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20 January, 2018

7Artisans 35mm f/1.2 Review – my new mini super-sonnar

By Hamish Gill

When I first heard about the 7Artisans 35mm f/1.2 lens, I must admit I was a little bit disappointed that it wasn't a full frame lens. The first images I saw of it looked a litt...

19 January, 2018

The Box Is Back! – The Sunbeams Analogue Photography News – January 19th 2018

By Sunny 16 Podcast

January already seems to be disappearing at an alarming rate but what a start it’s been to 2018! There have been new products, new projects and even a foray into the world of bi...

18 January, 2018

5 Frames with a 7Artisans 50mm f/1.1 – Barnaby Nutt

By Barnaby Nutt

A while back, I wrote a bit about my new 7Artisans, 50mm lens that I'd bought from Hamish and paired with my M6. That first trip out with it involved a wander around Oxford and ...

17 January, 2018

5 (4 underexposed) frames with a Leica M-A and 7Artisans 50mm f/1.1

By Hamish Gill

Ok, I'm cheating, this isn't 5 frames it's 4. But I only took 4, and they make a nice set... These were taken last summer in a bar in Waterloo at a Beers & Cameras meetup with m...

16 January, 2018

Beers & Cameras – Birmingham Meet-up March 24th, 2018 – #BandCBRUM

By Hamish Gill

March 24th 2018 Beers & Cameras is coming to Birmingham I’ve been mulling over bigger meet-up for about 18 months now, but have finally pulled my finger out and decided to g...

16 January, 2018

5 Frames with a 135 adapted Holga – By Lucas H

By Lucas H

I honestly don’t remember when or where I first came across the 35mm Holga adapter. The lime-green spacers had been 3D printed by a friend months previous, quickly relegated to ...

14 January, 2018

Helmut Newton- Pages from the glossies – by Anil Mistry

By Anil Mistry

This piece is all about a photography book that I love: “Helmut Newton- Pages from the glossies“ which focuses on his magazine work from 1956 to 1998. It’s a big book, running t...

13 January, 2018

The Contrarian with the Contax – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

I am a contrarian. When I was looking to start again in film photography, I knew immediately that I wanted a vintage Contax G2. My goal was to have a camera that was compact eno...

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