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15 November, 2026

Yakushidake summit at dawn – my photo of the year 2026

By Adrian Riu

15 November, 2026

/ OM System OM-5, Panasonic-Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-18mm f/2.8-4 ASPH, photo of the year 2026, /

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20 February, 2026

My Brief Journey with “Blind” Leicas.

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19 February, 2026

Photo Walk – A One-shot story

By Art Meripol

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19 February, 2026

Translating a Summer Feeling with Panoramic Film

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18 February, 2026

Which Eiffel Tower Shot Might be Illegal?

By Dave Powell

That’s actually a semi-trick question! Shot just hours apart in 2009 with a my Fujifilm F31fd point-and-shoot, there may be different problems with both images! The one on...

18 February, 2026

A reprise of the Agfa Iso-Rapid 1F

By Tony Warren

review of Agfa Iso-Rapid 1F, Rollei Retro 80S, Rodinal stand processing.

17 February, 2026

Pentacon 50mm 1.8 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field Test

By Andrea Monti

This field-test is, as the others I have published here, absolutely subjective, empirical and lacking any scientific basis. Since I couldn’t find anything interesting to photogr...

17 February, 2026

Reflecting on a few of my failures Part II — Your Turn First

By Alexandre Kreisman

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been genuinely touched by the reactions to my previous article about failures (the previous article is available here). I wasn’t sure how people wo...

16 February, 2026

Minolta Dynax 9 (Maxxum 9/Alpha 9) – Three Steps to Heaven

By Bob Janes

This is a review of the Minolta Dynax 9. It was Minolta’s third (and last) ‘professional’ Autofocus system SLR. At the time, Minolta used different brandings in Asia (Alpha), Eu...

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Tony Warren on Everyone Photographs Everyone – My Photograph of the Year 202615/11/2026
That's an amazing piece of art. Looking closely the individual photos can be seen. An incredible work and so full…
Tony Warren on 5 Frames on the Costa del Sol with a Konica C35 and Kodak Gold 40015/11/2026
Some super sharp and punchy results Raquel.The camera has handled the conditions well and lenses don't age unless they are…
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What a wonderful memory to have Adrian. It must have been atricky shot to get, one of the climbers toiling…
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