If you’re into photography and maybe if you’re not, you must surely have heard of Lomo cameras. Russian made and frankly not of great quality, nevertheless they have a massive…

The sailing regatta at St Tropez in October is always fun. It’s the last one of the season and everyone is looking forward to a well earned break at the…

The view through the Visible Dust loupe. Note how the 6 led bulbs focus in the centre. It’s been a couple of years now since I bought a Leica M9…

Here is one of things that once you use it you wonder how you managed before. Imagine, you want an Aspirin but it’s somewhere in the medicine bag but where?…

At 22 kilos the LSZ-1 is no lightweight machine but it compensates by being very compact and by having some very good features. It can sew straight stitch or zigzag.…

After the popularity of the Leica M9 T shirt, it seemed only natural that one should be able to celebrate other classic Leicas too. Here is the first M, the…

After the popularity of the Leica M9 T shirt, it seemed only natural that one should be able to celebrate some other classic cameras too. Here is the Nikon SP…

Dave steers Doolittle mid Atlantic. Note his burgundy jacket, later changed for a beige one to keep him dry and cool. Over the last couple of decades I have had…

Taken with an M9 and a 21mm Summilux f1.4 lens. This image proves that even with manual focussing and exposure you can still take awesome images of fast moving subjects.…

This is how my hull looked when I hauled it this year. This could never be described as working well. Here is a close up of a typical area of…