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23 November, 2024

Two cameras with a common shortcoming

By John Furlong

23 November, 2024

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Documenting Shanghai’s Modern Architecture

By Yuze Chen

You might have bumped into my previous post here about documenting Beijing’s modern architecture. Despite saying that I was “constantly exploring and looking for m...

11 March, 2024

Richomatic 35 – Two Contrasting Examples of a 1960s Quality Point & Shoot Camera.

By Tony Warren

A recent auction job lot turned up a working Richomatic 35, a camera I vaguely remember for its very modern design for its day but not one I had taken much interest in. A great ...

11 March, 2024

7Artisans 9mm f/5.6 Review

By Hamish Gill

I have here the widest lens I have ever used. Possibly the widest lens I have ever seen in the flesh. Certainly the widest rectilinear lens. The lens I am talking about is the 7...

10 March, 2024

5 Frames with the Mamiya 6 IV-S Folding 6×6 Camera

By Bob Prendergast

I was recently on a photo walk with some fellow film buffs. One of the guys pulled out a beautiful Leica M3 from his bag: “It was my grandfather’s camera,” ...

9 March, 2024

5 Frames with a Voigtlander Vito II

By David James

In my late teens, around 1970, a work colleague invited me round to his place to show me how to print from 35mm film using an enlarger. This moment was a total epiphany for me, ...

8 March, 2024

An eBay Bargain and Impulse Bought Tale of Woe

By Gary Smith

First of all, while I shot film exclusively from 1970 through 1975 and did my own developing and printing that was a long time ago. These days I mostly shoot digital. I’m...

8 March, 2024

Minolta 16 MG sub-miniature camera.

By Tony Warren

I bought this Minolta 16 camera when I prematurely thought my efforts with 110 to use the film slitter I had made had hit the buffers. It has turned out to be something of a cur...

7 March, 2024

5 Frames with Agfa APX 400 in the Midwinter

By Julian Tanase

I spent a few days in a quiet rural area, before actually reopening the business for 2024. You know, that time space between the end of year and beginning of the new daily strif...

Geoff Chaplin on A Castle You Say?
Yes, great shots and well done taking the D with little prior experience. I too found no problem getting film…
Philip on The Whole Roll: Harman Phoenix 120 in Minolta Autocord MX
It really does seem like Phoenix 200 was meant for the 120 format. Likely due to the smaller negative size,…
Simon Foale on Memorable photos made with forgettable lenses
Thanks for this Tony. I've been reading with admiration your posts, many of which showcase your impressive capacity to construct…

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