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11 August, 2018

Kodak P3200 & Happiness found in my (lazy) Hybrid 35mm Workflow

By Hamish Gill

A little while ago I loaded a roll of Kodak P3200 into my Leica M4-P and proceeded to shoot a few frames one evening down the pub. I then forgot I’d loaded P3200 and thought I’d...

5 August, 2018

Canon 50mm f/2.2 Leica thread mount lens review

By Hamish Gill

I’ve had this little Canon 50mm f/2.2 for a while now - I bought it attached to a Canon P. Both camera and lens were items I’d eyed up on eBay a few times, so when I saw the com...

4 August, 2018

Zenit E Review – My Father’s old camera – Johann Wahlmüller

By theframecounter

This post is about the unlikely camera that accidentally got me into film photography – my dad’s old Zenit E. My father bought his Zenit E in the early 70s and mostly used it o...

3 August, 2018

Canon AF35M Review – Making Mere Adequacy Intriguing – by Torsten Kathke

By Torsten Kathke

Canon is the one photography brand that has continually had the distinction of inspiring me the least. There's nothing wrong with Canon. Canon makes great cameras that make grea...

2 August, 2018

Kodak Portra 400 – My First Roll – by Simon King

By Simon King

Until recently my film photography had more or less been exclusively shot on either AGFA Vista 400 for colour, or XP2 for black and white. I've played around with Fujifilm and o...

27 July, 2018

Hitchcock’s Rear Window – Watching the Watcher – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

Rear Window is a great movie, and taking photographs is the main character’s essential trait. Francois Truffaut, whose book turned director Alfred Hitchcock the man into one-nam...

20 July, 2018

Hasselblad Xpan with a 35mm F2.8 PC Nikkor – A Users’ Review. Cal Stewart

By CalStewart

To cut to the chase, it is possible to shoot the Hasselblad Xpan with a 35mm f2.8 PC Nikkor, which will give you a wider field of view than with the standard 45mm lens. It's a c...

19 July, 2018

Rollei Prego 70 Review: The Trouble With Names – Pedro Trevino’s P&S Journal #3

By Pedro Trevino

The Rollei Prego 70 came to me in a box of Olympus cameras; with its aluminum chassis that's the size of a mju-ii, it stands out from the Trip-branded black plastic affairs. I s...

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