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9 March, 2026

Minolta Panoramic A-303si SLR – Why you don’t need to spend 4 Grand on an XPan – Seeing Panoramic Part II

By Ibraar Hussain

I wrote a post sometime back about my experience with the Fuji TX-2 aka Hasselblad XPan II. A lovely camera which I sold for peanuts, it’s now risen in price so much that ...

7 March, 2026

Fujica GW690III – Work More, Shoot Less

By Simon King

Actually, the camera is regular sized, I just have tiny hands. Medium format is a difficult commitment for me, especially when covering a situation requiring fast decisions betw...

4 March, 2026

Lab-Box – A Developing Story in Which a Photographer Tries to Avoid Loading a Paterson Reel But Ends Up Doing it Anyway

By Richard Becker

It seems like I have always taken photos, starting with a 126 instamatic as soon as I could handle one. Then in the late 1970’s when I wanted to take some proper photographs (wi...

26 February, 2026

Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 85/4 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field Test

By Andrea Monti

This empirical field test of a non exactly well-preserved Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 85/4. Least of the ‘fogged’ glasses of this sample now under the care of master Adr...

23 February, 2026

Kowa Kalloflex Automat K2 Review

By Tony Warren

Review of Kalloflex K2

20 February, 2026

Agfa Rapid – Down the Rabbit Hole

By Chris Giles

A year ago I had never heard of the Agfa Rapid system and now I have five Rapid cameras, and counting – what’s going on! I had picked up an Agfa Iso Rapid IF for a dollar, initi...

18 February, 2026

A reprise of the Agfa Iso-Rapid 1F

By Tony Warren

review of Agfa Iso-Rapid 1F, Rollei Retro 80S, Rodinal stand processing.

17 February, 2026

Pentacon 50mm 1.8 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field Test

By Andrea Monti

This field-test is, as the others I have published here, absolutely subjective, empirical and lacking any scientific basis. Since I couldn’t find anything interesting to photogr...

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Russ Rosener on Kodak ColorPlus 200 at a Nostalgic Car Show
A very useful and enjoyable test. I have two rolls of this film and plan to shoot them soon. It…
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