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22 December, 2025

Viltrox 85mm f/2 Evo Review – A perfect balance of compromise for me!

By Hamish Gill

The Viltrox 85mm f/2 Evo is the lens I wished I was reviewing when I was writing about their 85mm 1.8. I really liked that lens, but there was something about its bokeh, its lar...

20 December, 2025

Phoenix (I) Rising, or, How I Tame the Beast

By Michael Murray

Phoenix (1) Why Bother? When it was released a few years ago, Harman Phoenix was a welcome new kid on the block. Like most, I was eager to try it out. To begin with, I want to s...

19 December, 2025

Leidolf Lordomat & C35 – Hidden gems from Wetzlar

By Alex Peter

The Leidolf Lordomat is the most important camera in my collection because it belonged to my father. My father bought the camera around 1954. As an enthusiastic athlete, he also...

16 December, 2025

Hedeco Spot One Review – New Compact Spot Meter Launched on Kickstarter

By Hamish Gill

Hedeco have just launched a Kickstarter campaign for their new Hedeco Spot One spot meter. This is a brand new, compact sized, well featured spot meter that’s been designed to m...

15 December, 2025

Chroma Camera CubePan – A Review, and my Journey into Panoramic Photography

By Steve Abbott

So despite having a number of cameras (all film) – three Leica rangefinders (don’t judge!), a Leica SLR, bought for a specific purpose, which I don’t use any more an...

12 December, 2025

Ricoh FF-9SD Limited – Travails of a Transparent Camera in Central Asia

By Keith A Yeo

My grandfather had many cameras, he kept them in an old 1980s dry box, and it was only when he was spluttering with edema from his congestive heart failure did we even talk abou...

11 December, 2025

Panasonic C—D 2200 ZM – Round Two

By Tony Warren

Panasonic C-D 2200 ZM, repairing light leak

10 December, 2025

Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135/4 – A Demanding Use Case

By Andrea Monti

For shooting Rossini’s The Barber of Seville at Teatro Marrucino, I took a Carl Zeiss Jena 135/4 lens as a backup for long shots. Master Adriano Lolli replaced the origina...

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