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28 January, 2022

“I am Lonely” Said Vinnie the Voigtländer Vito BL – by Andrew Morang

By Kodachromeguy

Vinnie, the little Voigtländer Vito BL camera, shares shelf space with his friend, Spottie, the Honeywell Spotmatic. Both feel a bit neglected. After all, one can only use so m...

27 January, 2022

5 Frames with the Beauty Super II F2 with Ilford FP4 – By Edward Steinerts

By Edward Steinerts

I acquired the Beauty Super II F2 after it caught my attention at a local online auction. Before bidding I did a little research about this camera. Manufactured in Japan in 1958...

26 January, 2022

Building a Darkroom From the Ground Up – By Katie Cooper

By Katie Cooper

Lockdown 2020 was a blessing in (a very big) disguise, as it gave me the opportunity to research, build and begin work on creating a darkroom. My passion for analogue photograp...

25 January, 2022

3D Printing For My Photography Projects – By Andrea Bevacqua

By Andrea Bevacqua

A few months ago, after a bit of thinking, I bought a 3d printer. I say, "after a bit of thinking" because I did not want to spend my free time still in front of a monitor to de...

24 January, 2022

Latent Postmodernism and The Act of Photography: Deconstructing the Yashica Y35 – By Michael Kaplan

By Michael Kaplan

I have been involved in some aspect of photography for forty-five years. I was 15 when I took my first precarious steps attempting to understand the complex simplicity of a pinh...

23 January, 2022

LomoChrome Metropolis in the Philippines – by Yameen

By Yameen

Lomography’s LomoChrome Metropolis has admittedly been a wildcard among the options in my film drawer. Introduced in 2019 with a successful Kickstarter campaign, it was heralded...

22 January, 2022

Canon EF – Shooting in a Castle – By Jordi Fradera

By Jordi Fradera

On this occasion it was my friend Josep who lent me his camera that had already been abandoned in a closet for more than twenty years. The first surprise in my hands was to disc...

21 January, 2022

28mm Point & Shoot Showdown – The plot widens… – By Daniel Rider

By Daniel Rider

After shooting for a while with 50mm and 40mm fixed lens cameras, I stumbled onto a Ricoh SLR and the old guy at the shop offered me a Pentax 28mm lens for cheap to go with the ...

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David Pauley on Trying to capture traditional Albania on Silbersalz35 film – Part 1
Thank you Matthias for this very enjoyable piece. I'm impressed with the corner of Albania you visited and super impressed…
David Pauley on Leica IIIa – Buying a Barnack Leica and enjoying it visiting Castles in the Loire Valley
Thank you Pascal for this great article and beautiful photos! I'm also a fan of Barnack Leicas and the Loire…
Gary Smith on Leica IIIa – Buying a Barnack Leica and enjoying it visiting Castles in the Loire Valley
Pascal, your photographs of the Château de Chambord are beautiful and your Voigtländer lens is doing a marvelous job. I…

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