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17 March, 2025

Sony SLT-A77 – hybrid mirrorless/DSLR with Minolta history

By Sean Benham

Several years ago, I purchased a Minolta Maxxum 7000 at a garage sale for $15, which came with a Sigma UC 28-70mm zoom. I had wanted to shoot with one for years. Its history is ...

16 March, 2025

First Men on the Moon: A hand made, hand bound photobook

By Nik Stanbridge

I’ve created and published quite a few photobooks in the past but I’ve always wanted to make the process easier, cheaper, quicker and much more predictable and rep...

15 March, 2025

One Shot Story of Three Guys in a Field, Somewhere in Scotland

By Benjamin Amberg

I have no idea who these guys are… and I spent a week with them in Scotland on a brand trip sponsored by Hendrick’s Gin during the summer of 2019. A “brand ...

14 March, 2025

Pinhole Photography – Another Challenge!!

By Geoff Chaplin

I got started with a spare body cap; drill hole in centre; tape a laser drilled pinhole over the hole (cost about 10$/£/€). Simple. Any idiot can do it – even...

The LD Meter mounted of the cold shoe of a Leica M4-P, viewed from the behind, and above with the screen illuminated.

14 March, 2025

L.D. Meter from CHI Review – A shoe mount light meter with a useful little laser.

By James Greenoff-Cairns

First, I shall set the scene: My name is James and I can’t zone focus. It feels good to get that off my chest. I been a photographer for a while now, I take it pretty ser...

13 March, 2025

One Negroni, One Shot, One Story

By Benjamin Amberg

Oregon, fall 2020. A fiery sunset in the distance caused by west coast wildfires. A global pandemic still running rampant. Lockdowns and a curfew in full effect. The sun making ...

13 March, 2025

Leica iiig, Elmar, Summar and Retropan Soft 320 in PMK Pyro

By Geoff Chaplin

Let me begin with my miserable excuses: (1) the weather was sh.., (2) the film was another ‘back of the fridge’ discovery, expired nearly 4 years ago, (3) probably b...

12 March, 2025

5 (random) frames of Bruxelles with a MIR-1B, a Pentax ME Super and a Kodak TMax400

By Andrea Monti

The late hours of a day are dangerous times, because this is when the mind, lacking tasks, begins to look for a way to keep itself busy. To make a long story short, this is why,...

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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