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10 December, 2025

Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135/4 – A Demanding Use Case

By Andrea Monti

10 December, 2025

/ Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135/4, /

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For shooting Rossini’s The Barber of Seville at Teatro Marrucino, I took a Carl Zeiss Jena 135/4 lens as a backup for long shots. Master Adriano Lolli replaced the original Contax mount with a Fuji X mount, saving me from the inconvenience o...

10 December, 2025

Predator Or Vampire: A Revision of Mozart’s Don Giovanni

By Andrea Monti

10 December, 2025

/ Fuji X-T5, Stage Performance Photography, /

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Yesterday night I was on the (back)stage of Teatro Marrucino for the premiere of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, as always in my capacity of official photographer, with the goal of documenting the event for the theatre’s photographic library. I have ...

Singapore's Tiong Bahru Neighborhood

10 December, 2025

A Stroll Through Singapore’s Tiong Bahru Neighborhood with a roll of Kodak Double-X

By Danai

10 December, 2025

/ Contax T, Kodak Double-X, travel photography, /

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It was the last day of my trip to Singapore for a conference, and I was hoping to make the most of it photographically. After being stuck indoors for the past couple of days, I was eager to get out and explore. I’ve visited Singapore many times an...

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28 March, 2022

Chinon Belami AF Review – Snap Happy with Fomapan Creative 200 – By Iain Paterson

By Iain Paterson

Sometimes an SLR is just a bit too serious. It seems to impose an obligation to take a 'photograph', when sometimes you simply want the ability to take a 'snap'. Enter the Chin...

26 March, 2022

5 (of the) last frames with the Canon 35mm f/1.5 LTM – By Agata Urbaniak

By Agata Urbaniak

I’m not a collector but I definitely have way more lenses than your average shooter. Sometimes I feel a little sad for the lenses I don’t use enough and consider it ...

25 March, 2022

No Word for Light Blue – By Ailbíona McLochlainn

By Ailbíona McLochlainn

The English language lacks a dedicated word to describe the colour light-blue. In the same manner, for instance, that 'light-red' is called pink, and 'light-purple' is lilac, t...

24 March, 2022

Nikkor-T 10.5cm f/4 – The Mountain, the Berg, and the Molehill – Pt 1 – By Agata Urbaniak

By Agata Urbaniak

The following article is once again a 3-parter but this time it explores long lenses and how they fit into my pursuit of a small and lightweight kit that covers all bases (withi...

23 March, 2022

Voigtlander Vito B, Plus Accessories – A Very Interesting Charity Shop Find – By Seb Copley

By sebcopley

This is not going to be a review, just some early thoughts on my experiences using the oldest camera I have so far owned. The Voigtlander Vito B has been reviewed many times, no...

22 March, 2022

Digital Nostalgia – 5 Early Digital Cameras from between 2001 and 2005 – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

The world spins. Everything comes around. Eventually we start to get misty-eyed about stuff that seems to have only just left the room. Yes, I'm at that point. I’m about to get ...

21 March, 2022

EVENT: Analogue Spotlight – Inaugural Community Event – May 14th – Worcester, UK

By Hamish Gill

After the success of the Analogue Spotlight at The Photography Show at the NEC in September 2021, the Analogue Spotlight are hosting thier first independent event! It is to be a...

21 March, 2022

The Rise of the Vintage Digital Camera

By Hamish Gill

A good camera is a good camera, right? That’s how it should be. Of course, in the world of digital cameras where the image making technology is built into the camera, how long a...

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