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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

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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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8 Frames with the Canon Sure Shot Classic 120 – a Stress Test

By Alex Gridenko

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Rollei RPX 25 in Budapest

By Julian Tanase

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A Point of Shoot Camera, and an old Roll of Film, Ties Together Canine Companions

By Richard Angeloni

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The Water Battle – Carnival in Ponta Delgada

By Paulo Monteiro

The city of Ponta Delgada is located on the south coast of the San Miguel Island, in the Azores archipelago. Every year, on the afternoon of Carnival Tuesday, the city’s c...

21 August, 2023

Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515/2 – A More Affordable Zeiss Camera

By Bob Janes

Previously, I’ve waxed lyrical about the Zeiss Super Ikonta 532/16 – a top of the line, pre-war German camera. As well as the super-sophisticated, super-heavy Super ...

Jeffery Luhn on Join me and the photography community on Bluesky
Twitter = X = Yuck. Hopefully Bluesky will filter out the dregs. I'll check it out.
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…

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