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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...

13 January, 2018

Nikon F75 Project – Part 4 – The SLR viewfinder, fundamentally flawed and entirely outdated…?

By Hamish Gill

The biggest issue I have is with the concept of the SLR is the viewfinder. It seems to me that the technology around the SLR viewfinder was flawed from day one, and has now been...

11 January, 2018

5 Frames with a Pentax Spotmatic and Kominar 28mm/3.5 – By Toni Skokovic

By Toni Skokovic

Sometimes we get pockets of time, and these create adventures, discoveries. On a recent trip to North Carolina, decided to take a detour to a local camera store and see what the...

10 January, 2018

5 Frames with a Leica Standard & Voigtlander 28mm f/3.5

By Hamish Gill

This Leica is the camera in my collection that seems to raise the most eyebrows. I’m going to write about using it properly sometime, but briefly, the questions I get aske...

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Mark Ellerby on The Strange Landscape of Parys Mountain09/11/2026
It's somewhat otherworldly..especially if you randomly stumble upon it, like I did. Glad you enjoyed it Ibraar.
Klaus Ipsen on Minolta 9000 – The First Professional Autofocus Camera. Let it bleed.09/11/2026
In the case of the 500 mm Reflex, the reason it isn't guaranteed to work probably has to do with…
Ricardo Yamamoto on Architecture of Compliance – Abbotsford Convent, Australia09/11/2026
Thanks, Ibraar
Elbert Alias on ISO100 — Why Another Photography Portfolio Service?08/11/2026
I sent you an email.
Dave Powell on “Half Framing” Practically Any Camera (Part 2 of 2)08/11/2026
Thanks Simon... I'll check into that, and update as necessary! During that portion of my testing, the only way I…

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