What is infrared photography? I explain why I got a mirrorless camera converted to IR and discuss two of the adapted lenses I bought specifically for the job. I’ve been watching a few YouTube photography vloggers recently. I enjoy the likes of Brit Thomas Heaton, who travels around in his camper van to various photography …
The Konica Wide 28, also known as Genba Kantoku, is a fully automatic 35mm film camera from the late 80s and was manufactured until 2001. Its target market was the Japanese construction industry, designed to be used in tough environments. As such it is waterproof, dustproof, shock resistant and can be operated while wearing gloves. …
Three shots of Aldeburgh beach taken with the Nikon FE2, Nikkor 85mm f2 and Kodak Portra 400.
A few years ago I purchased a Nikkor 85mm f2 to use on my Sony full frame digital camera. Roll on a couple of years and during lockdown I managed to grab a Nikon FE2 in good nick. I finally married the two together and ran my first test roll through them this August. This …
The above shot is from a test roll of Kodacolor 200 in the Leica iiif, the first shot mid-roll after changing to the Jupiter-12 (35mm). Unfortunately there’s an issue with the shutter at high speeds which created horizontal lines across the scans. This is one of the few where they are not evident, in part …
These are the first photos I took with the Leica iiif. As you’ll see from this post I ran into some issues with the shutter that created horizonal lines. It became more apparent the further along the roll I got but they’re less visible in these shots. The first half of the roll were shot …
The Olympus Trip has a pin-sharp 40mm 2.8 Zuiko lens that’s perfect for portraits, as these images show. No wonder this camera had a production run of almost 20 years! I could do a mini review of this camera but it’s such a popular model the internet is littered with them. My only issue with …
One-hour photo project Poring is a tiny hamlet of tourist shops occupying the strip across from the famous hot springs of Sabah, Borneo. When Malaysia went into lockdown, some of the strictest and longest running globally, communities like Poring folded overnight. The families who left their businesses behind must have thought they would be coming …
