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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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6 May, 2017

The St. Paul’s Hostel Ilford Photo HP5+ disposable camera project – an introduction to the project

By Hamish Gill

I recently got myself involved in a photography project being run by a local hostel. The outline idea of the project is to give a group of the hostel service users the opportuni...

1 May, 2017

How to Choose the Best Camera for Street Photography – Guest post by Digby Fullam of Streethunters.net

By Digby Fullam

Gear isn’t the be all and end-all, but the right gear still makes life so much easier. While street photography may not be the absolutely most demanding photography medium on eq...

30 April, 2017

Jupiter-8M (Contax Mount) – Finding my perfect classic Sonnar PT4

By Hamish Gill

After I posted the last instalment of this little journey to find my perfect classic Sonnar, I went straight out and shot a few photos with my Contax mount Jupiter-8M. My hopes ...

29 April, 2017

Yashica T3 Review – by Alex Redman

By Alex Redman

The Yashica T3 features an F2.8 35mm lens, the only compact Yashica in the T series to do so. This was one of the reasons I wanted one as I always try and avoid using flash wher...

23 April, 2017

Nikonos V – Underwater Film Photography – by Aukje

By Aukje

I can't remember exactly what triggered the idea to shoot underwater with a film camera first: a mention of the Nikonos camera in my twitter feed, or the painterly effect I got ...

22 April, 2017

Halina Panorama – full frame “Canny” Shooting

By Hamish Gill

Alan Duncan of Canny Cameras is a man with a sense of humour. I'm sure he must still be chuckling at the moment I agreed to be sent a mystery camera with the promise of sending ...

17 April, 2017

Cordweaver/Peak Design Strap Review

By Hamish Gill

A few weeks ago I was mooching about on Instagram, and came across a brand of camera strap by the name of Cordweaver. I instantly recognised the potential these straps had for s...

16 April, 2017

The Cameraventures #saveanalogcameras movement – get involved!

By Hamish Gill

Some time ago a chap called Matt got in touch with me with the suggestion that I should create an index of film camera specialist repair companies on a page of my website. A goo...

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…
Alan Simpson on Corfield Periflex Camera – A British Gem
An enjoyable hands-on review. Thank you. I also have a Periflex similar to yours (but the shutter speeds are engraved…

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