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26 November, 2024

5 frames with an Olympus Trip MD2 and Kentmere 400

By Steve Phillips

26 November, 2024

/ Kentmere 400, Kentmere Film, olympus trip md2, /

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Fujica Half – the Revival of a Half Frame Camera

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Shooting “Super-Macros” with a Contaflex Super B SLR (Part 1)

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5 Frames Testing a Long Since Used Olympus 35 ECR

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This camera including its now very battered soft case is one I bought in the early 1970s as a student to complement a much heavier Pentax SLR. It had a lot of use in the 1970s a...

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Bronica ETRSi and 135W – First Whole Roll Experiences

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Klito no. 2 hand camera – That time when I revived a camera from 1906.

By Tony Warren

I wrote an article in 2001 about an almost 100 year old camera. Revisiting it now just over 20 years later I am staggered at the progress that has been made with digital equipme...

21 January, 2024

5 Frames with a Minolta XD7 and Kodak Vision 3 250D

By Nico Ghirlando

Does the camera I am using at the time affect the images I make? Perhaps. I’m not so sure. It certainly it affects the enjoyment of the process. But is the process import...

20 January, 2024

5 frames with Zebra Dry Plate Tin Types

By Michael Graziano

When I made the leap to shooting large format this year after almost 20 years of exclusively shooting 35mm film, I immediately was drawn to the wide ranging world of alt-process...

18 January, 2024

New website – Live! (now help me find the weird stuff)

By Hamish Gill

The NEW website is live and working (and fast!!). I’m going to keep it free of adverts for the weekend I think, so please enjoy the ad-free experience until then! In the m...

Bill Brown on 5 Frames rock hunting in the Keweenaw with a Minolta SR-7
Anytime I see someone interested in Minolta cameras I enjoy pointing them towards a photographer that I worked with. His…
Bob Janes on 5 Frames rock hunting in the Keweenaw with a Minolta SR-7
There are some marvellous SR lenses out there...
Steve Kotajarvi on 5 Frames rock hunting in the Keweenaw with a Minolta SR-7
Hi Bob and thank you for the compliment. I recall reading that about the lens configuration now that you mentioned…

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