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20 August, 2018

5 Frames with an Olympus mju-i – By Gregoire Huret

By Gregoire Huret

As everyone knows, France won the 2018 football world cup. As a number one fan of our football team, of course I followed this world cup with a lot of madness and zero objectivi...

16 August, 2018

5 frames with an Olympus XA1 – By Howard Hurd

By HowardH

The Olympus XA1 is probably the simplest camera I own. Part of the iconic XA series, it has a fixed focus 35mm f4 lens and automatic battery-free exposure. There is only one set...

15 August, 2018

5 Frames with an Olympus OM-2N – By Chris Johnson

By Chris Johnson

It was one of those spur of the minute things, my girlfriend had seen a trip on the web and said “What about a trek to Everest Base Camp?” Of course, the only sensible response ...

13 August, 2018

5 frames with an Auto Yashinon 1:2 50mm lens – by Tobias Eriksson

By Flashknappen

This post isn't about a camera, but a lens: It is beyond repair - no focus beyond 3 meters; aperture is stuck at almost wide open - 1:2. Still, I can't wait to take it out to ma...

9 August, 2018

5 Frames with a Nikon FE2 and a roll of Fuji Reala 500D – by Tim Dobbs

By timdobbsphoto

I had a Nikon FE for years, I loved shooting but about 18 months ago it gave up the ghost. Soon after, I found pretty well loved FE2 on Ebay and decided to give it a punt.

8 August, 2018

5 frames with an Olympus Infinity Stylus Zoom 140 DLX – by Kyle McMurphy

By Kyle

Like in most family households in the U.S., finding an old film camera socked away in a drawer or closet is pretty easy. I think this one belonged to my mother-in-law. My wife h...

7 August, 2018

5 Frames With a Pentax Spotmatic F – By Ray Goodwin

By raygoodwinphotos

The Pentax Spotmatic is a camera I had wanted for a very long time. I had owned various M42 bodies over the years such as Zenits and Prakticas; these were built like tanks but I...

6 August, 2018

(A few more than) 5 frames with a Zeiss Ikonta B 522/24 – by Sergio Palazzi

By Sergio

The first camera I remember was my Dad’s Zeiss Ikon Contina Ic. It was so cool in late-50’s chrome, the no-bellow look, the extra-wide viewer, fully manual. It's still good now:...

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