Choosing the best camera for black-and-white photography
If you want the most satisfying experience in shooting black-and-white images, better go for a dedicated monochrome sensor. But what are the best choices outside the Leica camp?
Worst Digital Camera: It’s all a matter of opinion
Are these really the worst digital cameras ever produced? Mike takes issue with two candidates, the Ricoh GXR and Leica M10-D...
Bali: People, harbours, markets and kites
Jean takes us on a colourful tour of Bali, to meet its people and help fly its kites...
Bali, a land of temples, art, worship and rice
The Ricoh GR, a discreet little camera to capture the wonders of Bali...
The vintage Ricoh GXR: A camera system I bought twice
The Ricoh GXR system with its interchangeable models which combined sensor and lens in one unit, is a vintage digital worth exploring. Discontinued, but not forgotten and Jean explains here...
Pictures in the time of Covid
Hundreds of thousands of photographers throughout the world have had to change tactics in the light of Covid and the many lockdowns. Jean made the best of staying local and this is his Covid photographic journal...
A departure, an arrival
Purchased in the Year of the Devil, the little Ricoh GRIII sat neglected throughout the worst of the pandemic. Then came the unboxing...
Don’t you know there’s a war on? Harking back to a time of sacrifice
Dress-up events make things easy for the photographer: No need to ask permission, just shoot away. Here at the Brooklands Military Vehicles Day, everyone was happy to be photographed...
Ricoh GR: Confessions of a foolish user
Ever wanted to kick yourself for being such an idiot. Mike did just that when he found out what really ailed his much-loved Ricoh GR...
Norwegian idyl brought back to life after 54 years
A box of old photographs, hidden for 54 years, bring to life a university expedition to northern Norway — through the medium of the unusual Ricoh Auto Half, one of the then-popular half-frame cameras...
Ricoh’s GR beckons again: But the choice just became more complicated
Last week's announcement of the Ricoh GR IIIx indicates that there is still a future for this unpretentious but eminently capable fixed-lens compact. But now you have to decide between 28mm and 40mm...
Ricoh GR IIIx goes 40mm, IBIS, high ISO performance
Ricoh's 28mm fixed-lens GR III grows a longer nose. The GR IIIx offers a 'twixt and between focal length of 40mm, following in the footsteps of the old Leica CL film camera...
The serendipity of colours and shapes
It's what you see that matters. The camera doesn't matter, says David as he explores pictures that really called out to be taken...
The quest for a high-quality compact camera: Sony’s RX1Rii still rules them all
What is the ideal travel camera, the pefect compromise between quality and size? Erin takes us on his quest to find the ideal carry-anywhere quality compact...
Heaven is a myth, Nepal is real: Our journey ends in Kathmandu
Jean ends his exploration of Nepal in the colourful and exciting capital city of Kathmandu...
