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26 December, 2024

Olympus XA-2 – An old friend

By Chris Davenport

26 December, 2024

/ Olympus Point & Shoot, Olympus Scale Focus Camera, Olympus XA2, Scale Focus Camera, /

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29 July, 2017

7Artisans 50mm f/1.1 (ongoing) Review

By Hamish Gill

It's fair to say that DJ-Optical 7Artisans 50mm f/1.1 has caused a bit of a stir in the world of rangefinder photographers. The forums are alive with speculation and commentary,...

23 July, 2017

Film Photography; a to road rediscovery – Guest post by Richard Williams

By Richard Williams

...I must have had a latent desire to shoot film again because a few follows later on Instagram and I was hooked! Then not long after that, my wife, ever the avid charity-shopp...

22 July, 2017

Scarabaeus Review – an elegant belt clip for your camera

By Hamish Gill

I have a bit of a thing about simple design. My appreciation for products that function to solve a single problem perfectly is something I think I've mentioned a fair few times ...

16 July, 2017

Konica Hexar (AF) review – Picking a few holes in the Untouchable

By Hamish Gill

I've talked about the Konica Hexar a couple of times on this blog, it's even been reviewed here by master musician Rob Mackillop, but so far, despite owning one for a while, I'm...

9 July, 2017

A Canon Prima BF-90, 3 Rolls of Agfa Vista 200 and a Trip to Japan – Guest post by Nuraishah Shamsuddin

By Hamish Gill

My name is Nuraishah Shamsuddin. Im a 23 years old traveler and photographer based in Malaysia. Since I was a kid, I used to travel with my parents in and out of the countries. ...

8 July, 2017

Leica M6 Street Photography – Tokyo Files – by Mark Forbes

By Mark Forbes

After shooting the Leica M6 for just over a year, including a decent period with it as my only film camera, I thought it was time to put pen to paper; or fingers to keys, as the...

2 July, 2017

Leica M9M Monochrom – First few shots and initial impressions

By Hamish Gill

I've fancied a Leica Monochrom since the day they were announced. It can't have been that long after that my mate Pete bought one and sent me a few DNG files to inspect - this d...

1 July, 2017

Sony A7Rii – Making it work for me – Take Perfect. Spoil it. Be happy – by Aivaras

By Aivaras

I really enjoyed Hamish's recent articles about the Sony A7RII, and the one regarding the never ending “film vs digital” debate. To me, these two articles felt as though they we...

Andrew L on Petri Color 35 – A Love Letter to a favourite camera
A fitting write-up on the excellent Petri Color 35. I really enjoyed mine, which I dug out of a pile…
Art Meripol on Olympus XA-2 – An old friend
I loved my little XA. Don''t remember if it was a two or not. On my honeymoon in San Francisco…
Alex on NEWS: Introducing the Omnar 35mm f/3.5 Pantessa FLB (YS35-35FLB)
lovely! for those going on about the price, take a look at the price premium cinematographers pay to have photo…

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