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  1. Roll 001

    September 5, 2019
    A couple of years back, I wrote a piece titled ‘Roll 600’. The piece marked the moment I logged my — wait for it — 600th roll of film in my film spreadsheet. In the piece, I mentioned how rewarding it was to rediscover old memories, holidays and events one…

  2. Perfect Imperfections

    July 29, 2019
    Leica M4 | Summicron-M 35mm | Agfa Vista 200 I used to work in a camera store. It was at once the most perfect and the most infuriating job. On the one hand, I got to play with a whole lot of cool stuff. On the other, there were many…

  3. You Don’t Need a Light Meter

    July 1, 2019
    Lunar Camera and Film Magazine — Photo: Smithsonian Institution Concerned about your exposure? Don’t be. While the astronauts of the Apollo program had a lot to worry about, exposure wasn’t really one of them.  Take a close-up look at the photographic cheat-sheet affixed to the 70mm Hasselblad film magazines that…

  4. Supersonic Dreams

    March 1, 2019
    Concorde 001 takes off from Toulouse on its maiden flight — Image: Airbus On this day fifty years ago, Concorde made its maiden flight. The French prototype 001 lifted off from Toulouse with test pilot André Turcat at the controls for a modest 28 minute flight of what would become…

  5. Where the Big Birds Fly

    March 1, 2019
    Airbus A319 D-AKNL | EW7462 | HAM–LHR At what age did you stop looking up when you heard the roar of a jet engine overhead? At what point did a passing freight train become a traffic frustration instead of a counting challenge? Well if you answered “NEVER!”, then congratulations for…

  6. “Zoom in…and ENHANCE”

    February 20, 2019
    Image: Fujifilm If you’re a Fujifilm X shooter, you might have a bit of a love-hate relationship with your camera. I absolutely adore my X-Pro2. It’s everything I could possibly want from a digital camera, but its “revolutionary” X-Trans sensor can often leave a bit to be desired when paired…

  7. Lost and Finder — Cover Flow and MacOS Mojave

    September 28, 2018
    Source: apple.com Another year, another MacOS update. This year, we move into the desert with MacOS Mojave. These new releases have, generally speaking, been pretty good since the divisive OS X Lion. Each successive release has largely focused on security and under-the-hood improvements, although some features have been added (and…

  8. One Mount to Rule Them All?

    September 26, 2018
    Source: l-mount.com Exciting times at the now annual Photokina trade show overnight where Leica, Panasonic and Sigma announced a new alliance based around Leica’s L-Mount. Along with the announcement of the alliance, came one of those dastardly ‘development’ announcements (announcing that a product is in development with further actual product…

  9. New Camera: Rollei 35

    July 18, 2018
    Are you the token “photographer” in your family or friendship group? Others may own cameras, but you’re the one they always come to for advice or, in some circumstances, the one they turn to to dump their ancient, unwanted camera gear: “YOU LIKE CAMERAS DON’T YOU I GOT THIS PENTAX…

  10. Stocking up on Stock

    July 5, 2018
    Berlin, 2015 I wonder how long “film” will remain part of Fujifilm’s product line up? This is the sort of thing that keeps me up at night, though only usually after my 2 year-old has declared 3am “have a play” time. But I digress. 2018 has seen Fuji-‘film’…
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