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28 January, 2017

Minolta TC-1 Review – A Worthy Companion – by Benn Murhaaya

By Benn Murhaaya

If I think about it, every other camera required me to do something on top of what I really wanted. Constantly switch modes, turn off flash or scan the film almost one frame at ...

16 January, 2017

Sony A7Rii review – A superb farce of a camera

By Hamish Gill

Let me just start by saying, it doesn't matter which way you look at the Sony A7Rii, it is a ridiculous thing. Ridiculous in every sense. If you view it as bad, it's ridiculousl...

14 January, 2017

Reflecta RPS 10M Review – Reflections on Homes Scanning – by Frank Lehnen

By Frank Lehnen

...I heard bad things about the Reflecta RPS 10M - banding, incorrect frame recognition, many returns. But my short experience up to now has just shown me great qualities of a r...

7 January, 2017

Polaroid 690 Review – by Adam Laws

By Adam Laws

I know what you’re thinking. A Polaroid article on 35mmc, whatever next. I did have to twist Hamish’s arm to get this included. However before you reach for the flaming torch an...

1 January, 2017

Orwo film – The Magic of a forgotten giant – by Eric “kAAs” Sluis

By Eric 'Kaas' Sluis

Today I would like to take you on a voyage into the post-war film industry of Germany and specifically the DDR, East-Germany with a look back at the history and films or Orwo. M...

29 December, 2016

Voigtlander f/1.5 50mm Nokton LTM – Review by Hern Tan

By Hern Tan

The Voigtlander Nokton f/1.5 50mm is a lens that has long been compared to, unfairly, as the lesser of the two 50mm f/1.5 lenses offered in M mount (or in this case LTM), being ...

26 December, 2016

MS-Optics 21mm f/4.5 Perar Review- a tiny, and very eccentric lens

By Hamish Gill

The MS-Optics 21mm f/4.5 Perar is, without a doubt the smallest lens I've ever shot with on a Leica rangefinder. In fact, it's probably one of the smallest full frame lenses eve...

14 December, 2016

Leica M6 – In Praise of the Classic- by Hokari57

By hokari57

Simply put, It's my opinion that the Leica M6 is the best of the film M bodies that you can hope to shoot with. How I came to realize this only took me a MP, a M3 and a M4 to sh...

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