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Everything but the kitchen sink
A great camera worth having and... Gulliver's TLR When I was a film and photography student in the late seventies, Gary Winogrand was the...
Matthew Whiteman
Oct 7, 20236 min read
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BACK TO THE FUTURE
At the end of a wonderfully busy (and hugely chatty) day, we closed the doors on the Wolverhampton Camera Fair. I think sellers and...
Matthew Whiteman
Oct 1, 20231 min read
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Old Leicas never die...
It's tough for us Leica nuts but sometimes a Leica comes in that is just not economical to repair. But when two come along something...
Matthew Whiteman
Sep 29, 20232 min read
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The Hunt is (nearly!) on...
It's a busy day today. We are getting things together for the Wolverhampton Camera Fair on Sunday. The fair is organised by William. And...
Matthew Whiteman
Sep 29, 20232 min read
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Hello Camera People!
This Monday, the time had come for us to take our annual 'works outing' to London. The objective: to catch up with all our dealer...
Matthew Whiteman
Sep 22, 20234 min read
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A Road less travelled
It doesn't have to be a Leica... Those of you who read the TLI blog will know that whilst we may be great devotees of the Leica brand, we...
Matthew Whiteman
Sep 15, 20235 min read
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Notes from the masters - or why you need a medium format camera as well as your 35mm...
Cover the action - freeze the key moment... Forever. War photographer Robert Capa had nerves of steel. Throughout the Spanish Civil War...
Matthew Whiteman
Sep 7, 20236 min read
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Bokeh
'Bokeh' - 'the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in out-of-focus parts of an image; caused by Circles of Confusion. Differences in...
Matthew Whiteman
Sep 1, 20232 min read
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Life as we dream it
the super-real world of the 28mm lens 'North by Northwest' - director Alfred Hitchcock If you could have only one lens, what would you...
Matthew Whiteman
Aug 24, 20233 min read
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RTFM!
How many of us have just picked up a camera and muddled through; hoping that we will somehow 'get' the camera we have chosen without...
Matthew Whiteman
Aug 17, 20233 min read
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A Soviet Journey
When I began photography as a teenager, there was a far more peaceful Russian invasion going on than the one the world faces now. In the...
Matthew Whiteman
Aug 17, 20233 min read
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The main squeeze
What is an Anamorphic lens - what effect does it have? If you know, you know... If you don't, let me try and explain... Lenses are the...
Matthew Whiteman
Aug 9, 20232 min read
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A Leica legacy
Sophie Green - our sales and marketing person has decided it's time to step out and get to grips with her grandfather's old Leica. A...
Matthew Whiteman
Aug 9, 20233 min read
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Competition time (again)
This month we invite you to submit your best street picture (one image only, please!) The prize will be a £50 TLI store voucher. You have...
Matthew Whiteman
Jul 28, 20231 min read
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This Dog has won
first - thank you again for so many submissions! So many pictures, so many dogs!!! It was really quite tough to choose the winner....
Matthew Whiteman
Jul 28, 20231 min read
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Lost and found?
William has spent this morning stripping down and cleaning a lovely Leica Standardised 1a from 1933. When the camera arrived, the poor...
Matthew Whiteman
Jul 28, 20233 min read
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Bubbles...
'Bokeh' - is, according to Wikipedia: 'the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in out-of-focus parts of an image; caused by Circles of...
Matthew Whiteman
Jun 30, 20231 min read
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The Power of the Dog
we have been simply blown away by the quality and huge number of entries for our 'best dog photo' competition. We will be announcing the...
Matthew Whiteman
Jun 30, 20231 min read
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An Afghan Camera...
Last weekend Chris Gries joined us at The Latent Image offices to demonstrate his wonderful 'Afghan Camera'. It was so refreshing to...
Matthew Whiteman
Jun 30, 20232 min read
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Outlet and mystery boxes now live!
We have just launched an outlet section to The Latent Image website that offers you the chance to browse and buy user grade items that we...
William Temple
Jun 22, 20231 min read
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