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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.”...

7 July, 2024

Polo in The Karakoram – Hockey on Horseback with a Contax G2 and Velvia 50

By Ibraar Hussain

I’ve never played Polo, in fact I don’t know much about it and have no idea about most of the rules, to me it’s a bit like Soccer on horseback – or is it...

6 July, 2024

5 frames with Nikon FM2 and Kodak Gold 200

By Jens

What could be better than taking a light, mechanically precise and legendary camera on a beautiful autumn hike in the Bavarian mountains? Driving in a cabriolet in the sunshine ...

Black and white photograph of a Certo Dollina camera.

6 July, 2024

Certo Dollina 2 – Otherwise Unwanted Cameras № 5

By Richard Becker

I bought this on Ebay having never heard of a Certo Dollina before, but a 1930’s 35mm camera with a Zeiss Tessar lens seemed interesting. As it turned out nobody else cou...

5 July, 2024

5 Frames with the Ilford Sporti

By Trevor king

I am not sure where or when I had acquired the Ilford Sporti but I discovered it in a box of old photographic equipment that I had amassed over the years. Still encased in its o...

5 July, 2024

Pentax Auto 110 – My First Experiences

By Tony Warren

This subminGAS is a dangerous thing! I was recently tempted by a Pentax Auto 110, being sold locally for not much more than ‘spares or repair” money and described ...

4 July, 2024

5 Frames with Rollei Superpan 200 and a Minolta 460Tx 110

By Tony Warren

I really enjoy using 16mm film and I now have three cameras taking this stock, one 16mm and two 110 of Minolta and Pentax manufacture. My favourite film so far is Rollei’...

Russ Rosener on Calm Down – How Slow Photography Eased My Pre-Match Anfield Anxiety
Truly this is one of the best posts about photography, and WHY we do photography that I have seen in…
Louis Sousa on 5 Rushed Frames with a Canon EOS3 and an EF 14mm f/2.8L ii.
Understood. I mistakenly believed you were not happy with the camera and lens combination. Cheers, Louis.
Tony Warren on Contax G1 – A thing of Beauty…
Great article Bob and those lenses are really top drawer. Such clarity and drawing. Not surprised though that the camera…

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