In July 2002, Kate and I hooked up with friends, to hear the great American jazz pianist Dave McKenna play the grand piano at East Boston's Cafe Italia. Back then, I never went ...
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15 November, 2022
Repairing & Revisiting a Voigtländer Vito CL – Here there be Dragons – By Has Gustafsson
"Here there be Dragons" - a text said to be found at the very edge of maps a long time ago when the world was still not explored. Said text, I guess, was to discourage seafaring...
14 November, 2022
Godox Lux Senior and Lux Junior Flashes – In-depth Review and Comparison – by Sroyon
Back in July, we reported on the release of two new Godox flashes with a distinctive, retro look: the Godox Lux Senior and Lux Junior. Godox kindly sent us one of each to try ou...
13 November, 2022
5 Yashica T4 “Rainy Day” Frames – By Dave Powell
The Yashica T4 point-and-shoot needs no introduction. It-- and the T4-Super/T5-- are legendary for the “character” of their photos. Several years ago, I found one marked $1 at a...
Some of you may have seen ‘The Great Northern Garden Build’ on the BBC, charting the on-site creation of the newest Royal Horticultural Society public gardens in Salford - if yo...
11 November, 2022
Rollei Infrared Film – An Introduction – By Tony Warren
Rollei Infrared is a high speed, panchromatic, monochrome film with sensitivity to visible light which extends into the near infrared (IR). FP4+ film, for example covers from 35...
10 November, 2022
My First Shots with the Pan-Holga 360 – by Sonny Rosenberg
The Pan-Holga was created by the inventor Richard McCaleb around 2003, at least that's when he sent it to Cory Armantrout who I just bought it from. I was compulsively perusing ...
9 November, 2022
Fixing an Ailing Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super B SLR – By Dave Powell
About a year ago, some Austrian friends handed me a Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super that they brought with them to America after World War II. They said it no longer worked, and if I...
