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7 November, 2025

A Pair of Unusual Lenses Adapted to a Fuji GFX 50S

By Daniel Martínez Barber

7 November, 2025

/ Lens Adapting & Modification, /

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Fuji GFX cameras produce extremely high-quality images, but native lenses are very expensive, hence my need to look for alternative options. I recommend the website deltalenses.com, where you can find information on projection and enlarging lenses...

7 November, 2025

Your photo of the year 2025 (and my photo of the year 2025)

By Hamish Gill

7 November, 2025

/ Landscape Photography, photo of the year 2025, /

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David Pauley shared his photo of the year for 2025 the other day. Scott Ferguson commented on that post that maybe more people could submit their photos of the year as part of a one shot story series. I think this is a great idea, so this post is ...

7 November, 2025

Vivitar EZ Motor Big View – A modern box?

By Tony Warren

7 November, 2025

/ Point & Shoot camera, Vivitar EZ Motor Big View, Vivitar Point & Shoot, /

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Vivitar P&S review, contrast with early box camera.

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23 July, 2018

Modding a Halina Anastigmat f/3.5 45mm – by Tobias Eriksson

By Flashknappen

I am rather new to the technical side of photography. That is - the choice of multiple camera bodies, changeable lenses with all kinds of filters and whatnot, tripods, monopods,...

22 July, 2018

My Leica M3 Titan Reverse Panda & Leica M4-P Super-Rat – CameraWorks-UK Custom Cameras

By Hamish Gill

Something I’ve been thinking about for a long time is modifying – or indeed having modified – a Leica rangefinder. Earlier this year I took the plunge and sent my Le...

21 July, 2018

The Necessity of Bad Photos – by Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

I need to take more bad photos. What I mean is I ought to shoot more, period. But I know that I learn more from the bad photos than the good ones.

20 July, 2018

Hasselblad Xpan with a 35mm F2.8 PC Nikkor – A Users’ Review. Cal Stewart

By CalStewart

To cut to the chase, it is possible to shoot the Hasselblad Xpan with a 35mm f2.8 PC Nikkor, which will give you a wider field of view than with the standard 45mm lens. It's a c...

19 July, 2018

Rollei Prego 70 Review: The Trouble With Names – Pedro Trevino’s P&S Journal #3

By Pedro Trevino

The Rollei Prego 70 came to me in a box of Olympus cameras; with its aluminum chassis that's the size of a mju-ii, it stands out from the Trip-branded black plastic affairs. I s...

18 July, 2018

5 Frames with an Agfa Optima 335 electronic – by Dave Donnelly

By Dave Donnelly

I have a reputation for collecting film cameras so when my sister-in-law’s friend said her husband wanted a good home for some gear I didn’t hesitate to pop over and look. Well ...

17 July, 2018

I’m a photographer, and I like cameras – why is that not ok? (Video)

By Hamish Gill

The other day I posted the above photo to Instagram. I quite often have light hearted conversations with people about whether or not it’s ok to put chrome lenses on black camera...

16 July, 2018

Some of my Favourite Film Photographers – Simon King

By Simon King

When I first started shooting film it was as a side project, a hobby and as a way to explore the analog side of photography - around which such mysticism and cult exists. I expe...

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Jukka Reimola on Your photo of the year 2025 (and my photo of the year 2025)
Well, a good photo is easily worth a runaway dog, written off phone and a smashed rib, is it not?
thorsten on 5 Frames – Including a Homage to Henri – from a Trip to France – By Thorsten Wulff
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thorsten on 5 Frames – Including a Homage to Henri – from a Trip to France – By Thorsten Wulff
Hola Jaume, that sounds very good! Look, the location is here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/qc8Vy1KmPLeodG6U9 and in the images on google maps you…

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