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Image of our prototype light meter watch in front of a camera

12 April, 2026

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

By Richard Soler

12 April, 2026

/ Kickstarter, Light Meter, watch, /

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25 October, 2024

My TLRs Over the Years

By Tony Warren

Examples of images made on a selection of twin lens reflex cameras.

24 October, 2024

A Few Shots with the 7Artisans 35mm f/0.95 in X-Mount

By Andrea Monti

Let’s get straight to the point: here are a few shots taken with a Fuji X-T4 and a 7 Artisans 35mm f/.0.95 (obviously) in X-mount. All photos were taken at the widest (nom...

24 October, 2024

Vivitar 19mm f3.8 – Exactly What it Should Be

By Sebastian Shields

Late one night, I was on a deep dive into finding a lens that matched a narrow, and somewhat arbitrary set of requirements I set. A mess of browser tabs covered my monitor. Most...

Two people, one holding a guitar. One kissing her cat which she is holding tightly on a bench.

23 October, 2024

5 Frames with a 1D MkII and a 35mm F1.4L

By Sebastian Shields

Slogging around the Canon 1D MkII is my favorite way to pretend I’m a photojournalist. It’s big, bulky, and gets uncomfortable on the neck after about ten minutes. Also, while i...

23 October, 2024

Canon 110 ED Review

By Tony Warren

I am able to get to know this well specified Canon 110 ED camera and the Minox 110S I wrote about recently thanks to Bob Janes’ generous gift. Bob has posted several informative...

22 October, 2024

5 Frames from the Ultramax Challenge

By Timothy Hancock

There has been a lot written about why some photographers prefer film to digital, or at least use both. Whether it is the slowing down, more thoughtful approach, the look of neg...

22 October, 2024

LightPix Labs FlashQ M20 – Hitting the street with a new flash

By Sasha Tsyrlin

I was never a big fan of flash photography. But during the pandemic I took a Magnum online photography class which introduced me to flash photography technics of Martin Parr and...

21 October, 2024

From a 50 to a 35 – How I Changed My Perspective

By Nik Stanbridge

So, how exactly did you come to adopt a 35mm focal length lens as your everyday carry? Well, gradually and then very suddenly. For decades, since, well, I started out in photogr...

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