A medium-format film camera. I've had this for a long time. I think it belonged to one of my grandparents and, somehow, it ended up with me. I forgot about it for quite a long time and then happened to stumble on it while cleaning out a cupboard in our house.

I've had one film through it and the results didn't seem terrible. The last three images on the roll suffered from a light leak that appeared to happen when I removed the finished film. It seems that the film didn't wind onto the target spool tight enough so some of the film "hung" over the ends of the spool and light got in.

I doubt I'll be making a point of putting another film through it any time soon. It did, however, give me a taste of medium-format film photography and that, in turn, caused me to go hunting for a Lubitel 166B.

A single-lens reflex 135 film camera. I purchased this in early 2002, mostly because we were expecting a child and I wanted a reasonable SLR (something better than the Zenit 11) for the inevitable family photography that would follow.

Although it served me well (very well) for family photography, and also a little bit of "for the sake of it" photography, the A-1 hasn't been used since I got the 400D. I do plan to rectify this during 2008.

A digital single-lens reflex camera. Acquired Christmas 2006 and is my "primary" camera. Used with the 18-55mm kit lens and a Tamron AF 55-200mm f4.5-5.6 Di II LD.

The majority of the photography you'll find on this site was taken with the 400D.

A compact digital camera. Purchased this in November 2007. This is my "go anywhere and everywhere" camera. Having become seriously hooked on photography again after getting my EOS 400D I wanted a good camera I could take everywhere (the 400D is just a little too bulky to carry with me all the time) and the G9 seemed to fit the bill. On the one hand it's got auto-everything and has all the benefits of a compact camera but, on the other hand, it can be used fully manually and it shoots RAW. For me it's almost like having a SLR in a compact form.

I was very pleased with my first test shoot with it and it's worked well for me since.

A medium-format twin-lens reflex camera. I purchased this in late 2007 after having had a play around with my Bella 66. The first test shoot came out really well and the camera itself is a lot of fun to use.

I expect that I'll be using this on a fairly regular basis for some time to come.

See here for all images taken with the 166B.

A compact digital camera. Purchased in the summer of 2006 in anticipation of a brief holiday in Whitby. Despite it providing no manual control whatsoever it helped to get me interested in digital photography and it caused me to create the photography section of my site.

A single-lens reflex 135 film camera. This was both the first SLR and the first camera I ever owned. I purchased my first one, on hire purchase, from a mail order catalogue in the mid 1980s (using the money from my paper round and then my Saturday job to pay for it). It got a lot of use, both for normal photography and also for astrophotography.

I purchased a second (from a car boot sale) in the early 1990s after my original 52mm lens packed up and I still have both bodies and also the original flash unit that came with my original purchase.

Neither body has been used since I purchased the Canon A-1.