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Nov 24, 2018

Autumn Photo Series - an 'APS' on APS

In September I found out I could still get APS film processed, so I shot 4 rolls of expired film in 3 different cameras to capture Autumn on

Oct 4, 2018

Compact Camera Club - Lomography Fisheye

The Fisheye was one of the first 35mm film cameras I ever used, back in 2007. There was a point in time when it was a camera I used heavily.

Sep 27, 2018

Amateur Photographer - second hand bargains feature

I contributed to a 'second hand bargains' article talking about my Vivitar UWS, which featured in the 22nd Sept issue of Amateur Pho

Sep 22, 2018

An afternoon with the Canon EOS R

In September 2018, Canon took their new system: the EOS R out on the road. I had an afternoon with it to try it out and take some photos.

Sep 13, 2018

Smile Single Use Camera - a review with photos

If you're wondering: "What is this camera? And what do the photos look like? Is this worth buying?" Then I have some answers f

Aug 11, 2018

Playing around with the camera on an old feature phone

I carried an old feature phone around and took some photos, recorded some video with it, to see how it performed. The answer: not bad, actua

Jul 28, 2018

First Impressions of Film Ferrania P30 Alpha

In March 2018 Film Ferrania released a limited run of it's first 35mm black & white film; P30 Alpha. I tried it out in my Olympus Pe

Jun 13, 2018

Compact Camera Club - Olympus Trip 500

If you want a camera that takes photos a little bit like the Lomo LC-A+, and you don't mind skimping on settings, the Trip 500 might be

May 14, 2018

Praktica Micropix - Smallest Camera EVER

What can possibly the world's smallest camera produce in terms of image quality? I took my charity shop find out in the wild to test dri

May 2, 2018

Compact Camera Club - Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim

The Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim is an all plastic, all manual, compact 35mm film camera with an astonishingly wide angle 22mm lens!

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