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Musician 'The Japanese House' performing on her 2024 tour in Birmingham, UK.

12 March, 2025

Standing still while the music moves – Shooting musicians with point & shoot film cameras

By Sanna Ehsan

12 March, 2025

/ Musician Photography, /

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2 January, 2018

5 frames with a Canon Av-1 and a Elicar 28mm f2.8 – A.K.A. “Don’t think, React” – by Gael Berthon

By Gael Berthon

I was looking for a 35mm f2.8 for my Canon A1. After telling a friend about it, he sent me a Wallapop offer from a guy selling a Canon Av-1 with a M42 35mm f2.8 and a FD to M42 ...

1 January, 2018

Surviving 365 Days on Film – by Ken Hindle-May

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So, you've decided 2018 is the year you'll attempt a Project 365 exclusively on film. The first couple of days were no problem, with the holidays providing plenty of time and o...

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The Leica M9 was the first full frame digital rangefinder. At the time of its release it was also the smallest full frame digital camera on the market. In fact, it wasn't until ...

30 December, 2017

Yashica Electro 35GS Review – I Guess I’ll Keep It? – by Ian Ross

By Ian Ross

I’m an old-ish guy, so when I think of photography I think of film. My interest in photography has ebbed and flowed over the years, and really took a nosedive with the arrival o...

30 December, 2017

Discovering Film Photography in the Digital Age – by Joe Y

By Joe Y

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29 December, 2017

7Artisans 55mm f/1.4 aps-c lens – Mini-review

By Hamish Gill

The 7Artisans 55mm 1.4 is so inexpensive that I decided to add one to my own collection. I’ve not been using it that long, and haven’t taken a huge amount of shots with it, but ...

28 December, 2017

5 frames with a Leica M2 & 35mm Summicron – by Maximilian Selim

By Maximilian Selim

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27 December, 2017

5 frames with a Leica M3 & Zeiss 50mm Sonnar

By Hamish Gill

Last year as part of a mini documentary project we were working on at work for Duncan Fearnley, me and my video guy at work James drove 200 miles (each way) to visit a company c...

Charles E on Standing still while the music moves – Shooting musicians with point & shoot film cameras
Hi. Thanks for sharing this post. It's a really good read, and the feeling conveyed in these pictures takes me…
Ibraar Hussain on Contax G2 – The Most Advanced Rangefinder
Hamish the way back machine is your friend To eliminate all doubt https://web.archive.org/web/20060622032817/http://www.contaxcameras.co.uk/gseries/g2/g2specification.asp
Ibraar Hussain on Contax G2 – The Most Advanced Rangefinder
Huss (if it’s my old friend from Steve huff photo) It’s a Rangefinder :) albeit an electronic one

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