National Day – part of the crowd
On the 1st of December, we celebrate the National Day of Romania. Why the country has chosen this particular day, you can …
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National Day – part of the crowd
On the 1st of December, we celebrate the National Day of Romania. Why the country has chosen this particular day, you can learn here. On this day, we all celebrate, …
Suburbs of a provincial town
Not what you expected, I am sure. Yet this is a suburb of a town, a small one, in the NE of Romania. An old town, hailing from the XVth …
The 11th Salon of Photographic Art 2024
Happy to report that one of my photographs, The Portal, has been selected to appear on the exhibition of the 11th Salon of Photographic Art 2024, to be held in …
Nikon Nikkor 50/1.8 MF mark III
This is a lens I purchased on a whim. Although not a series E, it’s not the famed 50/1.8 all metal “pancake” either (with serial numbers starting with 2 – …
Welta Weltix – the unassuming 35mm folder
In the summer of 1996, I was roaming London, visiting car boot sales and the like places. Not looking for anything in particular, just mingling with the crowds, taking photographs, …
My thoughts on Ilford FP4 (old stock 517 Cine)
This film negative is the old Ilford FP4 @ 125 ASA, the predecessor of the current FP+ 125 emulsion which is still being produced by Ilford. Type – 517 was …
Some portraits of my daughter
These are a few of the portraits of my daughter, in the first one she is posing for me and fooling around with my 105/2.5 lens. I have always been …
There is a first for everything
There is a wise saying: needs must, closely followed by: one must do. I understand this as: one has to make do with what’s available at a given time, and …
Next generation of film photographers
Some call them hipsters. Some say theirs is a generation that is unable to cope with the demands and moral requirements of today, and so they turn back to what …