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12 April, 2026

Why being bad at photography led me to create the world’s first digital ‘light meter watch’

By Richard Soler

Ever wondered if you can learn manual exposure without having a camera in your hand? It’s an odd question and to be honest I wouldn’t blame you if you hadn’t. But it’s a questio...

11 April, 2026

Leica-R Summicron 50/2 on Nikon F3

By Julian Tanase

In a recent article on my website I spoke about a Leica-R Summicron 50/2 (v2) being converted to Nikon F mount, by means of a Nikon F mount ring (Leitax). As far as I know, this...

6 April, 2026

MonsterAdapter LA-FZ1 – Review Overview & Introduction

By Hamish Gill

This is an introduction post to what I intend to be an ongoing series detailing the MonsterAdapter LA-FZ1 – an adapter that allows screw drive Nikon AF lenses to be used o...

6 April, 2026

MonsterAdapter LA-FZ1 (v1.2 firmware) & Nikon 180mm 2.8 AF

By Hamish Gill

This is my first follow up article to my MonsterAdapterLA-FZ1 overview/review article here, as well as my wider Monster LA-FZ1 experiences. As I said in that article, I currentl...

6 April, 2026

Leica 50mm Lenses – The “Goldilocks Leica Lens Challenge” – Introduction

By Scott Ferguson

For reasons I may not be able to fully explain (even to myself), but many 35mmc regular readers and contributors will understand, I own four different Leica 50mm lenses. Leica ...

3 April, 2026

Neofin Blue – A Developing Emergency

By Tony Warren

A practical test of Neofin Blue in 35mm and 120 sizes and varying dilutions.

31 March, 2026

Wollaston Meniscus 125mm f1.6 Review

By Chad Hill

One of my favorite parts of film photography is experimenting with new-to-me gear, processes, and formats. Large format photography is a particularly good venue for this since i...

30 March, 2026

Minolta Dynax 9 and 7 – A Comparison

By Bob Janes

Although these cameras were known in eastern markets as Alpha and in American markets as Maxxum, the copies I’m dealing with are the European Dynax versions – so I w...

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Andrew on Olympus AZ-300 – Out of the Drawer and Into The Light – A Journey of Recovery and Rejuvenation (Part 3)
Perhaps it’s that going wider on a zoom requires fancier glass types (extra low dispersion) and potentially aspherical surfaces as…
Niall Keohane on Exa Ia -Out of the Drawer and Into the Light – A Journey of Recovery and Rejuvanation
Thank you so much, Gary, I really appreciate you taking the time to come over to this article, and for…
Michael Jardine on Fed-2 Soviet Rangefinder Review (with a little nod to Cameraburo)
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