Ben
@bburchellphotos.bsky.social
40. Enjoy photography, video games, history, travel, politics (sort of), nature, cats and exploring in general. Basically a nerd.
Ouch. RIP John Virgo!
I know he was a legend in the snooker world, but my first memories of him were when he was on Big Break; especially his trick shots.
I know he was a legend in the snooker world, but my first memories of him were when he was on Big Break; especially his trick shots.
February 4, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Ouch. RIP John Virgo!
I know he was a legend in the snooker world, but my first memories of him were when he was on Big Break; especially his trick shots.
I know he was a legend in the snooker world, but my first memories of him were when he was on Big Break; especially his trick shots.
Well, I’ve managed to mess up my first roll of film of 2026! Thankfully I haven’t messed it up by damaging it or anything, I messed it up because when I loaded it, it never got taken up by the take-up spool.
Thus, the 36 shots I thought I shot, don’t exist 🤣
Film noob and muppet 😂
Thus, the 36 shots I thought I shot, don’t exist 🤣
Film noob and muppet 😂
February 1, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Well, I’ve managed to mess up my first roll of film of 2026! Thankfully I haven’t messed it up by damaging it or anything, I messed it up because when I loaded it, it never got taken up by the take-up spool.
Thus, the 36 shots I thought I shot, don’t exist 🤣
Film noob and muppet 😂
Thus, the 36 shots I thought I shot, don’t exist 🤣
Film noob and muppet 😂
Whoever did this to a Fujifilm camera needs to be hunted down and deported to the surface of the sun.
January 30, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Whoever did this to a Fujifilm camera needs to be hunted down and deported to the surface of the sun.
If anyone is interesting a FF camera, especially for use with vintage lenses, this is available right now on London Camera Exchange.
January 30, 2026 at 11:35 AM
If anyone is interesting a FF camera, especially for use with vintage lenses, this is available right now on London Camera Exchange.
I’ve determined, because I’m bored, that vintage 50mm prime lenses are the photography world’s equivalent of Pokémon. You just gotta get them all.
January 29, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I’ve determined, because I’m bored, that vintage 50mm prime lenses are the photography world’s equivalent of Pokémon. You just gotta get them all.
Somewhere in Norway (Voss) where everything cost 20.99
September 2025
Pentax SPII
Pentax 55mm f1.8 (most likely)
Kentmere 200
#BelieveInFilm
#FilmIsNotDead
#TravelPhotography
September 2025
Pentax SPII
Pentax 55mm f1.8 (most likely)
Kentmere 200
#BelieveInFilm
#FilmIsNotDead
#TravelPhotography
January 26, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Somewhere in Norway (Voss) where everything cost 20.99
September 2025
Pentax SPII
Pentax 55mm f1.8 (most likely)
Kentmere 200
#BelieveInFilm
#FilmIsNotDead
#TravelPhotography
September 2025
Pentax SPII
Pentax 55mm f1.8 (most likely)
Kentmere 200
#BelieveInFilm
#FilmIsNotDead
#TravelPhotography
Do you know what day it is?! It's #Caturday for course! And it's not Caturday unless Sooty poses for some portraits!
Panasonic GM1
Panasonic 20mm f1.7
#MicroFourThirds
#Portraits
#Cats
Panasonic GM1
Panasonic 20mm f1.7
#MicroFourThirds
#Portraits
#Cats
January 24, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Do you know what day it is?! It's #Caturday for course! And it's not Caturday unless Sooty poses for some portraits!
Panasonic GM1
Panasonic 20mm f1.7
#MicroFourThirds
#Portraits
#Cats
Panasonic GM1
Panasonic 20mm f1.7
#MicroFourThirds
#Portraits
#Cats
Did anyone ever make a protective case for the Panasonic GM1 with the official grip? As per the picture.
I can find some lovely looking leather cases, but nothing that accounts for the grip. Unless I start modifying.
Guess I could just buy a small pouch/case for it instead…
I can find some lovely looking leather cases, but nothing that accounts for the grip. Unless I start modifying.
Guess I could just buy a small pouch/case for it instead…
January 22, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Did anyone ever make a protective case for the Panasonic GM1 with the official grip? As per the picture.
I can find some lovely looking leather cases, but nothing that accounts for the grip. Unless I start modifying.
Guess I could just buy a small pouch/case for it instead…
I can find some lovely looking leather cases, but nothing that accounts for the grip. Unless I start modifying.
