Martin Ley aka EmDashMan
emdashman.bsky.social
Martin Ley aka EmDashMan
@emdashman.bsky.social
Analogue and digital photography imposter. When not making images, I play guitar, listen to music, or watch arthouse movies. The GP logo is from my soon-to-be real photography web site, GravuraPhoto.net
The further into Barry Thornton’s book I get, the more amateur I become…
#BelieveInFilm
November 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A bit technical for my brain, but this promises to be an amazing book.
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Yes!
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Also just finished my first ever roll of film in this beastie. No idea how it will turn out as:
Pilot error (probs)
V old Fujifilm 400, not stored properly
Shot at 50 ISO for shiggles )(portmanteaux R us)
#believeinfilm #mediumformat #MamiyaRZ67
November 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Finally managed to get out with this (Lens)baby today(thanks @stigofthedump.bsky.social ). Half a roll of Ilford Delta shot so far. Looking forward to seeing what it saw 😎😉
#believeinfilm
November 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Looks like colonel Ed Straker should pull up outside any second…
October 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Ok #BelieveInFilm friends… how to shoot these out-of-date films, and instruct the lab on development?! They were in the barn find box along with the Mamiya RZ67, so not stored in a fridge/freezer 😞
October 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
And the barn find continues #believeinfilm #filmphotography
October 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Also this in the barn find. No idea if it works, or if I can hook it up to my computer…
October 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A friend has had this (along with loads of other gear) sitting in his barn for years. Now I have a bit of a steep learning curve 😉
#filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #mamiya #RB67
October 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
October 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Sloe progress
October 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Red shoe
October 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Thumbnails of Crete. I originally tried scanning myself, but sent the negs back to Analogue Wonderland and got them to do it. Awesome job 😎
#HalfFrame #pentax17 #KodakProImage #BelieveInFilm
October 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A #HalfFrame #diptych taken on my #Pentax17 at Rethymno, Crete.
#BelieveInFilm
September 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Timelock 08:36
#iphone
September 28, 2025 at 4:22 AM
OK #BelieveInFilm friends, who’s in here?! First person to guess correctly wins the internet 😂

I’ll post a pic of the contents later. Just picked it up from a local ex pro tog friend who never recovered from going digital. Bit of a classic, which I’m trying before buying…
September 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
That’s more like it 🤞🏻 #camerasanddrinks
September 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
My little Canon Pixma is perfect for my printing needs. Here’s some 10x8” mono abstract goodness.
Is it film or digital? Can’t remember 😂Am I bovvered? Probably film, ‘cause I had to clone out some spots…
#abstract #photography #mono #believeinfilm probs
September 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Serendipity. Go with it. If only we could achieve it on purpose 😂
I’ve posted this mistake before…
September 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Some rather tasty colour images taken on the same day as my mono ones. These are from the Pentax 17, on Ultramax.
#BelieveInFilm #HalfFrame #Pentax17
September 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Printing out some shots taken at Burwell Museum’s Classic Car & Bike Showa few weekends ago. Taken on my Pentacon Six, 50mm f4, Fuji Neopan Acros 100
Dev by Analogue Wonderland
Scan by me, Epson V700/VueScan//Lightroom/SilverEfex
#BelieveInFilm
#mono
#6x6
September 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
September 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
#believeinfilm
#halfframe
#pentax17
More half frame fun with the Pentax 17 on Ultramax
September 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM