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9 January, 2025

A Zeiss Ikon’s Demise and Harman Phoenix 200 – First Experiences

By Philip

9 January, 2025

/ Harman Film, Harman Phoenix 200, Konica Hexar RF, Zeiss Ikon ZM, /

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12 July, 2024

Sony R1 – the Original from 2005 revisited – Sony and APS-C part 1 of 3

By Bob Janes

This is the first of three reviews I’m preparing, looking at Sony’s APS-C camera range spanning 6 years and showing the three separate approaches they took in that...

Canon AE-1 with zoom lens in focus, football pitch in the background

11 July, 2024

5 frames with a Canon AE-1, shooting a professional football (soccer) game

By Francois Marlier

Back in May (2024), a friend invited me to the last home game of the season of our town’s football club, Vejle Boldklub, here in Denmark. This was an important match, sinc...

11 July, 2024

Polaroid Swinger – Modification for use with 120 Film

By Jim Skelton

I’ve always thought of the Polaroid Swinger as a toy camera. Polaroid made and sold millions of them back in the 60’s, thanks to an effective marketing campaign whic...

Snow scene with parked cars in Chicago Illinois ca. 1940.

10 July, 2024

Save those negatives. You never know…

By Doug Anderson

When I started taking pictures at about age 8 my mother and I would take the roll of Verichrome Pan I shot with my Kodak Brownie 127 to Walgreens and in a few days would go back...

10 July, 2024

5 Frames with a Nikon FE and a Stroke of Luck

By Miguel ángel Mendez

I had a Nikon FE camera many years ago, when they were first released. I remember seeing it for the first time while unpacking a slit lamp, an optical device used in ophthalmolo...

A photo of a vintage folding style camera, with the lens pointing to the viewer

9 July, 2024

4 Frames (and an error) with a Zeiss Ikon Nettar 518/16

By Matthew Becker

After getting into medium format when I bought a Bronica ETRSi almost a year ago, I’ve wanted to try a larger negative and, ideally, one that pushes me to try different co...

9 July, 2024

Bi-Pack Bi-Chromes: or How I learned to love making color pictures on black and white film in a single exposure

By Chad Hill

Recently, I was chatting with the manager of VSSOutlet, a mostly online used camera gear shop, but which also happens to be located near me. He showed me a weird sliding large f...

8 July, 2024

Canon 50mm Serenar f/1.9 – The Serene Beauty of the Japanese Summitar

By Andrew Bibee

When talking about popular third party 50mm LTM lenses, the conversation occasionally leads to the Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens, oftentimes called the “Japanese Summilux.”...

Daniel Castelli on Reedy Island Range Rear Lighthouse – One Shot Story
I have my father’s C-3. It is framed and hangs in a prominent place in my darkroom. It reminds me…
Paul Quellin on A Zeiss Ikon’s Demise and Harman Phoenix 200 – First Experiences
Great article Philip, with the difference between the two cameras perfectly illustrated with the images. I have had a couple…
Nicholas Johnson on Reedy Island Range Rear Lighthouse – One Shot Story
I saw it on ebay and bought it purely for the mechanical aesthetic. Which is apparently why the other million…

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