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21 October, 2018

Voigtlander 50mm f/2.5 Color-Skopar Leica Thread Mount Lens Review

By Hamish Gill

I recently bought myself a Voigtlander 50mm f/2.5 Color-Skopar. I’d been looking for a lens to compliment my 50mm ZM Sonnar that took, frankly, less energy to use. I wanted an i...

14 October, 2018

Peli 1510 Protector Case review – My Peli Adventure Begins

By Hamish Gill

I’ve recently upgraded a load of my work gear, and in the process of doing so noticed just how knackered the old stuff was starting to look. There’s no getting away from the fac...

13 October, 2018

Pentax MZ-S and 31mm, 43mm, 77mm Limited lens trio review – By Aivaras

By Aivaras

I think that it would be unfair to judge and review Pentax MZ-S separately from the FA Limited line of lenses - it's my opinion that you have to look at them together as one set...

11 October, 2018

Sony 135/2.8 [T4.5] STF Mini-Review – By Rollin Banderob

By Rollin Banderob

As a photojournalist - in the vein of William Albert Allard, Eugene Richards and Alex Web - I strove to layer content in many parts of my images, and as such find obsession with...

9 October, 2018

Konica Z-up 100w compact review – by Charles Higham

By Charles Higham

This is a Konica Z-up 100w. Don’t be surprised if you’ve not seen one before; I hadn’t when I bought it for a few pounds. It’s a 35mm film compact with a 28-100mm zoom lens and ...

7 October, 2018

Leica MP (Another) Review – by Adam Laws

By Adam Laws

Let’s get this out of the way straight away - It’s hard to recommend the Leica MP in what might seem a rational way. It’s an emotive choice compared to it's analogue M-system co...

3 October, 2018

Leica M5 and R8 – In defence of the Forgotten Divas – by Markus Maurer

By The_Mason

My name is Markus. I come from a small town in the south of Germany and from my early twenties, I have been seriously into photography. I shoot mostly people, mostly nudes, and ...

30 September, 2018

Leica M3 – The Virtues of the First M – by Steven Bleistein

By Steven Bleistein

While the Leica M3 has a storied mythos associated with it, people tend to look at it more critically in comparison to other models when resolving to buy their first, and perhap...

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