arrival of the Canon 7 with a lens of the simply unheard of ...
11 March, 2018
The Leica Rangefinder and the importance of a well calibrated system – By Alan Starkie
The idea of the rangefinder is simple, it’s an optical triangulation device coupled to a cam on a lens. Align the two images in the viewfinder and the camera is in focus. ...
The Leica M240 is the camera I have used most (so far) for serious and professional photography in my life, but somehow is the camera I've written about the least. I'm not much ...
3 March, 2018
Olympus SP & DC Review – Two Olympus cameras, one family holiday – Guest post by Chris Pattison
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.― Benjamin Franklin
A clever chap was Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. He knew a thing or two about preparation. I, on the ot...
10 February, 2018
Leica IIIC Review – A family member back in operation – by Andrew Morang
Since childhood, this little Leica IIIC was a member of the household. My dad bought it in 1949 when he worked for the US Navy on Guam. It came with a 5cm f/2.0 Summitar lens. H...