January 2026 – Richard & Caroline's Blog

January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

Photo of the Month – January

Railway Poplar that is a 160 years old, backlit by the sun in Boultham Park, Lincoln. Stong shadows can be seen cast forward towards the view with the sun peaking into the image through the trees.

Nikon Zf
Leica Elmar-M 24mm f/3.8
Voigtländer M to Z Adapter
24mm, 1/15 Sec at f/1.8, ISO400
Post Processed in Adobe Lightroom Classic V15.1.1

January 29, 2026January 28, 2026

Leica M Glass on Nikon Z Cameras

The advantage of mirrorless designed cameras is the flexibility it gives you in lens design. Its because of this that we have seen some amazing glass coming from Nikon for the Z range.

Cafe windows. A black and white shot of a local Lincoln cafe. There are chairs and tables outside leading to an old stone arch in the background. This is the Lincoln Stonebow.

Its also because of the short flange design that means you can use other lens on mirrorless cameras. Techart have now released their TZM-01 adaptor that allows you to not only use M glass in your Nikon Z camera but it also allows autofocus.

When it comes to manual glass I use some of my old Nikkor AIS manual focus lens with the FTZ Mark 2 adapter, but I was also treated by my lovely wife at Christmas when she bought me the Voigtländer M to Z Adapter, so you will start to see a few pictures taken with my Nikon’s using my Leica glass.

January 27, 2026January 26, 2026

Rumours of Leica being sold again

Fashion shot of model wearing a black dress against a grey background. She is looking stage left with her left hand to her face. — Leica M8 with Summilux-M 50mm

Dr. Andreas Kaufmann bought and saved Leica, to help finance the expansion and conversion into a luxury brand as well as a camera manufacturer for many professional photographers, he sold about 45% to an investment company. Every few years rumours appear that the investment company are going to sell, and these rumours are about again. This time Zeiss they say is interested in buying.

We will see.

January 26, 2026January 23, 2026

Ricoh GR IV Monochrome reviews are coming in

If your a black and white fan like me, the reviews of the Black and White only Ricoh GR are coming in.

Black and white image of a park. Trees can be seen and people in the back ground.

January 23, 2026January 15, 2026

Film Friday – Stamp End Lock on Ilford HP5 Plus

An old black and white film photography. The lifting gear of Stamp End Lock is in view with an old warehouse in the background.

One from the Archives, a walk down the river in Lincoln, down to Stamp End Lock. This area is still heavily industrialised but not as much as in years past. Lots of old buildings and warehouses in the area that once used the river for transport.

January 22, 2026

Outdoor shoots

Model stood in wheat field, she is topless and just wearing a skirt. Her hands are covering her breasts.

Working outside is something I enjoy. Its not something I do often and its always a bit risky with the weather in the British Isles.

Now we are in the middle of winter my thoughts on these cold days do start to dream of warmer days and what I may want to do when the warmer weather does arrive.

Lincolnshire is a rural county and its not too hard to find a friendly farmer with a remove field to take photographers like the one above.

January 20, 2026January 14, 2026

Rumour of 35mm Leica Noc to be released this month

Waterloo train station, a man sat with his back to the camera looking at the large station clock. — Waterloo Station

Noctilux M 35mm f/1.2 is rumoured to be released soon. I would be interested in this lens, will it come under the price of the Nikon 35mm f/1.2? That I doubt, but the Leica 35mm f/1.2 will work on both my Lecia cameras and my Nikon’s.

January 19, 2026

From the Archives: Whitby

A view of the river leading to the harbour at Whitby. The church next to the Abbey can be seen high up in the distance will lots of small boats moored on the right hand side.

I had a photoshoot yesterday near York, so thought I would dig out an old image from Whitby one of my favourite English holiday destinations.

January 16, 2026January 15, 2026

Ricoh GR IV Monochrome

Lincoln high street, a woman is walking towards the camera on her phone.

So I posted a while ago that Ricoh had made a development announcement of a Black and White GR compact. Well today the retailers started to accept pre-orders. Here in the UK its £1600 which for a dedicated black and white camera is the cheapest yet.

If your after a dedicated black and white camera, then its this, a Leica Q3 or Leica M, unless you have the budget for a medium format black and white digital back.

January 15, 2026January 7, 2026

New Years updates – a musical update

Miss in black lingerie, bra, pants and black stockings, the photo is taken through some metal railings and a piano can be seen in the background.

So for a new year resolution I set myself a musical goal of practicing at least 5 minutes a day, for six days a week for the whole of January. So far it’s been good. I have yet to miss a day for piano and only missed one day in the first week for banjo.