January 2020 – Analog Dave

The Case for the Fujifilm X-Pro1

Looking through the listings of a well known selling site shows just what a bargain the Fujifilm X-Pro1 camera has become.

Yeah, yeah I know the X-Pro1 is somewhat yesterdays news in terms of price now but looking through the listings of a well known selling site shows just what a bargain the Fujifilm X-Pro1 camera has become. And that shouldn’t put one off from buying one, it still has quite a cult-like following amongst photographers and for some good reasons.

Thoughts on the Olympus XA2

A few notes on the Olympus XA2

I had high hopes for the Olympus X-A2, it’s one of those cameras that piques interest as a competent point and shoot camera. It’s basic, it’s no frills and it aims to get the job done.

Gloucester Quays on Tri-X

Had a wander round the Gloucester Quays area on Sunday.

Had a wander round the Gloucester Quays area last weekend. A great opportunity for both myself and the Wife as it’s a shopping centre set in the old quay area of Gloucester. She could do some shopping and I could wander around the old buildings, camera in hand.

The One’s That Got Away

I have a checkered past with film cameras. Since getting back into film a few years ago now I’ve bought and sold quite a few cameras that looking back I should have kept.

Fujifilm X-Pro1 Manual Focus

How I use my Fujifilm X-Pro1 in manual focus mode

Having gone down the route of a manual focus lens with the acquisition of the Fujifilm X-Pro1 a little while ago, I thought it would be a good idea to lay out how I use the Fujifilm X-Pro1 in manual focus mode and how I’m finding the experience.

WTF! GAS is all around

I’m a GAS addict, there I’ve said it.

Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS) is a really bad thing. You can lose days to it, you can lose nights sleep due to it and it’s a syndrome that creeps up on you almost constantly.

Car Meet on Kodak Tri-X 400

Had a few frames left at the end of a roll of Tri-X 400 I’d pushed to 1600 in the Leica M6 and as I was off to a car meeting last weekend thought I’d take it along to finish the roll off.

Shooting at Box Speed

A recent Twitter poll I put up quite surprised me with the results. I asked the question ‘how do you shoot your film’ with a choice of 3 answers

A recent Twitter poll I put up quite surprised me with the results.

018 – First Scramble of the Year

First Scramble of the year!

Bicester Heritage’s Sunday Scramble happened last weekend and all things considered an excellent day as it always seems to be.

There were some fine cars on show and a selection of them can be seen below!

Roll on the next car meeting…

Loading a Leica M6

Before buying my Leica M6 I read quite a variety of forum posts/blog posts etc with regards to loading film. It appeared that many people struggle with loading even with the quick load system the M6 has.