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5 February, 2021

‘Project Cleansweep’ – Beyond the Post-Military Landscape of the United Kingdom – By Dara McGrath

By Dara McGrath

In late 2011 while reading a newspaper in a local pub, I came across an article stating that the Ministry of Defence had launched an investigation into 14 known sites across the...

3 February, 2021

Rollei 35S & Choosing a Film Partner for Another Pocket Camera – by Phil Calvit

By Phil Calvit

Since becoming re-interested in film shooting a couple of years ago, I’ve acquired a modest but high-quality collection of classic cameras: a Nikon FM and FE, a Mamiya M645, Oly...

3 February, 2021

NEWS: Lomography Launch Atoll 17mm f/2.8 Ultra-Wide Lomography Art Lens is on Kickstarter

By Hamish Gill

Lomography have today announced a new Kickstarter campaign for a 17mm f/2.8 ultra-wide lens by the name of 'Atoll'. The lens will be available in Canon RF, Nikon Z, Sony E camer...

2 February, 2021

Minox 35 GT-E Review – Scale Focusing a Pocket Camera – By Anton Yakovlev

By Anton Yakovlev

I want to tell you about one of my most beloved cameras. So small, so delicate, so powerful. My precious Minox 35 GT-E. This might sound like a clichéd addict introduction to a ...

1 February, 2021

5 frames on a day trip to Berlin with an Olympus OM-2N – By Robert Mangelmann

By Robert Mangelmann

Berlin – capital of Germany and front line during the cold war – underwent a fundamental change during the last thirty years. Being there for the first time in 1990 right after ...

1 February, 2021

Meyer Optik Gorlitz 30mm f/3.5 Lydith II (The New Version) Review

By Hamish Gill

The Lydith 30mm f/3.5 II is another remake of a remake of a classic lens from Meyer Optik Gorlitz. It’s moderately wide, fairly slow lens with a short minimum focusing distance ...

31 January, 2021

Taking the Lengthier Route – The Manner in Which Now I Work – By Timothy Hall

By Timothy Hall

Now that I am in my late 60s, I find that authenticity is even more important to me than when I was younger; it is also rarer. Why is this? I think it has to do with the time ...

30 January, 2021

Exploring Wildfires and Finding Individualism – Mamiya RB67 & Portra 400 – By Pablo Garcia

By Pablo García

My girlfriend and I started this journey of analog photography with an Olympus OM10 three years ago. Now we shoot almost every day, we develop and scan all of our film and I cou...

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