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13 December, 2015

Voigtlander Bessa L – (not really a) review

By Hamish Gill

The Voigtlander Bessa L is a camera I've owned twice. I've bought it twice thinking it'd be perfect for a type of shooting I thought I might give a go. Unfortunately, on both oc...

12 December, 2015

Kodak Tri-X – My First Roll – by Aukje

By Aukje

My first year of shooting film Part 3 My journey exploring film photography continues (read Part 2 here)… After shooting three rolls of film with my first film camera (a M...

10 December, 2015

Kodak Tri-X – Finding my Photo Mojo in Forty Rolls – by Ryan Neilan

By Ryan Neilan

Until recently it was nearly ten years since I had shot a roll of film...

8 December, 2015

Canon 85mm f1.8 LTM Review – James Fox-Davies

By jfd

My choice of short telephoto lens is slightly out of the ordinary. In the past I’ve tried a few Leica lenses (90mm f4 Elmar etc) but haven’t been too impressed with ...

6 December, 2015

Minolta Explorer Freedom Zoom Review (Riva Zoom 70W) – by Benn Murhaaya

By Benn Murhaaya

Earlier this year, while I was visiting San Francisco, my photographer friend Arachide presented me with a bulky yet interesting looking compact camera – A Minolta Explore...

22 November, 2015

Zeiss 50mm 1.5 ZM C Sonnar Review

By Hamish Gill

It took me so long to commit to the idea of buying a Zeiss ZM 50mm Sonnar. I must have hanged my mouse over a buy-it-now button of some sort countless times. Something just kept...

21 November, 2015

Leica M-A – From Digital, Back to Film (part 2) – by Anthony Killeen

By Anthony Killeen

It’s been a couple of months since I obtained my Leica M-A film camera and wrote about my initial experience with returning to film after many years of using digital cameras. I ...

15 November, 2015

Carters Steam Fair

By Hamish Gill

A few weeks ago we went down to Reading for the day to visit some family and friends. The wife is from down that way so we quite often take a day trip down there. On this occasi...

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