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My first Leica was an M2 in 1959 it came with a 5cm 2.8 Elmar to which were added over time a 9cm and a 13.5cm. I never did get a wide angle 3.5cm, but what a nice viewfinder th...
4 September, 2016
35mm Compact Camera Photographer #21 – Luis Diaz
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
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...
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
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
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
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
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?
