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24 January, 2025

Lytro Light-field Camera – Cutting Edge Jankuary Kit

By Simon Davis

Inspired by Jankuary last year, I considered what my worse camera was, and knew that it had to be the first generation Lytro. As a photography enthusiast, the chances are you&#x...

24 January, 2025

Kodak Chevron and Signet 35 – Birds of a Feather Shot Together

By Stewart Waller

I love American Kodak cameras. I love the way they look and work. Often quirky and counterintuitive—and sometimes downright goofy—many are objects of beauty and ti...

20 January, 2025

Light Lens Lab Nine Element 28mm f/2.8 review

By vincentbihler

Light Lens Lab surely has been one of the most interesting (to my eyes) lens makers in the recent years. This is for a couple of reasons: they try to replicate some of the most ...

18 January, 2025

Mir-20 20mm 3.5 on a Pentax K1-II – A Field Test of the

By Andrea Monti

Photographing with a 20mm lens is quite demanding on the eye, as the composition has to take into account many more objects than with a normal prime or telephoto lens. As a resu...

16 January, 2025

Pentax Zoom 60

By Tony Warren

Using a late 20th century point and shoot. Considering how photography has transitioned from film to digital.

13 January, 2025

Rollei 35AF – My Love/Hate Relationship – Problems Encountered and Lessons Learned

By Eric Norris

As I write this, I have just finished sending the latest in a long stream of emails to Mint/Rollei support about my new Rollei 35AF. I was one of the first to order the camera w...

9 January, 2025

A Zeiss Ikon’s Demise and Harman Phoenix 200 – First Experiences

By Philip

Let’s address the elephant in the room, shall we? Our lead image is of an immaculate Konica Hexar RF, set against the backdrop of golden autumn grass and a curious German ...

6 January, 2025

Pergear 25mm 1.7 lens in MFT mount Review – A fantastic little jewel of a lens.

By Ibraar Hussain

This is a review of the Pergear 25mm 1.7 lens in MFT mount. I was kindly sent this by Pergear to review, thanks to Hamish and Sabrina for arranging this. It’s listed for s...

Keith Drysdale on A New Obsession – Analog Photography – A One Shot Story
That's a lovely shot. My advice is just keep shooting with this camera until you are confident that you will…
Thomas Wolstenholme on Fuji X-Pro3 – 5 years on – Extended Thoughts and my Dream Lens
The Fringer permits autofocus, auto-exposure, EXIF and even the VR of the lens to function. I've even used it once…
Keith Drysdale on Pentax Zoom 60 Auto – Thoughts from a 3rd roll
My recent exploits of shooting zoom compacts of the late 80s and 90s have led to the same conclusions. These…

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