A balanced, three course meal of photography, tech and repair
A balanced, three course meal of photography, tech and repair
Launched in February 2005, the Canon 350D marked another significant step forward in the rapidly evolving digital SLR landscape. Its predecessor, the 300D had changed the market and rate of adoption for “serious amateur” digital photography by offering a body that was capable, produced great results and above all was…
A short while back I did a roundup of some extremely cheap camera purchases from Ebay. Amongst the various cameras was a Hanimex 35HF Motor which had a roll of Kodak Ultra 400 24 exposure film left in it, with an apparent 12 shots already used. Not being someone who…
Last time, I’d spent a week and more money than I’d liked to have by bolting two different camera bodies together to make one working one. Ultimately the body I tried to fix ended up being a total loss due to focusing issues and a mouldy sensor. The whole point…
The Canon 300D/Digital Rebel (an awful name for a camera) was truly ground breaking when it was released in 2003 for around £800. For the first time a digital SLR with a well regarded sensor and image quality was available for a price that most “enthusiasts” would consider very enticing…
It is fairly obvious that it is possible to pick up some really interesting or fun to use camera gear on Ebay for very little money, but how much can you get and for how low a price? Currently, a roll of reasonable black and white film, such as Ilford…
For anyone who’s not a photography obsessive, the term “full frame” may well be completely meaningless. A 35mm film SLR camera is full frame, this means two things – the image taken covers an area of approximately 36mm wide by 24mm tall on the film and secondly, the viewfinder is…
My favourite 35mm film camera, the Canon AE-1 Program was released in 1981 and my other go to film body, the EOS 55e was first released in 1995. This means my two main cameras are probably about 40 and 25 years old respectively. In technology terms, this makes them about…
