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17 March, 2026

Yashica FR-1 – The Contax RTS for the budget-conscious

By Walter Reumkens

17 March, 2026

/ SLR Camera, Yashica FR-1, Yashica SLR, /

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16 March, 2026

Thypoch Simera 28mm f/1.4 ASPH on my Leica M6 – Second Guessing Myself in the Form of a Long-Term Review

By Simon King

The first question I need to ponder for this particular lens seems to be whether it’s worth no longer being able to pocket my M with it on during my commute. I am spoiled ...

15 March, 2026

Carl Zeiss Ultron 50mm 1.8 and Pentax K1 – An Empirical Field Test

By Andrea Monti

Across this set, the Carl Zeiss Ultron 50mm 1.8 performs as expected: good microcontrast and local separation, reasonably crisp edge definition where focus is placed, and a gene...

14 March, 2026

Squares vs. Rectangles in Photography

By David Pauley

My photographic archive, viewed from a certain altitude, resembles nothing more than a collection of rectangles and squares. The rectangles come from my 35mm cameras, while the ...

Old wooden structure on the shore of the Solway Firth, Cumbria, England

13 March, 2026

Twelve Months of 4×5 – A One Shot Story

By Ryan Galea

This is a one shot start to the story, so to speak… it’s of an Old wooden structure on the shore of the Solway Firth, Cumbria, England taken with an Arca Swiss 4×5 Ca...

13 March, 2026

5 lenses for the Nikonos amphibious cameras compared

By Adrian Riu

The Nikonos are a series of amphibious cameras that Nikon developed starting in the early 1960’s and discontinued in 2001. There were five models (the original, based on t...

12 March, 2026

A Bazaar Moment – A One-Shot Story

By Martin H

This photograph was taken about 45 years ago, when I was in my late teens. I’ve shown it before as part of a larger article featuring several images from the bazaar. While it ma...

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Hello Art. Well you did it! I'm always looking for something unusual and when I spotted the Skyview Aerial camera…
Geoff Chaplin on Squares vs. Rectangles in Photography
You touch on a point Ibraar Hussain made recently when you said digital cameras were rectangular format and, of course,…
Geoff Chaplin on Twelve Months of 4×5 – A One Shot Story
I too wondered about the overlapping wood but i think you're right - separated it might look boring. Nice tones,…

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