I didn’t actually see all of Channel 4’s recent TV series Picture This, though I’d seen people slagging it off. I saw the last episode though, and found it very interesting. I understand that Mr Martin Parr, one of the judges, has amongst other things an extremely valuable photo book collection. He’s been giving local talks recently, was on the BBC Genius of Photography series, and last year undertook one commission I noticed for a…
There is of course, no such thing as the ideal camera. There are different types of cameras, with different advantages. Large format designs produce indisputably better quality, followed by medium format, 35 mm or its digital equivalent, then point and shoot models and finally phone cams. Within that further variations are possible notably the choice of an SLR or rangefinder, and there are some fine fixed lens digital models not as flexible as SLRs but…