A balanced, three course meal of photography, tech and repair
A balanced, three course meal of photography, tech and repair
Everything photography – 35mm, digital, developing, old cameras and more
It’s 1990 and the Canon EOS lineup is iteratively starting to take shape. The first few models were slight outliers in their design language and even their model numbers were odd, starting at 630 and working their way down to…
In 1992, Canon released the EOS 5 to great critical reception. Without doubt, the EOS 5 came packed with features that consumers wanted from a high end SLR and it sold in vast quantities. Professionals who had invested in the…
The Canon Digital Ixus 400 (Ixy 400 in Japan and Powershot S400 in America) was an utterly iconic digital compact camera, released in March of 2003 into an intensely competitive marketplace. Digital compacts were all the rage in the very…
A story of struggling against the passage of time, technology and endless rummaging in the garage for old computer parts… This one is special, for me personally at least. A great deal has already been written about the Casio QV-10…
Originally, the very raison d’être of this site was the enjoyment of photography on a shoestring budget, literally how much fun can you have for a crisp £5 note. As they always do, things develop and I’ve gone down various…
The Classic Camera kit is designed and manufactured by a British toy company called “Eight Innovation LTD” who also produce the identical Haynes branded version. It retails for around £20 if you buy it new but can be found on…
Well over a year ago I saw a very tired looking Canon AE1 sat in a charity shop window for about £35, complete with a breech-lock 50mm F1.8. I knew someone who’d been after a decent film camera for ages…
Whilst reviewing the Fujifilm A201, I spent a lot of time looking through old pictures and discovered that I’d got a fair few folders full of images taken on an Olympus C860L that I’d borrowed from a friend back in…
Everything starts somewhere. In late 2001 digital cameras were expensive – far too expensive for a college student who’s only income was £30 a week from a shift as a cycle mechanic in the local bike shop. No amount of…
A few weeks back, Amateur Photographer ran a front cover special about shooting macro on a budget. “How to get close to your subjects without breaking the bank” the cover screamed. I turned a few pages to find that not…