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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? What do the photos look like? Is this worth buying?" Then I have some answers for you.

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, to see how it performed. The answer: not bad, actually!

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 Pen EE-3.

Jun 13, 2018

Compact Camera Club - Olympus Trip 500

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

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 to test drive it!

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!

Mar 24, 2018

I found a 12 year old disposable camera in a junk shop...

... and I took some photos with it. The results were SHOCKING!

Feb 16, 2018

oh dear... something went terribly wrong with my 110 film...

I picked up an old 110 film camera for 50p and shot a roll of film with it, but something went terribly wrong somewhere...

Jan 26, 2018

Reloading a Disposable Camera

After turning out crap the first time, I reloaded a disposable camera with a new roll of film and gave it a second chance...

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