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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
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 ...
19 January, 2019
Function and Repair of Hasselblad Film Backs (A12 and others) – By Arild Edvard Båsmo
If you are reading this, you might have a magazine with some problems. This piece is written to help you. I found there to be very little documentation on the repair of these, b...
Like all good stories, this one begins under the cloak of darkness... Having been photographing friends, mostly in nightclubs and gig venues with 35mm compacts (and the odd rang...
17 January, 2019
5 Frames with the Konica C35 – By Sam Hainsworth
On a trip to New York, I stumbled on a tiny thrift store with a few old cameras toward the back. I didn't have a camera with me on this trip so thought I’d grab a 35mm point and...
16 January, 2019
5 Frames with a Fuji DL-510P Date – By Ashley Hall
A few years ago I walked into a London camera shop and asked if they had a Contax T3 I could take a look at, they didn't. A staff member did point me towards something a bit mor...
15 January, 2019
5 Frames with a semi-broken Contax T on Neopan 400 – By Xiaosu Han
I had my eyes on this particular compact for a while already, seeing reports here and there, and once you see someone share really good results with a certain camera or lens, it...
The Leica Standard, or Model E as it’s also known, was brought to market by Leitz in 1932, and with minor tweaks to its design, its production continued into the late 1940s. As ...
