A balanced, three course meal of photography, tech and repair
A balanced, three course meal of photography, tech and repair
Whilst in the loft trying to dig out suitcases I had one of those “I wonder what’s in this box?” moments. Without fail, when you move house there always seems to be a box or two that end up on a permanent “I’ll sort that later when everything else is…
According to a leaflet that came with my Exa 1a, this camera is “the rapid-action all-purpose camera that’s within everyone’s means!” One part of that statement is true today, this is an Ihagee camera that is cheap enough that anyone could purchase one. Mine came boxed with the original receipts…
Some time ago I bought a Canon EOS 1N, their second one series flagship 35mm camera. If you’re not familiar with the intricacies of the 1 series, they were aimed at professionals and especially those who worked in sports photography and photo journalism. They were system cameras that came in…
There is an argument that Apple have never invented a single product. Innovate – yes, but the inventions have all been the product of other companies. Not convinced? The GUI central to the Macintosh was the invention of the geniuses at Xerox Parc, the iPod? Beaten to it years before…
In 1969, Apollo 11 and its lunar lander successfully placed humans on the moon for the first time. In the background was an incredible feat of digital engineering called the AGC or Apollo Guidance Computer which navigated both shuttle and lander successfully to the Moon, onto its surface and then…
l have a habit of accidentally getting myself into things and this was definitely the case with the Big Film Photowalk. I saw the advert on an Instagram story and thought “that’d be a nice excuse to shoot a roll of film” and off I went to the website only…
