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28 March, 2024

5 Frames with a Praktica MTL5B, a Pentacon 50/1,8 and a Roll of Portra 400 (expired in 2011)

By Andrea Monti

An afternoon of urban exploration looking for derelicted places gave me the chance to test a Praktica MTL 5b with its standard (pun intended) lens: the Pentacon 50/1,8, which I ...

28 March, 2024

5 Frames from a Seaside Town with a Nikon F4

By Peter McGowan

This is a tale of linking eras and styles, the vintage with the modern, the hefty with the lightweight. The heavy, old (1993) Nikon F4 with the svelte new (2021) Voigtländer Col...

27 March, 2024

5 frames with Ilford Delta 3200 and Canon EOS 7

By Orrin Heath

The Nanakuri Shrine Autumn Naked Festival (七久里神社秋季祭典宵祭り) is held annually in Iida city, Nagano prefecture, Japan. Nanakuri Shrine is tucked away on the outskirts of ...

Image of the Sony Cybershot DSC-V3 Camera on a wooden desk

19 March, 2024

5 Frames with the Sony DSC-V3 – In Search of Lost CCD Sensors.

By Sebastian Bustamante

If cameras were madeleine cakes and Proust a photographer, then perhaps CCD compact cameras would be that memory trigger that provoked longing for his childhood. Tired metaphors...

17 March, 2024

5 frames in Venice with the Leica 50mm Summicron V4 on a Leica M10

By Luke Kenny

One month after I got my street photography dream lens – the Leica 50mm Summicron Version 4 – I took it with me on a short trip to Venice. I came upon this lens soon...

Dave Shrewsbury - self portrait with the Minolta X-700

14 March, 2024

5 Frames with a Minolta X-700 and Tri-X

By Dave Shrewsbury

When I first got back into shooting film around 2013, the first film SLR I acquired after a brief flirtation with lomography cameras was the Minolta X-700. I got it and a couple...

12 March, 2024

5 Frames with Lomography Orca 110 monochrome film.

By Tony Warren

The first film I tried when I became fascinated by the subminiature formats was Lomography’s Orca 110 monochrome offering because I had bought a Minolta 460 Tx 110 camera very r...

10 March, 2024

5 Frames with the Mamiya 6 IV-S Folding 6×6 Camera

By Bob Prendergast

I was recently on a photo walk with some fellow film buffs. One of the guys pulled out a beautiful Leica M3 from his bag: “It was my grandfather’s camera,” he said, beaming. Ano...

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Ibraar Hussain on Leica Elmarit-M 90mm f2.8 and a History Photo Walk
Enjoyed this immensely! More photo walks please!!
Geoff Chaplin on Leica Elmarit-M 90mm f2.8 and a History Photo Walk
Thanks Gary. You probably have a list of things to check already but in the past I found wind induced…
David Hume on 5 (plus one or three) Frames of Raglan Castle – A Return to Velvia with the Best Camera Ever Made.
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