The year was 2005 and Konica Minolta had released their X Series stylish Digital compact. I was using a Dynax 5D, 7D and I also had a KM A200 which was fantastic (and according ...
Ibraar Hussain's Posts
With this dark grey miserable harsh winter never ending I thought I’d add some colour into my (and your) day by writing about colour and my experience with it. Much has be...
18 March, 2024
Contax RTS II and a roll of Expired Provia
Damn I love this camera! Sometimes I caress and stroke it, touch every surface and the lovingly pack it away again. Then I get love sick and take it out again! A shame I donR...
27 February, 2024
Terrorists in the Swat Valley – A One Shot Story
It was 2007 and I was standing on the rooftop balcony looking over the rural fields and hills of the Northern Punjab, where I was with my hero aka my late Father. “DadR...
16 January, 2024
Casio EX-ZR800 – My Cheapo Companion
This is a sort of review of a small cheapo compact digital camera I have been using exclusively since early Spring. I wanted a compact digital camera, as I loathe Smartphone cam...
21 July, 2023
Contax G2 – The Finest Camera Ever to See my Minds Eye
Back in 2005 I had just started getting back into shooting Film and had bought a Minolta Dynax 5 to accompany my Konica Minolta 7D DSLR.
What I then wanted was a Leica – almost ...
13 June, 2023
Eastman Kodak 5222 Double-X with a Contax RTS II
I’ve been shooting Film for a relatively long time but I’m quite cautious when shooting it, I have my comfort zone where I have my preferred Film and stick to it - reluctant to ...
My photographic journey took a new route recently. I had been scared of scale focus and viewfinder cameras for years - I mean how would one shoot people and portraits with a sha...