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4 December, 2018

5 Frames with Konica Hexar AF – by Louis Sousa

By LASousa

This is my second dabble with this camera. The first was an auction site purchase advertised as “top mint” from Japan. I received the camera and it was in never touched conditio...

3 December, 2018

Which Film Camera Should I Buy? A Guide to Anyone Asking This Question

By Hamish Gill

In this post you will find out why I don’t know the answers to the question "what camera should I buy?". You WIll also find out why I don’t make specific recommendations for par...

2 December, 2018

Are All My Photographs Failures? – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

My photos fail to tell a story. I was talking to an NYU professor of photography, among other subjects, who is expert in teaching his students to tell a story. He allows them ei...

1 December, 2018

5 Frames With A Yashica T5 and Ektachrome E100

By photodude03

One day in October, 2018, I stopped by my local camera store and saw the vibrant blue and yellow Ektachrome E100 35mm film boxes in the large film stock refrigerator. I was like...

30 November, 2018

Fujica ST-901 Review – Back to the future – by Chris Pattison

By Chris Pattison

You may find it odd that I am starting an article about a Fujica ST-901 SLR by writing about an Asahi Pentax SV instead, but please bear with me.

29 November, 2018

Long exposures with the Minolta Dynax 5 and a roll of Kodak ColorPlus 200 – By Robert

By Robert_

I've had the Minolta Dynax 5 for a few months now and seeing that it was capable of a shutter speed up to 30 seconds I was intrigued by what could be achieved. So I loaded a rol...

28 November, 2018

5 Frames with Minolta CLE and Rokkor 40mm f/2 – by Florent Pinsault

By milpin

Rangefinders camera have been a part of my personal mythology because the of many great photographers who have shot with them. But Leica's camera are so expensive… So when I fin...

27 November, 2018

Adding Manual Shutter Speeds to the Yashica Electro 35 Series Cameras – by BY CAMERADACTYL (Ethan)

By cameradactyl

I have been filling my kickstarter orders for the last month for the CAMERADACTYL 4x5 Field Camera, which has imprisoned me in my own house, a victim of my own mild success, bab...

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