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15 June, 2021

Contax IIa review – Chasing that Classic Look with an Unaccountably Affordable Vintage German Rangefinder – By Phil Calvit

By Phil Calvit

Like most of you good 35mmc readers, I’d love to own a classic Leica. And like most of you (unless you’re a more posh lot than I’d assumed), I’ve been unwilling to make the life...

14 June, 2021

PPP Cosmic Lomo T-43 to Leica M-Mount Lens Conversion Review

By Hamish Gill

Some people might question the logic of mounting a Lomo lens to a Leica camera. Not me though, I think it’s a great idea and I am all the more enthralled when someone goes out o...

9 June, 2021

Jupiter-3 – Sourcing my Perfect Soviet Lens with a bit of Help From Skyllaney – By Sasha Tsyrlin

By Sasha Tsyrlin

My first memory of a camera goes back to my childhood in USSR and me holding my grandfather's Zorki or FED (I don’t remember which). I remember looking through a Soviet Universa...

8 June, 2021

Leica M10-D – The Essence of Photography, or is Cheating Allowed? – By Marc Wick

By Marc Wick

This is a tale of my experiences with a Leica M10-D, but my journey with a digital M without a screen didn't start with this camera. I used a Leica M-D for a while in addition t...

7 June, 2021

KameraKraft LMGRIP V2.0 & LM10GRIP V1.0 Leica Camera Grip Reviews

By Hamish Gill

A few weeks ago I received a new LM10GRIP KameraKraft grip for my Leica M10-P. I also already have the LMGRIP for my M4-P. I must admit, I haven’t tried a lot of different grips...

1 June, 2021

Olympus 35 SPn – A Review of a Quality Compact – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

The Olympus 35 SPn is a relatively large and quite impressive-looking rangefinder camera. It is about 5 inches/13 cm long, 3 inches/7.5 cm high. At the time it was originally re...

25 May, 2021

Rollei A110 – The 110: a Review – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

I’d heard other people refer to the Rollei A110 as the best 110 camera ever produced, but I was expecting a certain amount of that to be hyperbole. Then I got hold of one. It is...

24 May, 2021

Minolta Autocord TLR: First Impressions – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

I shot a roll with a twin-lens reflex camera (TLR) for the first time this month. But long before I used a TLR in real life, I loved the idea of it – so much so that I thought t...

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