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19 April, 2025

A Grand Day out Discovering a Canon EOS 5, Pal M4 and a Carl Zeiss Jena Panacolar

By Steviemac

19 April, 2025

/ Agfa Film, Agfa Vista Plus 400, Canon eos 5, Carl Zeiss Jena Panacolar, Kentmere 100, Kentmere Film, Pal M4, /

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3 May, 2024

A brief encounter with a (Zeiss) Ideal camera.

By Tony Warren

The ‘ideal’ camera in this case being the Zeiss Ideal, a 9×12 model from around 1930. An interesting camera, once known as a ‘hand and stand’, a...

Minolta XD with 85mm f/2.8 Varisoft Lens

2 May, 2024

5 Frames with a Minolta XD, 85mm f/2.8 Varisoft lens and Ilford HP5+

By Ryan Smith

Hey photo makers. As part of my ongoing gas I recently acquired a MInolta 85mm Varisoft lens. Starting with a mint condition X-700/50mm f/1.7 setup gifted to me by a coworker a ...

2 May, 2024

Accessory rangefinders – the Watameter and others.

By Tony Warren

As users of film cameras many of us have had to master Sunny 16 and estimating distances because many of the older cameras we use lack an exposure meter or a means of setting ac...

1 May, 2024

Whole Roll of Expired Arista Through North County San Diego

By Alison Hatch

It’s easy to overlook the beauty that surrounds us. But sometimes, all it takes is a different perspective to remind me of the magic in the mundane. Recently, I embarked o...

Pho and Jun, two professional models I met outside the Presidential Palace, who agree to do a photoshoot with me.

1 May, 2024

Sigh, Gone – Shooting in Ho Chi Minh City

By Ali MC

These photographs were made on a recent trip to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam’s economic metropolis and home to more than 8 million people. I first visited the city ...

30 April, 2024

5 frames with Fomachrom D II 20

By Natalie B.

Most photographers today know Foma from their black and white film but there was a time when the Czech company produced colour as well. The exact information about it is scant b...

30 April, 2024

5 frames with a Pentax Q7 & Fisheye lens in the library

By Hamish Gill

My wife is doing an open university course, so around once a month during her academic year, we end up taking a trip to the library to collect some books. It’s become a b...

29 April, 2024

Leica C (Typ 112) – A Capable Compact (by Panasonic)

By grain_frame

I have a thing for small cameras. Well, really, I have a thing for cameras in general – but in particular, I’m sort of always on the lookout for a truly excell...

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