Guess I could just buy a small pouch/case for it instead…
I know it’s video game content and not photograph (and I ain’t even sorry about it), but Ron Perlman showed up in the Fallout series on Amazon. Only for one episode though, but I hope there’s more.
But to spoil it, he didn’t say the line he’s famous for in it. :(
#Fallout
But to spoil it, he didn’t say the line he’s famous for in it. :(
#Fallout
January 22, 2026 at 10:06 AM
I know it’s video game content and not photograph (and I ain’t even sorry about it), but Ron Perlman showed up in the Fallout series on Amazon. Only for one episode though, but I hope there’s more.
But to spoil it, he didn’t say the line he’s famous for in it. :(
#Fallout
But to spoil it, he didn’t say the line he’s famous for in it. :(
#Fallout
if you think you had a bad day, I had to listening to the entirety of Trump's Davos speech today because I listen to the radio through headphones.
January 21, 2026 at 8:55 PM
if you think you had a bad day, I had to listening to the entirety of Trump's Davos speech today because I listen to the radio through headphones.
Apparently there was some specular aurora on display in southern England last night. Sadly, for me, it was raining and I was in bed early because I have the lurgy.
Hey-ho
Hey-ho
January 20, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Apparently there was some specular aurora on display in southern England last night. Sadly, for me, it was raining and I was in bed early because I have the lurgy.
Hey-ho
Hey-ho
Scenes from around Cambridge - 2
The little panasonic GM1 most definitely punches well above its weight for its size!
Panasonic GM1
Panasonic 20mm f1.7
#Cambridge
#UK
#Travel
#MicroFourThirds
#Photography
The little panasonic GM1 most definitely punches well above its weight for its size!
Panasonic GM1
Panasonic 20mm f1.7
#Cambridge
#UK
#Travel
#MicroFourThirds
#Photography
January 20, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Scenes from around Cambridge - 2
The little panasonic GM1 most definitely punches well above its weight for its size!
Panasonic GM1
Panasonic 20mm f1.7
#Cambridge
#UK
#Travel
#MicroFourThirds
#Photography
The little panasonic GM1 most definitely punches well above its weight for its size!
Panasonic GM1
Panasonic 20mm f1.7
#Cambridge
#UK
#Travel
#MicroFourThirds
#Photography
Scenes from around Cambridge. Or as I like to call it, Came-brie-arge. Because... reasons.
It was a good day to try out the Panasonic GM1 I acquired recently. I did not disappoint.
Panasonic GM1
Panasonic 20mm f1.7
#UK
#Travel
#Photography
#MicroFourThirds
It was a good day to try out the Panasonic GM1 I acquired recently. I did not disappoint.
Panasonic GM1
Panasonic 20mm f1.7
#UK
#Travel
#Photography
#MicroFourThirds
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Scenes from around Cambridge. Or as I like to call it, Came-brie-arge. Because... reasons.
It was a good day to try out the Panasonic GM1 I acquired recently. I did not disappoint.
Panasonic GM1
Panasonic 20mm f1.7
#UK
#Travel
#Photography
#MicroFourThirds
It was a good day to try out the Panasonic GM1 I acquired recently. I did not disappoint.
Panasonic GM1
Panasonic 20mm f1.7
#UK
#Travel
#Photography
#MicroFourThirds
Portrait time.
First decent, professional (ish) portrait of me kindly taken by the in-house photographers at the Imperial War Museum Duxford beneath their Lancaster Bomber yesterday evening.
Yeah, my hairs a mess and I need to loose weight, but shush. 😅
First decent, professional (ish) portrait of me kindly taken by the in-house photographers at the Imperial War Museum Duxford beneath their Lancaster Bomber yesterday evening.
Yeah, my hairs a mess and I need to loose weight, but shush. 😅
January 18, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Portrait time.
First decent, professional (ish) portrait of me kindly taken by the in-house photographers at the Imperial War Museum Duxford beneath their Lancaster Bomber yesterday evening.
Yeah, my hairs a mess and I need to loose weight, but shush. 😅
First decent, professional (ish) portrait of me kindly taken by the in-house photographers at the Imperial War Museum Duxford beneath their Lancaster Bomber yesterday evening.
Yeah, my hairs a mess and I need to loose weight, but shush. 😅
I really want one of those beige coloured OM-5 MkII cameras. The only reason being is because it's beige.
January 16, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I really want one of those beige coloured OM-5 MkII cameras. The only reason being is because it's beige.
First daylight pictures with the GM1 and 20mm f1.7. It's not Caturday, but let's pretend it is! Sooty being resplendent in the garden after yesterday's rains.
