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5 February, 2021

‘Project Cleansweep’ – Beyond the Post-Military Landscape of the United Kingdom – By Dara McGrath

By Dara McGrath

In late 2011 while reading a newspaper in a local pub, I came across an article stating that the Ministry of Defence had launched an investigation into 14 known sites across the...

3 February, 2021

Rollei 35S & Choosing a Film Partner for Another Pocket Camera – by Phil Calvit

By Phil Calvit

Since becoming re-interested in film shooting a couple of years ago, I’ve acquired a modest but high-quality collection of classic cameras: a Nikon FM and FE, a Mamiya M645, Oly...

2 February, 2021

Minox 35 GT-E Review – Scale Focusing a Pocket Camera – By Anton Yakovlev

By Anton Yakovlev

I want to tell you about one of my most beloved cameras. So small, so delicate, so powerful. My precious Minox 35 GT-E. This might sound like a clichéd addict introduction to a ...

1 February, 2021

Meyer Optik Gorlitz 30mm f/3.5 Lydith II (The New Version) Review

By Hamish Gill

The Lydith 30mm f/3.5 II is another remake of a remake of a classic lens from Meyer Optik Gorlitz. It’s moderately wide, fairly slow lens with a short minimum focusing distance ...

29 January, 2021

Pergear 10mm f/8 Pancake Fisheye Lens Prototype Review – By Iurii Zvonar

By yukosteel

The Pergear 10mm f/8 pancake fisheye lens sample reviewed in this article is one of the early prototypes. I received this lens for testing purpose directly from Pergear.

26 January, 2021

Magnum Contact Sheets – Book Review – by Holly Gilman and Sroyon Mukherjee

By Sroyon

The average 35mmc reader perhaps needs no introduction either to Magnum, or to the concept of contact sheets. But just in case, Magnum Photos, founded in Paris in 1947, is one o...

24 January, 2021

“Bardo: Summer of ’20” – a Photozine – by New Exit Group

By Simon King

I always told myself that my first publication would be representative of a large body of personal work, something only I could have produced after a few years of working on a p...

22 January, 2021

Regula RM & Mastra V35 Mini Review – A Pair of Kings – By Rock

By Rock

When I got back into film a few years ago, the first camera I used was a nice looking vintage affair that I found on a boot sale stall - a Regula RM. I was attracted to its text...

Bob Janes on An Inexpensive Adapter on a Sony Mirrorless and Auto ISO.
The wonderful world of dumb adapters! I have a fair few to use my Hexanon, Zuiko and Rokkor lenses on…
Graham Orbell on Lomo Daylight developing tank – A review
Bob Janes I bought an Agfa Daylight loading tank in 1970. Vastly more simple than the one you reviewed. I…
Ľubomír Brindza on Sony Alpha 850 – My Unexpected Journey Rediscovering the Joy of DSLRs
"Roughly a decade ago, this fascination led me to abandon my DSLR setup in favor of mirrorless cameras." This was…

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