Nikon Df arrives…

For a few weeks now I’ve been wrestling with my conscience and common sense regarding a new camera. Not the Sony A7/r (which just did not interest me) but the Nikon Df. One of my favourite film cameras is the Nikon FM3a, which a joyfully simple camera. Nikon ran a teaser ad campaign about the …

Food riot

On my way to the Collect+ dropoff at my local newsagent yesterday it was slightly bizarre to come across people dressed as riot police and food all over the road! This was literally about 100 yards from the front of my office. It turned out this was a scene from a TV show being filmed …

M Typ 240 – a Terrible Camera?

You would believe it if you read everything on the internet (mind you, you would believe Elvis was alive and riding around on a London bus on the moon if you read everything on the internet). The feedback from many sources (notably Peter Prosophos, but he isn’t alone in his views) seems to have been …

Blues & Royals hit Liverpool Street

This lunchtime I headed over to Liverpool street station to grab lunch. While there I heard a band playing. It wasn’t until I headed into the station proper that I realised it wasn’t just a band, it was the band of the Blues & Royals, a cavalry regiment of the British Army. The Band is …