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4 September, 2016

35mm Compact Camera Photographer #21 – Luis Diaz

By Sunkenrat

I put down my medium format cameras and large 35mm SLR's, and picked up a single lensed, single range compact point and shoot. With minimalistic in features and options, it was ...

2 September, 2016

Diversity and the Traveling Yashica in Dubai, UAE

By Walaa Alshaer

I was lucky to have the Traveling Yashica for 2 days. I have been always a fan of film cameras and film effects, although I do own a very old manual film Yashica, but I never g...

29 August, 2016

Contact (Tango) Sheet – The photo and camera that won a Leica M4 – By Julián Péter

By Julián Péter

What a competition! 373 amazing photographs, the quality was very high and in the end it was a neck and neck race. Hamish asked me to do this AL (Anno Leica) post to show the pr...

27 August, 2016

Hasselblad Xpan with a Nikon 35mm PC shift lens – FAQ

By Hamish Gill

A week or so ago I shot a quick test roll through the Hasselblad Xpan II with a Nikon 35mm PC lens attached to the front of it. I had a lot of questions about that set up, so I ...

25 August, 2016

Kodak Ektar 100 Vs Portra 400 In Greece – By Aukje

By Aukje

After shooting 13 rolls of Kodak Portra 400 I thought it was time to give Ektar a try, as was suggested by some people who read my previous posts. A couple of weeks ago I loaded...

22 August, 2016

Leica M8 Review – A simple, digital, rangefinder

By Hamish Gill

Released a decade ago, the M8 was Leica's first digital rangefinder. By the standards of most people, this thing is now old technology; it's long in the tooth, many times supers...

20 August, 2016

Contax G2 Review – The Gobi Desert – by Nicholas Koh

By Nicholas Koh

I sold off my Leica M6 to fund the purchase of the G2. Why did I switch from the M6, widely considered one of the best film cameras money could buy, to the G2?

16 August, 2016

Leica Barnack Cameras – In praise of the early compact Leicas – By Frank Lehnen

By Frank Lehnen

I've owned my Leica IIIa for about 4 months now, and it has never stopped giving me pleasure in photography.

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Scott Ferguson on Photochemical Graffiti – a rock ‘n roll photowalk
Thanks Erik! Yes, Kyota and Sasha were the standouts that afternoon, but Greenwich Village, East and West is full of…
Erik Brammer on Photochemical Graffiti – a rock ‘n roll photowalk
Indeed, Scott, yet another wonderful series of street portraits. My favourites are Kyota and Sasha, in particular the image where…
Erik Brammer on 5 Frames with a Holga 120GN and Kentmere 400 in North Jutland
Oh what a wonderful set of photographs which, along with the write-up, makes me want to go to Jutland this…

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