Most of us can remember our first damera. But how many can think of the first photograph taken with that camera. John takes us back to 1960 and his first outing with the Halina 35X…..

The new capital controls imposed by the Greek government are having unforeseen consequences in hundreds of different ways. Not only is it the grind of standing in ever-lengthening ATM queues for  the daily €60, it is the restrictions that keep multiplying, often in ways that had not been imagined.

The Ricoh GR is a brilliant little camera. Specialised, of course, with its fixed 28mm lens, just like Leica's new Q, and a large APS-C sensor in a pocket-ready body. So what of the GR II?

I'm the first to confess that I am not a music addict. I can go days without powering up Spotify, a service that has been costing me £9.99 a month. I was already wondering whether I should go back to the free version when, this afternoon, Apple Music arrived. It's part of the iOS 8.4 upgrade which I have just downloaded to the iPhone without a hitch. 

Steve Jobs launched the iPhone eight years ago today to less than universal acclaim. Microsoft and BlackBerry, to mention just two firms, were openly sceptical and gave the 2G upstart very short shrift. Yet not only has the iPhone sold in the hundreds of millions, it has totally transformed the way we communicate. It spawned the ugly word "app" and led to the introduction of the App Store, a way of buying software that now seems so obvious but was revolutionary when it opened.