Many years ago I bought a second hand Olympus OM-10 and started photographing my family, friends and the things around me. I've been interested in cameras and photography ever since...

The electronics on the OM-10 eventually failed and I purchased a brand new Fuji STX-2 from 'Boots the Chemist'. I later upgraded to a Minolta X-700 that was on Special Offer in 'Dixons'.

More recently I have aquired many more cameras - mostly bought from charity shops, jumble sales, car boot sales etc. I've also been given several old film cameras by generous people that no longer shoot film. My favourite camera is the amazing Nikon Nikonos V. I also enjoy classic 35mm SLRs and manual focus, 35mm compacts from the 70s and early 80s. Before the sad loss of Fujifilm FP-100c, I used to enjoy using 100, 200, 300, 400 Series Polaroid Folding Packfilm Cameras , .

I usually buy film in bulk and I love to use the cameras in my collection as often as possible. I always have at least one roll (or pack) of film in a camera and a spare roll in my pocket.

I use both Film and Digital but I find Film more fun, interesting and rewarding.

My current Favourite cameras:-

35mm Ultra Compact:

Chinon Bellami

Olympus XA

Olympus PEN EE-3

35mm Compact Rangefinder/Zone Focus:

Nikon Nikonos V

Minolta Hi-Matic S

Prinz 35ER

35mm SLR

Pentax Super A

Larger Formats

Polaroid Land Camera Model 180

Polaroid Automatic Land Camera 340

Digital

Fujifilm S3Pro

Canon Powershot G3

If you're interested in Film Photography or Film Cameras, the following links may be of interest:-

www.photoethnography.com/equipment.html

35mm-compact.com/

www.silvermoon.idv.tw/photo.html