In any category of device - whether it's cameras, or cars, or phones, or anything else - there seems to be a kind optimal sweet spot in their evolution. At this point, the tool does the job better than it's ever done before, and certainly beyond the limit of the user's capabilities with it. Beyond… Continue reading When Your Upgrade Is A Downgrade
Month: May 2021
The Camera I’d Buy If Money Were No Object
The most I've ever spent on a single camera is £150. This seems to be some kind of invisible door stop, which I've bumped right up against on three or four occasions. A Pentax K30, A Ricoh GRD III and a Sony NEX 3N come immediately to mind, all costing £150 or a shade less.… Continue reading The Camera I’d Buy If Money Were No Object
Fear Of Colour
A few weeks back, my intention was to experiment with colour with my Lumix FZ38. Also, I recently changed my phone, and the Realme 6 Pro I settled upon was another option for colour photography. But despite this, about 95% of photographs I've made since have been black and white. The Realme has a fairly… Continue reading Fear Of Colour
One Frame #19
The Vintage Allure – Or Why I Love Cameras And Other Objects Older Than Me
My first few years of photography involved just the phone camera in my pocket. Then a Nikon Coolpix digital compact when I started learning about aperture, depth of field and shutter speed, and wanted a little more control than my Sony Cyber-shot phones of the day could give. In June 2012, I received a Holga… Continue reading The Vintage Allure – Or Why I Love Cameras And Other Objects Older Than Me