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9 November, 2018

5 Frames with my Leica M2 and 7 Artisans 50mm f/1.1 – by Tim Dobbs

By timdobbsphoto

My main lens for my M2 is my Voigtlander Ultron 35mm f/1.7, which is on the camera probably 80% of the time. A while back though, a twitter friend was selling his 7Artisans 50mm...

8 November, 2018

5 frames with a Canon 7, 35/2 lens and Rollei RPX400 – by Anthony Chatain

By AC

As a follow-up to to my “5 frames with Canon 7 + 50/1.4 + Ilford HP5+” article published a few months ago on EMULSIVE, here is the my other Canon LTM lens: the 35mm ...

7 November, 2018

5 Frames with a Lomo LC-A – by Pjotr Eijkenboom

By BLAASKAAK

I meet this guy at a flea market; Leo. He's selling a nice black Pentax MV with the 50 1.8 for 15 Euros. He also has a broken Yashica rapid 17 half frame lying around and a coup...

6 November, 2018

The Making of the POLARACER project – Shooting the Custom Motorcycle Scene in Bali – By Carlos Albisu

By carlos

I kept visiting more garages and the idea came to me. Why not photograph the vibrant custom motorcycle scene in Bali? I mean, Polaroid, custom motorcycles and exotic Bali, can i...

5 November, 2018

How Film Photography Helped Me to Appreciate Colour – by Simon King

By Simon King

When I first started shooting film alongside my digital cameras I wasn't really confident what the results would be - whether they would remain a medium for experimentation or w...

4 November, 2018

Agfa 1035 Review – a Confusion of my Preferences

By Hamish Gill

The Agfa 1035 is a wonderful piece of German Functionalist industrial design. It is a camera that consists of little more than what’s absolutely essential for its purpose. For t...

3 November, 2018

Is it Easier or Harder to Take Photos Now? – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

I received a compliment about my photos that illustrates how much digital technologies have become the norm. I had emailed a few images to a friend. “Photos you sent are fantast...

2 November, 2018

5 frames with a Minolta Panorama Zoom 28 – by Charles Higham

By Charles Higham

Another plastic compact from the early 1990s: check. Not much about it on the internet: check. 28mm to 70mm Minolta zoom lens worth testing: check.

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