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27 September, 2025
Crosby’s Blitz Beach with a Yashica D and Kodak Gold 200 – The Whole Roll
I’m sure every long-in-the-tooth parent knows this situation. And if you as a parent haven’t yet reached that certain age believe me you’ll experience it event...
26 September, 2025
5 Frames with a Mamiya 6 on expired Fujifilm Pro 400H
Something very specific happens to my brain whenever I load up a medium format camera with expired film. It’s probably 90% fear. You never quite know what you’re going to end up...
26 September, 2025
Zip Disks – A One-Shot Public-Service Announcement
Remember these? How long has it been since you stored important files– especially photos– on Zip disks? It’s been three decades for me, since higher-capacity CD-R me...
26 September, 2025
Super-Frankarette LRII – a German Rangefinder camera from 1959
They don’t make cameras like the Super-Frankarette any more. Franka-Kamerawerk (Franka being a German region and nothing to do with Franke & Heidecke) was based in Beyreuth,...
25 September, 2025
NEWS: Introducing the (currently in development) Esquisse Camera
New kids on the camera-block, Esquisse, have just today announced their first camera. It is going to be a premium digital camera designed to be highly pocketable and based aroun...
25 September, 2025
Viltox introduces Spark Z3 – a new Cyberpunk TTL enabled mini-flash
Viltrox, known primarily as a third party manufacturer of super sharp, budget friendly prime camera lenses, continues to expand its inventory of adjacent camera products. This ...
25 September, 2025
Day Out at The NPG – Part 3 – 85mm Lens – One Shot Story
In Part 1 I relayed a conversation I had had with our Tutor Eddie. On his assertion that no-one shoots with an 85mm lens these days and all portrait photography is shot using wi...
25 September, 2025
My Alternative to RX1RIII: Sony A7Cii and Mandler 35mm f/2
When Sony announced the RX1R III, my ears perked up. I’ve always love the idea of that little full-frame compact body that you could almost slip into a coat pocket. I once...
