I enjoy medium format photography after years in the 35mm wilderness. The bigger negative makes a huge difference to picture quality.

Black and white photography is fantastic and should never be underrated.

Travel is good for the soul (and photography).

Old cameras (with leavers and springs) are a source of never ending fascination.

My current vice is a Rolleicord V (manufactured c.a. 1955). This wonderful old camera begs you to turn the things you see around you into photographic images. It is hard to resist picking it up and and shooting a few frames.

Update: Sadly, my favourite film (Kodak chromogenic BW 400 CN) is no longer available and other films do not match its qualities. At the same time the quality of film processing slipped considerably. Faced with these issues, I decided to move to digital images. Fortunately the new (second generation) Leica Monochrom M had just been released and I was able to buy a now much cheaper, original Monochrom M. The images it produces are beautiful but it does not have the same magic of the old Rolleicords and Rolleiflexes.

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