Enthusiast of science, technology, photography and music. Excessive consumer of food and wine. I like cameras.https://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3mupfk4wubk2gA #Hasselblad #camerafriday with a rather nice Pinot noir for #winefriday and Air playing for #musicfriday04 Sep 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupfk4wubk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3mt2npaf6ck2hIt’s been a long time - years - since I’ve listened to #Morcheeba and I’d forgotten how good they were. This brilliance from 1998 which seems like last week when I bought it freshly released #imold #musicfriday #camerafriday #hasselblad14 Aug 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2npaf6ck2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3mrztuqgut22uAntique shop find. £15, pristine, all working. Light seals are mush so will clean out and replace before film testing #filmphotography #ricoh500g01 Aug 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrztuqgut22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3mevvunxjoc2oHorrendous rainy weather means it’s time to start catching up with an almost two year backlog of scanning film. Many I’d forgotten I’d taken. A few nice surprises plus some really wonky horizons to remind me I still need to try harder 📏 #filmphotography15 Feb 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3mevvunxjoc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3mbz3ngch7227This lens confirms my conversion from brand snobbery. First the wonderful Sigma lenses for my Leica SL a few years ago. Not long ago I’d have balked at 3rd party lenses for my Nikon digitals but LOVE how this Tamron 28-75 renders and it’s so light for a const f/2.8. Superb! #camerafriday #winefriday09 Jan 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbz3ngch7227https://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3m6ao5ynvss2aI made an extremely geeky post about a little Olympus lens surprise I had today #radioactive #zuiko https://jrhughes.wordpress.com/2025/11/22/olympus-g-zuiko-12-8-35mm-is-radioactive/22 Nov 2025 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ao5ynvss2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3lzqvbae6m22lTime for a #camerafriday #winefriday #musicfriday with my cheap as chips #Leica R7 which was bought for parts but cleaned up fine and works perfectly, a lovely Malbec from Lidl and Blackfield’s Welcome to my DNA #nowplaying26 Sep 2025 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzqvbae6m22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3lz7c75yboc2jNot camera-related but I think I’m a bit in love with my new #orange bass amp 😍19 Sep 2025 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz7c75yboc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3lynqcppa2c2uCurrent view. Leica iiib no. 2 back from service today and can’t wait to try it out #camerafriday #winefriday Merlot #musicfriday Daft Punk12 Sep 2025 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3lynqcppa2c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3lvydwzvcxk2nThis lens was in a bargain bucket outside a camera shop in Switzerland, looking dirty, wet and sorry for itself. Nasty fungus on several internal surfaces. 5 CHF (about a fiver). Just finished testing after a comprehensive clean and it’s now all sparkly and sharp. I love a bargain, me 🎞️ #Pentax09 Aug 2025 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvydwzvcxk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3lt5pwxxqts2xTime for another #camerafriday #musicfriday #winefriday with Leica iiib (1939), Palace Winter - Nowadays and a very nice Merlot from Lidl the name of which I’ll find out in a minute when I go for a top up.04 Jul 2025 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt5pwxxqts2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3lpu5qje5zc2aContax trio. RX has #Fujifilm Provia loaded. Problems with mirror slip sorted. Speed dial on 137MA broken on arrival and now fixed. Badly behaving 167MT on arrival now working fine. #cameragear #filmphotography #makedoandmend23 May 2025 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpu5qje5zc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3lovfhv5b4c2sI gave the previous one to my Son, so bought another CZJ Tessar. For 11 quid. No fungus this time but stuck aperture which is now fixed. There are other CZJ Tessars but this one is mine #cameragear #Zeiss #Jena #Tessar11 May 2025 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3lovfhv5b4c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3loaymlcui22yThis is going to take a bit more work than I was expecting. 12 quid, with fungus. The aperture doesn’t work and the focus ring doesn’t move further than 0.7m. In for a penny, in for a pound! #CameraGear #filmphotography #M4203 May 2025 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3loaymlcui22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3lo7a4ju5g22yFor years I promised myself I would not succumb to Contax and its wonderful Zeiss lenses. Doh! It was the Yashica wot dunnit. #CameraGear02 May 2025 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo7a4ju5g22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3lmjvfuinlk2zThanks to Ben @filmcameras.uk for this film leader retriever which works a treat! Two test films saved 🎞️11 Apr 2025 11:17 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmjvfuinlk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3lldzakxrlc2hDay off. Listening to The Anvil by Visage (1982) with a huge mug of tea, contemplating giving this beauty a de-fungus today. Or shall I just watch films…27 Mar 2025 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3lldzakxrlc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3ljatsvriv22dSo pleased I caved in and got the a850. A Minolta in everything but name; the DNA of the Dynax 9 and 7 are clearly evident. Everything I need in a DSLR. (The 28-70 f/2.8G was cheap as it needed work which I completed. Superb on film and digital!) #camerafriday #minolta28 Feb 2025 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljatsvriv22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3lj5e56fczk2yLast night I dreamt I was playing a Prophet 5 (I know nothing about it except it’s a synth, but it was specifically a Prophet 5) with the late Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode. Woke up feeling sad that a) I don’t have a Prophet 5, b) I can’t play the synth, c) I’m never going to be in Depeche Mode.27 Feb 2025 07:20 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj5e56fczk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3lipddnvv2c2nNicca all fixed and rangefinder re-tuned. What was practically unusable is now good as new. Merlot to the side and Steely Dan for #musicfriday #filmphotography #makedoandmend #camerafriday #winefriday21 Feb 2025 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3lipddnvv2c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3lioi5uhhwc2qFalling asleep on the sofa in the evening is so nice, but there's a price to be paid. And why does it always happen during a TV prog I actually want to watch?21 Feb 2025 09:22 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3lioi5uhhwc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3limgwaw4rk23Beam splitter replacement on this vintage Nicca 3-S rangefinder. Eek! #filmphotography20 Feb 2025 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3limgwaw4rk23https://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3li5rvvbobk2hNew addition to the family: Summaron 3.5cm built in 1950. Brought to you by a lovely Chilean Merlot and Blackfield II (remastered) #camerafriday #winefriday #musicfriday14 Feb 2025 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5rvvbobk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3lhqet3hbcs23This is why I still use slide film. There’s nothing quite like seeing the glowing results and they look almost 3D. Expensive, yes, but worth a treat occasionally #fujifilm #provia #minolta #dynax9 #filmphotography09 Feb 2025 10:02 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhqet3hbcs23https://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3lgiwssk3a22fI’ve got to make a small adjustment to the rangefinder before I can use this #Leica #leicaiiib #barnack #camerafriday #winefriday24 Jan 2025 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgiwssk3a22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3le2zzlrbwk22Jupiter-12 LTM. Notoriously variable in quality but I got a good one first time #L39 #filmphotography24 Dec 2024 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3le2zzlrbwk22https://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3ldr2e2cyms2jCanon LTM 50mm f/1.8. Aperture blades were saturated with oil so given a clean, but may need more in future. Also focus was a bit off so shim spacer thickened. Now spot-on. Made around 1954.20 Dec 2024 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldr2e2cyms2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/camerageek.bsky.social/post/3lbkkwhvj3k2i#Leica22 Nov 2024 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:3bqjsv623vajweudt6t7sets/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkkwhvj3k2i