I do a lot of available light photography, that is photographin my subjects without the use of external lighs such as flash or strobe lighting. Lighing conditions for available light photography can be unpredictable so when doing this type of work, you need a fast lens. This is why I bought myself a Nikon AF 85mm prime lens to add to my Nikon film and digital set up.

This is a great, I repeat great lens. It is so sharp and I have used it on both my D100 and D200. I bought it about 2 years ago, before getting my zoom 28-100 because I wanted a fast lens that could be used whilst photographing with available light. This means for those who don't know, working without any other light source than is what is available in the room, or if outside, the sunlight.

Around 2001, I decided that I was going to take up photography again as a hobby. My previous encounters with photography had been really successful during my teens, but I was beginning to get overwhelmed with people who would ask me to come photograph their events and such and so gave it up. When I made the decision to come back to photography, I reasoned that I would do it for myself, first and not feel pressured into becoming embroiled in the commercial side of the business.

I bought my first Nikon D100 way back I think in 2002. It was my first digital SLR camera so I was very please with the purchase and myself for making the serious re-commitment to photography. I was enthralled with the way I could immediately review the pictures that I had taken, and how unlike film, I had immediate access to the images for download and post production on my computer.

I have just become the proud owner of my very first Hasselblad camera, a 500 C/M which I bought this week. It's a great system and a premium marque in photographic terms. Hasselblad is the tool of photography masters, and I am really looking forward to mastering this wonderful medium format camera.

Since I have not yet done more than look through the finder and admire the quality of the build on the lenses, I have create this page as a marker to come back to when I am able to do a proper user review of the Hasselblad 500 C/M.

I got a bumper bargain of Hasselblad A12 and A24 backs when I bought my 500 c/m. The previous owner had 7 backs to offer with the camera, which means that I can load them up and shoot without having too much hassle trying to load film whilst on a shoot.

I did have a problem recently because I managed to baffle myself by loading the film into the A12 back incorrectly putting the loaded spool at the top, rather than the bottom. As such, the film was being wound off the spool but not onto the take up spool.