Kowa H
1963: Kowa curiously put a technological first into a budget camera.
Christopher Pattison
Durst Automatica
1956: This outrageously handsome Italian camera was as pioneering as it was cool.
Praktica FX 2
1956: KW introduces the first fully automatic lens diaphragm action.
Olympus Pen EE
1961: Simplicity is beautiful with the mother of all point and shoot cameras.
Yashica TL Electro-X
1968: Yashica lights up the viewfinder and steps up shutter technology.
A half baked idea with a half frame camera
Back in 2017 I acquired an Olympus PEN EE half-frame camera. I took it to Durham City with the idea of recording little street scenes unfolding over three frames. I…
My old cap
It hasn’t been artificially aged. It wasn’t bought last week. It didn’t come with a shitty logo and a premium price attached. The oldest visual record I have of me…
Of Mosques and Cats: A Walk in Istanbul from the Grand Bazaar to Fatih Mosque
The first day of a 3 day exploration of Istanbul. This article was originally published 4 years ago on a blog I regrettably deleted. It proved quite popular, so I…
Film woes, digital joys
Black flag, golden light The sun came out this morning. It hasn’t been around these parts for a while, so I put my Fujifilm X-T30 in my sling bag along…
Praktica Mat
1965: Pentacon continues to innovate amidst the rise of the Japanese SLR.