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29 April, 2025

Red Hook Grain Terminal – A One Shot Story

By David Pauley

29 April, 2025

/ Architectural Photography, /

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26 March, 2021

Kershaw Penguin, Learning Photography, and My Introduction to Medium Format – By Peyton Hunter

By Peyton Hunter

When I was a young teenager, I was gifted my first ever DSLR for my birthday, a third- or fourth-hand Nikon D3100, arguably the perfect camera for someone to learn photography o...

25 March, 2021

5 Frames with a Pentax SP1000 / Zeiss Jena 50mm 2.8 and Expired FP4 – By Peter Roberts

By Peter Roberts

I can hardly remember a time when I have been without a camera. Fifty-eight years ago at the age of ten I splashed out all my holiday money on what I suppose was a VP Twin at Wo...

25 March, 2021

Fixing Vertical Rangefinder Misalignment in Compact Rangefinder Cameras – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

Those who shoot rangefinder cameras on a regular basis are probably aware of (they may even feel plagued by) vertical rangefinder misalignment. A camera rangefinder works by su...

24 March, 2021

Yashica J and J2 (Ninja Star) Mini-Review – Back to the 80s – By Meifei Tang

By tangmeifei

I’m not fully loaded with all the best gear in town like it seems some photo bloggers, Instagrammers, and what-have-yous. I don't have all the Leicas, Hasselblads, and so on. Bu...

23 March, 2021

Olympus OM-10 – My Journey and Review – By Jessica Goodwin

By Jessica Goodwin

In 1972, Olympus released the first camera of the OM SLR series, the OM-1, which was followed by the OM-2, OM-3 and OM-4. In 1979, they released the first of their more consumer...

22 March, 2021

5 Frames with a Zenit TTL on the top of a Welsh Valley in -5 Degrees C – By Toby Van De Velde

By TobyVPhoto

I bought a job lot of cameras well over a year ago. Long before COVID19 was even a thing. I was mostly interested in the FD mount lenses to use with my Canon AT-1, and, to be ho...

22 March, 2021

Funleader 18mm f/8 Review – Limiting, but Fun (and Cheap!)

By Hamish Gill

I recently replaced my Fuji X100v with a Sony A7iii that was retired from work. Not long later the manufacturers of the Funleader 18mm f/8 pancake lens got in touch asking if I ...

21 March, 2021

Fomapan Retropan 320 Soft 35mm – In Memoriam – By Yorgo Douramacos

By Yorgo Douramacos

I don’t know exactly when it happened but it seems that Fomapan's Retropan 320 has been discontinued in its 35mm variety. I hope I am wrong but I can find no store that has it i...

Scott Ferguson on Holiday? Relapse? A Night Out with My Leica M3
Hi David, Another fantastic post. Consider me officially intrigued by shooting Ultramax at dusk into night! I had a magic…
Scott Ferguson on Holiday? Relapse? A Night Out with My Leica M3
Hey Reed, I'm curious about this. Do you have details of where and when things will be happening in NYC?…
Geoff Chaplin on Holiday? Relapse? A Night Out with My Leica M3
Evocative images, reminiscent of Tokyo and parts of London. You haven't been unfaithful to your Rolleiflex or your principles, a…

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