Equipment & Software Reviews

Below you will find a series of short, informal perspectives on various cameras, other equipment and software.


Film Lab for your iPhone

15/08/10


Over the past few weeks Film lab has become one of my favourite iPhone applications and to add icing to the cake it has recently been updated. ... more



iPhone Editing on Steroids

20/05/10


If you have looked at my documents on the iPhone you will realise I am pretty excited about iPhone photography, despite its obvious technical limitations. ... more



Sony A900, A DSLR for Photographers

14/05/10


Now the heading for this article might sound a bit odd, aren’t all cameras designed for photographers. In essence yes they are but in practical terms many, indeed I would say most, fall way short of the mark. ... more



Brad's Top 10 iPhoneography Applications

5/05/10


I am not into the scrapbookery side of iPhoneography so you are not going to find any mention of apps that swap faces, add love hearts or frilly borders, though to be sure there are plenty of apps that will fill your iPhone to overflowing loveliness if that’s what floats your boat. ... more



Lenses for your Sony

5/05/10


There is no doubt that Sony is getting serious about the digital SLR market, as I write this they have 7 different SLR models on the market, and one or two still to come in the near future, which I am pretty sure is more than any other camera maker. ... more



Ilford XP2 Super, A Digital Guys Film

8/09/08


Its no secret that I predominantly shoot digital for pretty much most of the stuff I do, but the developer and fixer still runs in my veins so a little film diversion is not a bad thing. Unfortunately due to a severe acquired allergy to photo chemicals my days in the darkroom are over, but there is still some magic in those negs and especially monochrome. ... more



The Fuji F20, A Real Gem

12/08/08


Going back around three years ago Fuji introduced a really neat little compact camera called the F10, which was soon followed by the F11. Now this wasn’t the flashest or best specced compact around but it had one amazing feature, its superb image quality. Somehow Fuji managed to obtain really impressive low noise results, even at high ISO's from a small 6 megapixel sensor and the legend was born. ... more