My Kodak Retina 118: More than a camera
As a professional archivist, understanding the context and provenance of archival material is hugely important. When I look at my camera collecting, I have applied a similar criteria to...
Freezing and Frustrated: A Pentax K1000 story.
I follow a lot of amazing film photographers on Instagram and I’m always intrigued to see what cameras they are using. Recently I noticed that the talented Danielle Wrobleski...
Visions from another world: Shooting with LomoChrome Purple XR 100-400
During the Covid-19 pandemic, I taught myself to develop black and white film at home but have yet to try developing colour. I also usually prefer to shoot in...
Made in Occupied Japan: The Mamiyaflex Junior
At the end of 2020 I was browsing through cameras on a certain well known auction site when I came across a listing for a Mamiyaflex Junior. I...
The digitisation of photographic negatives at home
Part one of the 'at home' series focused on the preservation of photographic negatives and briefly touched upon the topic of digitisation. In this post I would like to...
Take along a Brownie: Shooting with my Six-20 Kodak Brownie Model D
The history of photography is marked by events which saw major advancements in our ability to capture images and one such instance was the invention of the Kodak camera...
Repairing and shooting my Yashica Electro 35 GS
It is probably clear by now that I have quite a fondness for Japanese manufactured cameras. When I made the decision to add a rangefinder to my collection, I...
The preservation of photographic negatives at home
One of the most important aspects of being an archivist is to ensure the long term preservation and accessibility of archival material. On a day to day basis we...
In The Pocket: Photography From World War One
This week I am delighted to introduce a guest contribution to the blog from Mr. William Fagan. William is a fellow camera collector, photographer and photographic historian. He has...
Take a trip with the Olympus Trip 35
Keeping with the theme of Japanese manufacturers, I’ll be taking a look at one of the most popular 35mm cameras of all time, the Olympus Trip 35. First manufactured...