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25 April, 2025

Contax G1 – A thing of Beauty…

By Bob Janes

25 April, 2025

/ Contax G1, Contax Point & Shoot, Contax Rangefinder, Point & Shoot camera, rangefinder camera, /

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20 January, 2021

5 Frames with a Voigtlander Bessa-R, 35mm f/1.7 & Ilford XP2 in Paris – by Mark Harrison

By mark harrison

Paris in the wintertime; a monochrome masterpiece which simply begs to be photographed. I explored Paris after many years' absence in December 2019 during relatively carefree ti...

19 January, 2021

NEWS: Ilford Multigrade RC Portfolio – Product Announcement

By Josh Foster

Some good photography news for 2021, Ilford are releasing a premium version of their popular RC papers "MULTIGRADE RC PORTFOLIO"

19 January, 2021

Fuji Superia 400 – Single Roll Review – by Christian Schroeder

By Christian Schroeder

Let me set things straight: I do love Kodak Portra. It is the color negative film I use all the time. And, probably like many of you guys, could easily deal with it if Portra wa...

18 January, 2021

Nikonos 15mm f/2.8 Lens Mini Review – Shooting Fuji Velvia & Provia 100 – by Simon Foale

By Simon Foale

I’ve noticed some interest in the Nikonos cameras on 35mmc and Emulsive so, having used this system a fair bit in the pre-digital era, I thought it might be worth sharing some n...

18 January, 2021

3 Ways to Make Contact Sheets and What They Can Tell Us – Darkroom Technique Part 6 – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

I originally conceived my Darkroom Printing series as a five-part affair, but I figured I'll add more as I learn, especially if I find something that's not covered in most onlin...

17 January, 2021

Northern Sustainable Darkroom: Helping Analogue Go Green – By Edd Carr

By Edd Carr

When you think of analogue photography - certain things come to mind. The beautiful dance of grain, the methodical snap of a 1960s shutter, and the red light of a still darkroom...

16 January, 2021

5 Frames with Ilford HP5 400 in a Canon Snappy LX II – By David Hume

By David Hume

I was on holidays down the coast (as we say around here) and because the plan was to just relax I took a roll of black and white film and a Point and Shoot with me. I had a rol...

15 January, 2021

Ricoh Shotmaster Ultra Zoom Super Review – A Practical Camera for Flash Photography – By Thang Nguyen

By Thang Nguyen

The Shotmaster range is a small camera line-up from Ricoh that is very much forgotten and for good reasons - they never spark any interests. However, there’s one particular mode...

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…
Scott Ferguson on Calm Down – How Slow Photography Eased My Pre-Match Anfield Anxiety
Hi Ian, Amazing post. I love the mix of very old techniques with repurposed toy components. I recently started shooting…
Gary Smith on Contax G1 – A thing of Beauty…
Great article Bob! I immediately took a look at eBay to check prices and while the G1's seem reasonable, the…

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