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Keks M-Meter

24 December, 2025

Keks M-Meter – A Leica-Dedicated Shoe Mount Meter

By Hamish Gill

24 December, 2025

/ Keks Light Meter, Keks M-Meter, Shoe Mount Light Meter, /

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I’m going to kick off this review by saying that I think the Keks M-Meter is definitely the best shoe mount meter I have used on my Leica M4-P or anything other meter-less Leica M camera for that matter. Donald (the chap that runs Keks) told me ab...

24 December, 2025

Portraits From Nagoro, the Scarecrows’ Village

By Andrea Monti

24 December, 2025

/ Documentary Photography, travel photography, /

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In the heart of Iya Valley, in Tokushima Prefeture, lies Nagoro, the Scarecrow Village. Half a ghost-town, half a still inhabited place, Nagoro’s main population is composed by about 300 scarecrows spread all around the village. When Ayano T...

24 December, 2025

Oh, hey – My Favorite(d) Photo of 2025

By John Bennett

24 December, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, Portrait Photography, /

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I don’t know if this is my favorite photo of 2025, but it certainly received the most “likes” on Flickr, which — for me, at least — are harder to come by than those on Instagram. One of the things I appreciate about the Olympus XA2, in addition to...

24 December, 2025

5 Frames From The “Uncanny Valley” Training Town in Gravesend – by Simon King

By Simon King

24 December, 2025

/ Documentary Photography, Ilford FP4 Type 517 Cine, /

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The Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Centre (MPSTC) in Gravesend is a surreal space. It’s a ghost town built as a backdrop for organised chaos, a stage set for practicing scenarios for protest, riots, and even crowd control at sports events...

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Viltrox AF 35mm 1.7

18 December, 2024

Viltrox AF 35mm 1.7 Z DX – A new nifty fifty prime lens for the Nikon DX system

By Mike Brooks

If you grew up in the analogue age, chances are your first 35mm camera came with a fifty millimeter “kit” lens. These “nifty 50s” were reasonably small, reasonably bright, reaso...

18 December, 2024

Agfa Ambi Silette – First Roll Reflections

By Bob Israel

During a recent visit to a favorite antique store, I went to my favorite display case which were filled with cameras. One never knows what will be there and so it’s fun to...

Perast with Red Boat

17 December, 2024

Canon AE-1 on the Coastline of Montenegro

By James P

A road trip through Montenegro is a must. In June I was lucky enough to spend 5 days with my partner enjoying some of the Montenegro coastline equipped with my Canon AE-1. All m...

Man smoking joint

17 December, 2024

10 Shots from the Toronto Skate Scene

By David Smith

All photographers can ultimately be divided into two categories: the hip or the lame. The former, for example, includes grizzled, chain-smoking photojournalists wearing bullet-r...

16 December, 2024

Why You Should Only Shoot in Your Backyard (or ‘The Art of Belonging’)

By Andrea Monti

What do these pictures have in common (apart from having been taken in various places in Japan)? No, they don’t have the same look and feel, composition or use of light, n...

Remaster slim kit with carry cases

16 December, 2024

Samyang Remaster Slim – a 3-for-1 Pancake Lens Review

By Hamish Gill

The Samyang Remaster Slim is possibly one of the most unusual lenses I have reviewed on this website – it’s a lens that I was more intrigued by than a great deal of the le...

15 December, 2024

You Never Know What You Might Find…

By Ron Duda

We are antiquers, my wife and I. Mostly in the fall and winter, and we’ll drive a bit to get to a good one. Late this past winter we took a 90 minute drive to Woodstock,...

15 December, 2024

Three days on a island with a roll of film

By Rodrigo Castro

One of the memories I have about photography is of family trips with a classic Olympus Trip 35. The camera is long gone, but some photos still remain with tones ranging from the...

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Michael Murray on Fish market – my photo of the year 2025
I think this is my favorite of the "photo of 2025" posts on this site. You're spot on- the figure…
DeeDee Yelverton on Oh, hey – My Favorite(d) Photo of 2025
It’s a fun, like-worthy selfie, and an excellent choice for your favorite photo of 2025. :-) Fun title as well.
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You are most welcome, Hannah! So glad it had an impact on you. Also happy to hear you like winter…

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