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1 January, 2025

Kodak Single-Element Plastic Meniscus Lens – A Quest for the Primitive, Episode 1: The Worst Lens Ever Produced?

By Jonathan Leavitt

If one accepts that no optical design can ever attain perfection, one should also consider that no lens can be so bad as to be totally useless either. When you think of lenses n...

28 December, 2024

The Little Dino that could – a thermal print camera

By Kohtli

Many of us have spoken about the cost of film photography. The development costs, the film costs, the time investment, and the occasional blank roll hiding around the corner, ar...

27 December, 2024

Zorki 5 & 6 – A Brace of Otherwise Unwanted Cameras

By Richard Becker

You know how it is, you see something on a certain auction site very near the auction end with a sensible start price and no bids so you put just the minimum on with no expectat...

26 December, 2024

Olympus XA-2 – An old friend

By Chris Davenport

Years ago (40 years) I moved to the east coast for a couple years. I was loaned a small compact camera. I decided to carry it instead of my heavy bulky Minolta. At first glance ...

24 December, 2024

Corfield Periflex Camera – A British Gem

By Dan Cuny

The Corfield Periflex is a relatively new camera to my collection. I’ve only had it for a few months, but I’ve desired to own one for many years. The opportunity aro...

23 December, 2024

Rolleiflex 2,8GX – A Short Review and Comparisons with the 2.8F

By Geoff Chaplin

There are many reviews of the 2.8F – here I concentrate on the differences between the Rolleiflex 2,8 GX and F, why I bought a GX and my experiences with it having shot a...

22 December, 2024

7Artisans 35mm 0.95 – Testing this Fujifilm X Mount Lens in a Demanding Environment

By Andrea Monti

So far I have been very happy with the 7Artisans 35mm 0.95 in X-mount, but I have only tested it in non-demanding conditions. Although the results were promising at first sight,...

20 December, 2024

NEWS: Introducing the Omnar 35mm f/3.5 Pantessa FLB (YS35-35FLB)

By Hamish Gill

The Omnar 35mm f/3.5 Pantessa (short for pancake-tessar) is a limited-edition rehousing of the Carl Zeiss 35mm f/3.5 optics found in the Yashica T, T3, T4 and T5 Super cameras. ...

Rhys Thomas on 5 Frames with Kodak Portra 400 in a Pentax 67
Great quality. I use a Koni Omega 6x7 RF for photographs "that matter". Each time I look at the results…
Scott Micciche on 5 Frames with Kodak Portra 400 in a Pentax 67
Jeffery, the 645n is a gem of a camera with a great viewfinder. I only have the 75mm manual lens…
Bob Janes on Contax G2 – The Most Advanced Rangefinder
Wonderful photographs and an illuminating article. By coincidence, I've been shooting my G1 in recent weeks, trying to work my…

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