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An impromptu trip to the seaside. Took my OM1n to do some triple exposures on expired film with, as well as my Super Baldax and newly acquired Kodak Retina II. There was lots of camera juggling and a small quantity […]

Continuing documentation of the scabby corners of my home town in the UK.

Couldn’t stay away Looks like I’m reviewing a Minox again… I previously owned a 35GL and covered most of the points of what makes these cameras so incredible, and now I have in my mitts a 35ML, the most full-featured […]

This October my exemplary wife took me to Reykjavik for a few days for my birthday. Iceland has been on each of our ‘must visit’ lists for years and despite the absence of any Northern lights due to cloud, the […]

Continuing documentation of the scabby corners of my home town in the UK.

Nubby Here’s one I’ve been meaning to review for a while, and it’s quite possibly my favourite camera to use at the moment. The VF101 (made by Rollei in Singapore) is a beautiful little chunk of a camera with a coupled […]

Binge I can’t remember why I bought my first EC but it led to buying another for some reason, selling both and at some point buying an ECR because it was a bargain (by auction site standards). I’m going to […]

Minox 35GL   My first taste of German camera engineering came in the form of the impossibly tiny Minox 35GL, sold untested for a bargain price. A quick battery change and it was good to go. Occasionally the meter needle […]

I know it’s a massive cliché to take photos of urban decay but it remains one of my favourite subjects. So here begins my documentation of my home town, Leeds, focusing on the ‘Grim North’ of legend.       […]

Olympus XA One of the first film cameras I had when I started to take photos was a zone-focus XA3. I loved it’s tiny stature and how easily it would fit in my pocket and be taken with me every […]