I’ve found myself with quite a backlog to develop from the last few weeks of sun, but encountered an issue I hadn’t really faced before when developing – the heatwave we’ve been having here in the UK means that all of my chemicals would be quite a bit above the recommended 20°. Temperature is an […]
Tag: 7artisans 50mm f/1.1
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5 Frames… In Barcelona on LomoChrome Purple XR 100-400 (EI 400-ish / 35mm format / Leica M4-P)
I’ve joked in the past that I’m in a committed menage-a-trois with Kodak Portra 400 and ILFORD HP5 PLUS. Truth be told if this were a polyamorous relationship then HP5 would be feeling pretty put out at the moment. I’ve been shooting Portra pretty solidly now for a few years, on 4×5, 120 and 35mm. […]
Posted inLeica film camera reviews
Learning to love a rangefinder camera: Five years with the Leica M6 TTL 0.85
In late 2015 I was hit by a taxi making an illegal turn and received three fractured vertebrae for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. When the mist cleared a second or two after I hit the tarmac, I found myself with my right arm aloft, still holding a new to me […]
Posted inOpinion
My year on film in 115 photos: A 2019 retrospective or, my not-a-365-project
What follows is my 2019 in film photography, a 365 photography project that was absolutely not a 365 project. In this article, I share the results from 115 of the sheets/rolls of film I shot in 2019. It boils down to over one hundred photographs taken by yours truly, all wrapped up in a couple […]
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5 Frames… With. Kodak ColorPlus 200 (EI 200 / 35mm format / Leica M6)
After a long struggle trying to find the right lens for my Leica M6, I decided to give the 7Artisans 50mm f/1.1 a try (in other words, I was giving myself a chance to shoot with the Leica since getting
Posted inLens Reviews
Lens review: the 7artisans 35mm f/2 Leica M-mount lens – first production batch exclusive
UPDATE 01 2017-04-27: Added production specifications
Standing on the shoulders of Hamish Gill’s early look at the pre-release prototype of the 7artisans 35mm f/2 Leica M-mount lens, I’m here to offer my thoughts on one of the very first copies
Posted inFilm stock reviews
Blind film review #01: Fuji Natura 1600 vs Kodak Portra 800 vs Lomography Color Negative 800 (35mm)
At the end of 2017 I mentioned to Aislinn Chuahiock that I’d received some 35mm Kodak Portra 800 to test out and was planning on pitting it against Lomography’s Color Negative 800 in a side-by-side review.
In her infinite wisdom
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Photography: Got…that…itch… – Shot on ILFORD FP4 PLUS at EI 125 (35mm format)
Got…that…itch…
Shot on ILFORD FP4 PLUS at EI 125
Black and white negative film in 35mm format
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Photography: Lunch for three – Shot on ILFORD FP4 PLUS at EI 125 (35mm format)
Lunch for three
Shot on ILFORD FP4 PLUS at EI 125
Black and white negative film in 35mm format
