Just some of my favourite ones

I have a few film cameras I like to use
mostly when I get the chance to travel.

I got into film photography mostly out of curiosity for old, clunky cameras and the ingenious mechanical solutions people came up with before electronics were common. There’s something fascinating about how much these cameras can do with nothing but springs, levers, and light. Someone once told me that digital photography is a precise physical science, but film photography is a chemical miracle — and that feels exactly right. Most of the pictures here come from travelling, wandering around cities, or spending time with friends.

The Cameras

I have a few film cameras I have inherited and or bought.

Yashica Minister-III

My paternal grandfather’s camera. I still use it from time to time, and I sometimes wonder what he would have thought about some of my pictures.

Olympus Trip 35

Inherited from my maternal grandfather. Probably the cutest camera I own. Brilliant for travelling, wonderfully simple, and somehow always able to produce warm, sharp images.

Panasonic C-3000ZM

The first film camera I ever bought. Durable, loud, and absolutely made for Type-2 fun travelling or climbing. It has survived things that would have killed a modern point-and-shoot instantly.

Kiev-6C

The camera equivalent of a steel brick. A beautifully clunky medium-format machine from the Ukrainian SSR (79). Not subtle, not practical, but absolutely glorious for the handful of frames you get per roll.

Ricoh KR-5

A fully manual SLR that forces you to slow down. Reliable, straightforward, and satisfying to use — especially when I pretend I actually remember how to meter properly.

Olympus Mju-Infinite Zoom

A tiny, fun autofocus point-and-shoot — inherited as well. Great when I want something effortless. Light, quick, and surprisingly capable.