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16 October, 2019

Fuji lens lost in wilderness for 4 months – found, and still works! – By Steve Boykin

By Steve Boykin

I've just found a 23mm f/2 Fuji lens that I lost in the wilderness in June. I just happened to be looking down and it was sitting on the ground a few inches from my foot. I had ...

14 October, 2019

Kodak Ektachrome E100 – Shooting my First Rolls – Part 5 – The Journey So Far

By Hamish Gill

Reading back through my posts about Kodak Ektachrome E100 so far, and indeed the comments on them, I do feel a little like I have somehow led people to believe that I'm not sati...

11 October, 2019

Cosina CT-1 and its Lengthy Legacy – By Ben O’Keeffe

By Ben O'Keeffe

On an undisclosed date in September, 1979, Cosina released the CT-1 to little fanfare. After all, it was hardly a game changer. The CT-1 is a 35mm SLR with a Copal Square shutte...

30 September, 2019

Fuji X-Pro 3 – A digital camera design philosophy I can get on board with!

By Hamish Gill

The Fuji X-Pro 3 is the first digital camera that’s genuinely piqued my interest in a long time - and it’s not even been officially released yet. Fuji did some sort of pre-annou...

28 September, 2019

Kodak ColorPlus 200 on Nikomat FTN – Colour Negative Photography on the Cheap – By Tom Sheppard

By Tom Sheppard

Kodak ColorPlus 200 must be one of the cheapest colour negative films available at the present time, and the Nikomat/Nikkormat FTN one of the cheapest of the used SLR market off...

27 September, 2019

Nikonos V Review – Cycling with and shooting on Dry Land – Steven Bleistein

By Steven Bleistein

If nothing else, Japan where I make my home, is wet. The rainy season lasts from mid-June to the end of July, typhoons regularly lash the archipelago from August to October, and...

24 September, 2019

TTArtisan 35mm f/1.4 ASPH review – by Vincent Bihler

By vincentbihler

TTArtisan is a new Chinese brand that are apparently planning on producing several high quality Leica M mount lenses, with the first one being this, the TTArtisan 35mm f/1.4 AS...

23 September, 2019

Voigtlander 50mm f/1.2 Nokton Aspherical Review

By Hamish Gill

I’ve owned the Voigtlander 50mm f/1.2 Nokton Aspherical for nearly a year now, and I feel that I have to open this review by saying that I think it’s an absolutely fantastic len...

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