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6 June, 2025

NEWS: Omnar Bertele FLB 50mm f/2 – Finally Announced

By Hamish Gill

Those who follow what I get up to will know I am half of Omnar Lenses. Well, today we finally announced the Omnar Bertele. I will save you all the waffle, as it can all be read ...

6 June, 2025

Konica Minolta Dimage A200 – Dogging down Green Lane – Local Photo Walks, Pt1

By Ibraar Hussain

This will be a sort of Local Photo Walk series. Probably a wee bit of inspiration or ideas for people who want some idea or excuse to enjoy their photography. With a banged up k...

4 June, 2025

Zeiss Nettar – Cleaning and Bringing Life Back to a Flea Fair Find

By Roger

The story begins with a visit to a flea fair, where I succumbed to a Zeiss Nettar for what I hoped was a reasonable price. The paintwork was very chipped but the aperture was wo...

2 June, 2025

Sony A99 – a review of the the first mirrorless full-frame EVF camera

By Bob Janes

In late 2012 Sony produced a full-frame mirrorless camera. The Sony A99. For some time, Sony had been hedging its bets with regards to digital cameras. It had long produced vide...

31 May, 2025

Pentax M 28mm 2.8 – My Perfect Wide Lens

By Andrei Stefan

I’m just going to start this by saying that if you’re after technical specs, lenses groups serials numbers versions, focus charts and sharpness tests look elsewhere (Pentaxforum...

30 May, 2025

Olympus PEN EED – The Underrated PEN

By Dave Roberts

The ultimate point and shoot travel-party camera? When any conversation about photography enters into the realm of half frame photography, immediately someone will mention the O...

26 May, 2025

Olympus Trip 35 and 35ED – Budget Compacts – a Review & Comparison

By Bob Janes

In the mid 1970s Olympus had a nice range of compact cameras, going from the 1/2 frame Pen to the Sophisticated 35RD. Two of these cameras are the subject of this comparison rev...

23 May, 2025

Zeh Zeca-Flex Camera Review

By Dan Cuny

This camera combines the compactness of a folding camera with the quality and handling of a twin-lens reflex camera. The Zeh Zeca-Flex is just the camera mentioned above, and I&...

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