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2 April, 2025

5 frames with Ilford SFX

By Michael Keppler

2 April, 2025

/ Ilford Film, Ilford SFX, /

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5 March, 2017

35mm Compact Camera Photographer #24 – Gran Angular

By Gran Angular

My name is Hugo Mireles aka Gran Angular (wide angle), I'm 27 and I'm from Mexico. I really enjoy using wide angle lenses and I have the idea that all lifetime situations fit be...

4 March, 2017

Fuji X-Pro, or: Why I stopped worrying about buying a digital Leica – by Xiaosu Han

By Xiaosu Han

Inspired by the recent article by Hamish regarding the Sony A7Rii, I wanted to share my way of working with my favorite digital camera, the Fuji X-Pro. A lot of people, myself i...

26 February, 2017

The story behind a photo of a plastic bottle or: A (slightly defensive) response to a comment posted on my Sony A7rii review

By Hamish Gill

The above is a photo of a bottle that me and Janine (my studio photographer at F8) recently took for a client. Quite boring isn't it? Though, technically it's quite a good phot...

25 February, 2017

Noritsu LS-1100 – First Black & White Scans

By Hamish Gill

Sometime late spring last year I bought myself a Noritsu LS-1100 scanner. For one reason and another, and another, and a few more, I've had a bit of a mare getting it working, b...

24 February, 2017

Avenon 21mm f/2.8 super-wide lens mini-review

By Hamish Gill

I think of my mate James as slightly eccentric in his choices when it comes to camera equipment. A good example of this eccentricity is the work that he had done to a Leica M3 a...

22 February, 2017

Adjusting the rangefinder of the Fed4 – Guest post by Howard hurd

By HowardH

A fairly common issue on online forums with the Fed rangefinders seems to be rangefinder accuracy. When I first bought my Fed4, the rangefinder patch did not align accurately ei...

20 February, 2017

Fed4 & Industar И-61 lens review – Back in the USSR – by Howard Hurd

By HowardH

Early experiences with Soviet cameras left a lasting impression. I have always wondered what I would think if I used these cameras again today, after more years of experience in...

19 February, 2017

Zeiss 50mm 1.5 Sonnar (Separated Optics) – Finding my perfect classic Sonnar – PT2

By Hamish Gill

Out of the selection of lenses I mentioned in the first part of this journey, my wild card (completely screwed) Carl Zeiss 50mm f/1.5 definitely makes for the most logical place...

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