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25 November, 2024

Join me and the photography community on Bluesky

By Hamish Gill

25 November, 2024

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Just a note to say that I, like many people, have finally completely ditched Twitter in favour of Bluesky. I joined Bluesky sometime ago now, but whilst it was in its testing phase it was a little quiet. Now it’s open for anyone to join any ...

25 November, 2024

5 Frames with a Vivitar 70-210 f/3.5

By Sebastian Shields

25 November, 2024

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Cheap zoom lenses have never had a great reputation. Especially in the Digital age, some budget zooms are considered a bit of a plague. Cheap, plasticky, and very poor optically. To many, a budget zoom is a small step above the kit lens and is for...

Color photo of a Konica Pearl III medium format folding camera.

25 November, 2024

Konica Pearl III Medium Format Folder – Review and Street Shots from NYC

By Chad Gayle

25 November, 2024

/ Konica Medium Format Camera, Konica Pearl III, Medium Format Camera, Medium Format Folder, /

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As much as I love film, I’ve always had a love / hate relationship with medium format. Spoiled by the speed of 35mm’s fast lenses and the liberal largesse of 4×5 and 5×7 large format negatives, medium format has always seemed to me to be...

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29 November, 2023

NEWS: The Latest on MiNT’s Compact 35mm Film Camera Project with Disparafilm Blog

By Molly Kate

Gary from MiNT released his latest blog update on the progress of the new 35mm compact film camera project on November 9, 2023. This update gives us the price of the camera, app...

29 November, 2023

500mm Mirror Lens with Film – by Simon King

By Simon

I sometimes feel a fear of falling off. It once occurred to me that looking up at the moon was like looking over the edge of a chasm except that while there may be an edge of so...

28 November, 2023

Making a No-Sew Belt Pouch from an Old Denim Jacket

By Dave Powell

I’ve always wanted a slim-profile belt pouch for carrying compact cameras. Most manufactured belt pouches have been too small or thickly padded for my cameras and taste. ...

28 November, 2023

NEWS: Kickstarter Launched for the Jollylook Eye – A Mechanical Instax Mini Film Photo Printer

By Molly Kate

Jollylook is launching its 5th Kickstarter campaign today for a new Instax film photo printer! The new Jollylook EYE has much of the same design elements as their other Instax f...

28 November, 2023

5 Frames of the Granite Coast on Delta 100 in Rodinal

By Nik Stanbridge

On a trip last year around the coast of France and along the Spanish foothills of the Pyrenees, I wanted to take along some film that had a slightly different character to my us...

27 November, 2023

NEWS: Viltrox Releases Compact Affordable Full-Frame 20mm F2.8 Lens for Sony E Users

By Molly Kate

Viltrox has a new compact full-frame wide-angle prime lens for Sony E users, an autofocus 20mm F2.8 option with an STM motor for quiet shooting. The lens is also coming to Nikon...

27 November, 2023

Mr.Ding Noxlux 50mm f1.1 review – by Vincent Bihler

By vincentbihler

Fast 50mm lenses offering for Leica M mount has flourished these recent years with the appearing of Chinese lens manufacturers. A lot of them have proven to be very nicely made ...

26 November, 2023

NEWS: Bi-weekly Round-Up – November 26, 2023

By Molly Kate

Today we have a long-overdue news round-up for you! This post and video bring together all of the latest news stories we have shared from the last few weeks. If you want to read...

Jeffery Luhn on 5 Frames with a Vivitar 70-210 f/3.5
Sebastian, Hmmm, I bought that Vivitar zoom for my Nikon when it first came out and abandoned it in favor…
Jeffery Luhn on Konica Pearl III Medium Format Folder – Review and Street Shots from NYC
Chad, Nice shots! I love folding cameras! They are the Goldilocks size between 35mm and 4x5. My brand of choice…
CP93 on Join me and the photography community on Bluesky
1. Your Bluesky block list is publicly readable. 2. Bluesky has come under scrutiny from the European Commission for failing…

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