So I thought I’d share what I’m currently shooting on as my main camera and lenses. I use the olympus micro 4/3 system with the em10 mk1 body I bought new back in 2014. I have gone through a few olympus and Panasonic lenses and even Canon fd lenses while owning this body but have settled on these two. The 12-40mm f2.8 Pro stays on the body at all times as my main lens but I do have the 40-150mm f4 for certain occasions.

Many people shy away from the micro 4/3 system claiming that they can’t compete with full frame or even aps-c cameras however I have not found any issues to date and this camera has been a Learning curve camera for me. As I mentioned before I had about 8 years away from photography and have recently taken it back up again so re-learning techniques and tricks I used to use on my Canon cameras has been a fun experience.

My camera is outdated and I know that but it still produces great shots though a little noisy on the long night time exposures. There are always work arounds though. However would I consider a more modern body when I feel its nedded? Possibly is the only thing I can say right now haha.

For now this camera gets me out and shooting when I can inbetween a busy schedule of running my own buisness and having a young family. So I’ll keep sharing images I take with this system and hopefully one day I may have a new gear day post too.

Film photography is experiencing a bit of a resurgence the way vinyl albums did 5 or so years ago. I personally love to work with film and have my early photographic years in the dark rooms at the arts institute Bournemouth (now arts University Bournemouth). So my photography took a bit of a back seat for a good 8 years or so and I sold off most of my gear but had a mad moment and bought a pro grade film slr from Japan via a well known online auction site.

I waited eagerly for my new Canon eos 1N hs to arrive and whilst I waited for the never ending shipping and customs turmoil of importing a camera from Japan I bought a few lenses. I picked up a Canon ef 28 – 105mm f3.5 and the classic nifty fifty f1.8. Two solid lenses I remember from my wedding photography days.

Eventually the day came and my new film slr had arrived so I put a roll of Ilford hp5 in there, packed my lenses and hit the town centre for some not so covert Street photography. Candid shots are near impossible when you have a camera with virtually the same body size and shape as any of the modern 1d Canon cameras but I still got some nice shots.

While taking these shots I reminded myself while the zoom lens was gream for filling the frame that 50mm prime is just magic. As for shooting film if I were to set up a home dark room I’d continue it further but after sending my roll of film away for a month to be processed I think for now I’ll stick with my digital olympus system.