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27 January, 2019

5 Frames with a Ricoh TF-500 – By Adam Kendall

By AdamKendall

The late 1980's were, without a doubt, a time of transition. Not only were hit American television shows such as Saved by the Bell and Walker, Texas Ranger on the horizon, compa...

26 January, 2019

5 frames with a Yashica Electro 35 GS – By Gavin Bain

By GavinBain

I came about my Electro 35 purely by chance. I must admit that I knew about these cameras but never had much interest in them in the past, but ever since seeing The Amazing Spid...

25 January, 2019

Nikon 50mm f/1.8 – Returning to the Cheap Fifty: A Homecoming – By Max Cooper

By Max Cooper

For the longest time I coveted a 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor AIS. This yearning began in art school, where photography was the family member that drank too much at Thanksgiving and was co...

24 January, 2019

5 Frames with a Leica M4-2 and Zeiss ZM 50mm f2 Planar – By Thomas Inman

By Thomas Inman

I got into film photography in 2017 starting with a square format TLR before picking up an Olympus 35 RC which became my daily carry. I love the tiny RC and the relative quality...

23 January, 2019

Balda Baldessa 1b – a mini-review – By Cameradactyl (Ethan)

By cameradactyl

I love cameras, big and small. I build a bunch of pretty large ones at cameradactyl.com. But when I go out lugging a 4x5 or 8x10 I also like to take along a tiny camera in my ba...

22 January, 2019

Thinking about spending a stack of cash on a film camera? Read this first!

By Hamish Gill

In the last 5 years the value of used film cameras has gone through the roof. Demand has increased, supply hasn’t, and the price you need to pay for a lot of popular film camera...

21 January, 2019

Cosmic 35 Review – and a multiple exposure project – By Dale Willetts

By Dale Willetts

I have something of a fascination with with "Soviet" cameras. I have a couple of Feds, A couple of Lubitels, My Zorki 4k that I've written about here and way more Zenits than an...

20 January, 2019

5 Frames With The Rollei XF35 and Agfa APX 400 – by Anil Mistry

By Anil Mistry

The Rollei XF 35 is a cute little automatic point and shoot rangefinder from the early 70's. I bought it because it has a beautiful clean and stylish look, and I can't resist a ...

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