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24 January, 2026

Minolta MC W Rokkor-HG 35/2.8 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field-Test

By Andrea Monti

This is another episode featuring a Nikon Z camera and a vintage lens. This time, I’m using the Minolta MC Rokkor-HG 35mm 2.8, which I recently took out of the cupboard wh...

24 January, 2026

Voigtländer Vitrona – World premiere of something we now take for granted

By Alex Peter

We all have a little digital camera in a drawer somewhere. We occasionally take it out for family gatherings to take simple, well-lit photos indoors. Set the flash to automatic ...

16 January, 2026

Panasonic C 2200 ZM Mini & Zoom with Kodak Colorplus 200.

By Tony Warren

Colorplus film an a Panasonic C 2200 ZM Mini&Zoom.

14 January, 2026

TTArtisan 75mm f/2 AF Lens Mini-review

By JK LOCKWOOD

Executive Summary: Buy it! If compact primes are your thing, you are going to love the TTArtisan 75mm f/2 AF lens. In case you missed it (like me), TTArtisan released this excel...

14 January, 2026

Pinhole Photography in Northwest New Mexico

By Joe Van Cleave

I’m an Albuquerque-based photographer who has dabbled for years with not only film cameras but also paper negatives and pinhole cameras. Going back to the mid-1990s, I had set u...

6 January, 2026

Agfa Iso-Rapid 1F Review

By Tony Warren

The Agfa Rapid system and an Ahfa Iso-Rapid 1F

5 January, 2026

Artizlab Classic 35mm f/1.4 (v2-ish) Review

By Rollin Banderob

I found myself at an odd place without a 35mm lens for my digital rangefinder. Very odd for me, since that is by far my most used focal length, and I had volunteered to do news ...

An image of a Fujifilm TX-1 with the 45/4 mounted sitting on a table, with a 90/4 and 30/5.6 placed next to it.

5 January, 2026

Fujifilm TX-1 – Nine Years in – Both Eyes Open

By Gale Lee

This is a near-full rewrite of an article that was originally shared on Casual Photophile in August 2024. In addition to tweaking some content, I also wanted to correct a techni...

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Ibraar Hussain on Pakistan – 33 Years exploring – With the Olympus E1 and E3 DSLR’s and Steve – Part 1 in The Punjab
Ah thanks David ! As always. Some people may find the photos to be boring - or uninteresting as it’s…
David Pauley on Pakistan – 33 Years exploring – With the Olympus E1 and E3 DSLR’s and Steve – Part 1 in The Punjab
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Loving the look of those images. Like you I've been using Dragon Film lately and have been very impressed. That…

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