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  • Holga Week 2026

    Life can be busy at times. I almost missed Holga week. Holga week? – yes, one week in the year where people head out with their Holga cameras, whatever the model (well, technically film only) and shoot some buttery blurry film. Armed with Lucky SHD400 120 film and my trusty Holga 120N, I headed out…

  • Through Someone’s Vintage Eyes – Dundee Scotland

    A short sail North places our adventurer in Dundee Scotland. Founded in the 11th Century, it is currently Scotland’s 4th largest city. A big industrial port at the time, Dundee FC (Football) competed in division 1 and finished 9th! Most of the above shots are Tayport from the River Tay. That may be the McManus…

  • Through Someones Vintage Eyes – Edinburgh 1965

    Its been a while! Today we dig into a new series of slides from our unknown traveler – The United Kingdom – or more precisely this episode , Edinburgh Scotland. Dated 1965,. Edinburgh was going through a massive infrastructure change around this time – steam locomotive transitioning to diesel, sections of the M8 motorway opening,…

  • Ilford Micro -Neg Pan Type B on Tram Day

    Weekend been featured ‘Tram Day’ at our local technology museum Motat. What better a subject to take out a roll of my vintage (60’s) 6ASA Ilford Micro-Neg Pan Type B film. Armed with the Canon EOS 10 (one of the few SLR’s which can shoot sprocket-less) and a nifty fifty set to 1.8 for the…

  • Through Someones Vintage Eyes – Farewell Africa.

    This is it for our current journey people and Africa – my last box of slides on this continent I think. It’s a bit of a mixed lot – numbers of the slides overall match, but I think it’s from a selection cobbled together. We start off with the above ‘Lourenço Marques Portuguese East Africa’…