Category: Gear
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One camera to rule them all
I’ve made a major change in my camera gear. It’s something that I’d been thinking about for a while. And no, I haven’t gone digital The problem is that I had too many cameras – or to be more precise – too many camera systems: Hasselblad V System Olympus OM Contax G (because I do…
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Using Lee filters on a Hasselblad 40mm CF lens
When I first got the 40mm CF lens for my Hasselblad my first question was how do I use filters on it? Nearly every photo I take has some kind of filter on it so it was an important issue for me. I wanted to use the 100mm Lee filters if possible, as I would…
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My favourite films
My favourite film/developer combinations change on an on-going basis so this is just a snapshot of my favourites at the moment. 35mm black and white I really like Tri-X developed in D76, but the film I use most is Ilford XP2 developed in Rodinal. XP2 is supposed to be developed in C41 chemicals, but I…
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Tate Britain with an Olympus rangefinder
I recently bought an Olympus 35DC rangefinder for the princely sum of £15. The 35DC is the cinderella of Olympus rangefinders because it’s fully automatic and there’s no manual override – in fact no manual settings at all apart from ISO and focus. I wasn’t expecting to like it much due to the lack of…