If you were expecting to read my thoughts on reaching my 50th year of existence then sadly you will be disappointed. However, if you wanted to read about the 50 cameras I’ve reviewed, then you’ve come to the right place. Little did I realise that when I started out reviewing the cameras that I had, … More On Reaching 50
Biggest, Heaviest, Fastest are just some of the words associated with the Nikon F5. But were these superlatives misplaced. This is what I wanted to find out. Soooo Looking at the first, the BIGGEST. The F4 is clearly the biggest camera! Wait a minute my F4 has the MB21 high speed battery grip which technically … More Nikon F5 The Superlative Nikon?
This is only the second rangefinder camera I have tried so far during my return to film. The last, here, left me feeling disappointed but determined to try again. So here I am trying again, this time with the 1950’s Balda Baldinette. This was given to me by a client. He and I often talked … More Balda Baldinette
One of the things I’m really enjoying, during my return to my film roots, is using really well made cameras. A good example of this has to be the well engineered Edixa Mat Reflex. When you get one of these box like but substantial cameras in your hand (camera and Edixa Xenar 50mm f2.8 lens … More Edixa Mat Reflex Mod B
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I was interested in seeing what differences there were between HP5+ and Fomapan. For this experiment they were both used on the same day at 400 ISO and developed with the same developer. I used the same camera and lenses but I didn’t shoot identical images. So … More HP5+ and Fomapan 400
I mention here that I didn’t have a camera to make use of an expired roll of Kodak Super XX that I had acquired. Well the wait is over and I’m sooo pleased I waited. Hood up…or Down I have a soft spot for all things Yashica, having a number of SLR’s but no TLR. … More Jumping Through Hoops with the Yashica 44LM
The dictionary I have defines Formidable thus: “to be dreaded or viewed with respect; likely to be hard to overcome, resist , or deal with.” This just about sums up my feelings when developing my first roll of Fomapan 400. Being a ‘newbie’ to Black and White film in September 2020, I got through my … More Formidable Fomapan 400 with Fomadon R09
When I first started digitalising my film negatives I was using an ipad as a ‘lightbox’ and my Nikon D500 to take the image. This led to spending too much time, in my opinion, in front of the computer trying to get my images as I wanted them. Discontentment led to using a flatbed scanner … More Photofix Copier- Panacea to Digital Scanning?
Popular photography magazine in its December 1989 issue included a round up of the best point-and -shoot cameras, here. It would appear they gave all the camera manufacturers an opportunity to advertise their ‘latest and greatest’ cameras. Included was Chinon, who in their own words: “With more than 40 years of innovative Opto-mechatronic( is that … More The Chinon CP-7m | m7-PC nonihC
This week I acquired an Olympus OM 1 advertised as parts/not working on that well know auction site. The owner noted that the camera shutter worked but the viewfinder and lens were ‘hazy’. On testing the camera all was well, I had a working Om 1. Even the light meter works, not bad I think … More Seeing Again with an Olympus OM1
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