I'm Ethan, I make cameras at Cameradactyl.com. A few months back I finished the initial prototypes for a new camera, the Brancopan, which is a 35mm panoramic camera that takes M...
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16 December, 2019
TTArtisan 11mm f/2.8 M-Mount Fisheye lens Review
Now I must admit, I’m not particularly into fisheye photography. Nor is a fisheye lens the first type of lens that I think of as being particularly compatible with Leica rangefi...
15 December, 2019
Zeiss Ikon Contina III – One Roll Mini Review – by Charles Higham
I’ve had this Zeiss Ikon Contina III for about 8 years and used it just once. I put a roll of expired colour film through it shortly after acquiring it, had it developed and, af...
I have owned a Leica Minilux for more than 20 years. The truth, though, is that I am not a compact camera kind of guy. The Minilux was the antithesis of my then shooting philoso...
13 December, 2019
A Beginner’s Exploration of Documentary Photography – By Hugo Morgan
After a summer spent overexposing bulk bought colour negative film on trips to the beach and praying that the airport scanners weren’t going to fry my film on the way home, I de...
12 December, 2019
Agricultural Landscapes – by Christian Schroeder
We all should leave our comfort zone, I read this advice all the time. But why? Why not doing the exact opposite, seeking our comfort as often as possible? Isn’t that good to fe...
11 December, 2019
Ektachrome E100 in 120 & 4×5 imminently available!
Ok, ok, I'm sure you've heard already. I am definitely behind the curve on this particular news release! It is an exciting chunk of news though, so just in case any of you out t...
11 December, 2019
Why I Think You Should Print Your Black & White Negs In Your Own Darkroom – By Recky Reck
It is certainly no exaggeration to say that film photography is coming back with a vengeance. Even the most die-hard celluloid sniffers had shelved or sold their analogue gear b...
