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23 April, 2026

5 Frames with a Rolleicord VB II

By Ron Duda

23 April, 2026

/ Kodak Film, Kodak T-Max 400, Rolleicord VB II, /

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22 April, 2026

7Artisans 35mm f/2.8 Ultra-Compact Rangefinder Lens Review

By Alexander Doran

Released today (22nd of April 2026), the new 7Artisans 35mm f/2.8 lens occupies a poorly-explored niche in the modern era; that of the sharp, ultra-compact prime lens. And belie...

22 April, 2026

What the Lever Opened – One Shot Story

By Josh Baker

This is not who I was allowed to be. Circumstances in my past lives built boundaries around the innermost states that contained freedom. Vulnerability. They inhibited stepping o...

LeRouge 612 panorama pinhole camera for 120 film

22 April, 2026

LeRouge 612 MK2 – Portable Panoramic Pinhole – Why Barnack would have approved of it

By Jens Kotlenga

So there was this guy who took it upon himself to hike from the Atlantic Ocean all the way down to the Mediterranean, following the Pyrenean long-distance mountain trail, all of...

21 April, 2026

Printable Parts for Olympus OM1-n Shoe 4

By Kevin Saruwatari

As far as I know, the 3D print community hasn’t created printable files for often broken, removable hot shoes on the old Olympus OM series cameras. So I put up some files...

21 April, 2026

Olympus AZ-300 – Out of the Drawer and Into The Light – A Journey of Recovery and Rejuvenation (Part 3)

By Niall Keohane

“Before you even touch this camera, you are going to want to own it…” I seem to be drawn to the quirk currently. That’s not a bad thing and as far as I k...

20 April, 2026

News and Preview: Viltrox Announces 35mm 1.8 & 55mm 1.8 EVO lenses in Sony FE and Nikon Z mount

By Hamish Gill

Viltrox have today announced the release of both 35mm and 55mm 1.8 EVO lenses. Regular readers might remember my 85mm EVO lens review where I pretty much concluded it was the pe...

20 April, 2026

Fed-2 Soviet Rangefinder Review (with a little nod to Cameraburo)

By Hamish Gill

Once in a while, on a whim, I fancy shooting something different to what I otherwise have in my camera cabinet. We all know that feeling of GAS, I’m sure. Of course, like most n...

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Neil Purling on Lucky SHD400 – My Experiences
Thank you for posting this review I had bought some Lucky. Mostly 120, but a few rolls of the 400…
Erik Brammer on 5 Frames with a Rolleicord VB II
Hi Ron, very well done! I like images 1 and 3 in particular, since they show such nice subject separation.…
Jens on LeRouge 612 MK2 – Portable Panoramic Pinhole – Why Barnack would have approved of it
Hi Tony, thanks for your remarks. There are quite a number of formulae available on the web that calculate the…

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