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26 March, 2021

Kershaw Penguin, Learning Photography, and My Introduction to Medium Format – By Peyton Hunter

By Peyton Hunter

When I was a young teenager, I was gifted my first ever DSLR for my birthday, a third- or fourth-hand Nikon D3100, arguably the perfect camera for someone to learn photography o...

25 March, 2021

5 Frames with a Pentax SP1000 / Zeiss Jena 50mm 2.8 and Expired FP4 – By Peter Roberts

By Peter Roberts

I can hardly remember a time when I have been without a camera. Fifty-eight years ago at the age of ten I splashed out all my holiday money on what I suppose was a VP Twin at Wo...

25 March, 2021

Fixing Vertical Rangefinder Misalignment in Compact Rangefinder Cameras – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

Those who shoot rangefinder cameras on a regular basis are probably aware of (they may even feel plagued by) vertical rangefinder misalignment. A camera rangefinder works by su...

24 March, 2021

Yashica J and J2 (Ninja Star) Mini-Review – Back to the 80s – By Meifei Tang

By tangmeifei

I’m not fully loaded with all the best gear in town like it seems some photo bloggers, Instagrammers, and what-have-yous. I don't have all the Leicas, Hasselblads, and so on. Bu...

23 March, 2021

Olympus OM-10 – My Journey and Review – By Jessica Goodwin

By Jessica Goodwin

In 1972, Olympus released the first camera of the OM SLR series, the OM-1, which was followed by the OM-2, OM-3 and OM-4. In 1979, they released the first of their more consumer...

22 March, 2021

5 Frames with a Zenit TTL on the top of a Welsh Valley in -5 Degrees C – By Toby Van De Velde

By TobyVPhoto

I bought a job lot of cameras well over a year ago. Long before COVID19 was even a thing. I was mostly interested in the FD mount lenses to use with my Canon AT-1, and, to be ho...

22 March, 2021

Funleader 18mm f/8 Review – Limiting, but Fun (and Cheap!)

By Hamish Gill

I recently replaced my Fuji X100v with a Sony A7iii that was retired from work. Not long later the manufacturers of the Funleader 18mm f/8 pancake lens got in touch asking if I ...

21 March, 2021

Fomapan Retropan 320 Soft 35mm – In Memoriam – By Yorgo Douramacos

By Yorgo Douramacos

I don’t know exactly when it happened but it seems that Fomapan's Retropan 320 has been discontinued in its 35mm variety. I hope I am wrong but I can find no store that has it i...

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vincentbihler on Thypoch Simera 21mm f/1.4 ASPH review
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