For the un-initiated, this is an Ilford Sportsman mark 2 which was first introduced in 1959. Despite the fact that it’s approaching 50 years old, it has been very well looked after and, apart from the viewfinder which is not the clearest in the world, does not show it’s age at all.

It is, however, completely manual in operation so lots of guessing/calculating shutter speeds and apertures will be taking place in the hope of getting some interesting shots.

Watch this space!