Panasonic GM1
Panasonic 20mm f1.7
#Panasonic
#Lumix
#Portrait
#Pet
Panasonic GM1
Panasonic 20mm f1.7
#Panasonic
#Lumix
#Portrait
#Pet
January 16, 2026 at 4:08 PM
First daylight pictures with the GM1 and 20mm f1.7. It's not Caturday, but let's pretend it is! Sooty being resplendent in the garden after yesterday's rains.
Panasonic GM1
Panasonic 20mm f1.7
#Panasonic
#Lumix
#Portrait
#Pet
Panasonic GM1
Panasonic 20mm f1.7
#Panasonic
#Lumix
#Portrait
#Pet
That Ricoh GRIV Monochrome is the sort of camera I want. Small, compact and shoots black & white and comes with a built in red filter.
But that price though… it’s a bit much.
But that price though… it’s a bit much.
January 16, 2026 at 11:55 AM
That Ricoh GRIV Monochrome is the sort of camera I want. Small, compact and shoots black & white and comes with a built in red filter.
But that price though… it’s a bit much.
But that price though… it’s a bit much.
Going to a photo event at the IWM Duxford on Saturday evening. I got an email from them about the itinerary of the day and naturally there's going to be lighting for it. Multi-coloured lighting. I don't think they're expecting anyone to turn up with a film camera & B&W film 😅
January 14, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Going to a photo event at the IWM Duxford on Saturday evening. I got an email from them about the itinerary of the day and naturally there's going to be lighting for it. Multi-coloured lighting. I don't think they're expecting anyone to turn up with a film camera & B&W film 😅
I think the UK should deploy troops to Greenland and stand side by side with our European and Scandinavian allies.
January 14, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I think the UK should deploy troops to Greenland and stand side by side with our European and Scandinavian allies.
It’s small, but beautiful. It’s not the size that matters! It’s how you use it!
#PanasonicGM1
#MicroFourThirds
#CameraPorn
#PanasonicGM1
#MicroFourThirds
#CameraPorn
January 13, 2026 at 7:10 PM
It’s small, but beautiful. It’s not the size that matters! It’s how you use it!
#PanasonicGM1
#MicroFourThirds
#CameraPorn
#PanasonicGM1
#MicroFourThirds
#CameraPorn
Guys! Guys! The GM1 is here! Tis pretty! And very, very small! Comes with an official, all metal grip. Definitely going to need that to hold on the camera because this thing is smaaaaall.
January 13, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Guys! Guys! The GM1 is here! Tis pretty! And very, very small! Comes with an official, all metal grip. Definitely going to need that to hold on the camera because this thing is smaaaaall.
I caved in and ordered it. Only live once right?! 😆 It'll go nicely with my camera collection. Specifically, this one and it's in damn good condition. And it's in a colour I like.
I blame you lot for being bad influences.
I blame you lot for being bad influences.
Hmmm… seen a Panasonic GM1 for a good price… tempting.
January 11, 2026 at 10:55 AM
I caved in and ordered it. Only live once right?! 😆 It'll go nicely with my camera collection. Specifically, this one and it's in damn good condition. And it's in a colour I like.
I blame you lot for being bad influences.
I blame you lot for being bad influences.
Hmmm… seen a Panasonic GM1 for a good price… tempting.
January 10, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Hmmm… seen a Panasonic GM1 for a good price… tempting.
Amazing to think that AI is supposed to herald in a new era for humanity and it seems to be mostly used by people to create deep fakes, porn or undress underage girls. And no-one appears to be willing to regulate it.
I just use it to de-grain images.
What a time to be alive.
I just use it to de-grain images.
What a time to be alive.
January 9, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Amazing to think that AI is supposed to herald in a new era for humanity and it seems to be mostly used by people to create deep fakes, porn or undress underage girls. And no-one appears to be willing to regulate it.
I just use it to de-grain images.
What a time to be alive.
I just use it to de-grain images.
What a time to be alive.
Well, May is going to be busy for me, not only am I travelling to Norway to experience their Constitution Day, the weekend immediately after I’ve booked a day trip experience on the Morgenster - a clipperbrig and education/training sail ship.
Never been on a sail boat so why the hell not?! 😁
Never been on a sail boat so why the hell not?! 😁
January 5, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Well, May is going to be busy for me, not only am I travelling to Norway to experience their Constitution Day, the weekend immediately after I’ve booked a day trip experience on the Morgenster - a clipperbrig and education/training sail ship.
Never been on a sail boat so why the hell not?! 😁
Never been on a sail boat so why the hell not?! 😁