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17 August, 2020

Skyllaney Zeiss 50mm f/1.5 Single Coated Sonnar Review – Exploring Classic Sonnars pt.12

By Hamish Gill

This Leica thread mount modified Skyllaney Zeiss 50mm f/1.5 single coated Sonnar lens is third I’ve reviewed from the hands of Chris Andreyo from Skyllaney this year. It’s the m...

17 August, 2020

Always the Sun – In Admiration of the Selenium Cell Compact Camera – By Chris Pattison

By Chris Pattison

As I write this, a heavy shower has just passed and the sun is beaming down once again. Photons are showering the solar array on my roof and switching our power supply back to f...

16 August, 2020

Seeking Sharpness on a 15-year-old Flatbed Scanner – By Nathan Bobinchak

By Nathan Bobinchak

“I would like to buy you a new film scanner for your birthday,” my wife says concernedly from the couch. I am crouched over my 15-year-old Epson flatbed, a $10 purchase from Goo...

15 August, 2020

Kodak Panoram No.1 – Photographing Yosemite with my 120 year old Panoramic Camera – By Dan Cuny

By Dan Cuny

My love for cameras and photography goes back to when I was a young boy living in Chicago. I believe the majority of the people I know with this kind of passion always starts at...

14 August, 2020

39 Slides / A Whole Roll of Fujichrome Sensia 100 (expired 2006) – #FullRollFriday – by Simon King

By Simon King

Slide film is still very much a "special purpose" medium for me, which means my use in general is restricted let alone experimentation with expired options. So far I've enjoyed ...

14 August, 2020

Fed 2 Russian Rangefinder Mini-Review – By Julian Higgs

By julianhiggs

Why would anyone want to buy a 50 plus year of Fed 2 Russian Rangefinder camera? I have been interested in older LTM rangefinders ever since I bought a charity shop Fed 4 and a ...

13 August, 2020

Hanimex VEF Mini Camera Mini Review – by Tobias Eriksson

By Flashknappen

My very first own camera was one of those flat fold-out Kodak 110-format Instamatics. I remember making paper copies from 110 negatives with my father's old enlarger once I'd st...

13 August, 2020

Six of my Best Freebie Cameras – Part1: The SLRs – By Rock

By Rock

This is about six cameras that I now own; great cameras I might add. Why, because they are classics? Are they the best of their class? Great performers? Valuable? To be honest, ...

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