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11 March, 2017

Noritsu LS-1100 – The Move to Home Scanning / Early experiences with a 35mm Film Lab Scanner

By Hamish Gill

I've had my Noritsu LS-1100 for nearly a year, yet after all this time I'm only just beginning to scan with it. To say it's been a bit of a rocky road would be an understatement...

6 March, 2017

Noritsu LS-1100 – First Colour Scans

By Hamish Gill

At the end of the week before last I shared my first few black & white scans from my newly functioning Noritsu LS-1100. The next step was to share some thoughts about the proces...

4 March, 2017

Fuji X-Pro, or: Why I stopped worrying about buying a digital Leica – by Xiaosu Han

By Xiaosu Han

Inspired by the recent article by Hamish regarding the Sony A7Rii, I wanted to share my way of working with my favorite digital camera, the Fuji X-Pro. A lot of people, myself i...

25 February, 2017

Noritsu LS-1100 – First Black & White Scans

By Hamish Gill

Sometime late spring last year I bought myself a Noritsu LS-1100 scanner. For one reason and another, and another, and a few more, I've had a bit of a mare getting it working, b...

24 February, 2017

Avenon 21mm f/2.8 super-wide lens mini-review

By Hamish Gill

I think of my mate James as slightly eccentric in his choices when it comes to camera equipment. A good example of this eccentricity is the work that he had done to a Leica M3 a...

20 February, 2017

Fed4 & Industar И-61 lens review – Back in the USSR – by Howard Hurd

By HowardH

Early experiences with Soviet cameras left a lasting impression. I have always wondered what I would think if I used these cameras again today, after more years of experience in...

19 February, 2017

Zeiss 50mm 1.5 Sonnar (Separated Optics) – Finding my perfect classic Sonnar – PT2

By Hamish Gill

Out of the selection of lenses I mentioned in the first part of this journey, my wild card (completely screwed) Carl Zeiss 50mm f/1.5 definitely makes for the most logical place...

11 February, 2017

Hasselblad XPan – by Jef Price

By JefPrice

I suppose that the Hasselblad X-Pan (or Fuji TX1 as it was for the Japanese market) is pressing it when it comes to the qualification of compact, but its bold design and concept...

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