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15 January, 2019

5 Frames with a semi-broken Contax T on Neopan 400 – By Xiaosu Han

By Xiaosu Han

I had my eyes on this particular compact for a while already, seeing reports here and there, and once you see someone share really good results with a certain camera or lens, it...

13 January, 2019

5 Frames With A Contax G2 – By Floyd K. Takeuchi

By Floyd K. Takeuchi

I’ve had the good fortune over the past 20+ years to be able to travel at least once or twice a year to Tokyo, Japan for work projects as well as on my own time and dime. Before...

10 January, 2019

5 Frames With An Olympus OM10 – Gavin Bain

By GavinBain

Firstly, I would like to confess my undying love for Kodak Gold 100. It has been one of my favourite film stocks to shoot for years, and sadly it's not a film that you can walk ...

9 January, 2019

5 Candid Portraits in Tsukiji Pushing T-Max 100 with a Leica M6J and Summicron 50mm f/2- By Steven Bleistein

By Steven Bleistein

Tsukiji is one of the few remaining neighborhoods in Tokyo where you can get a sense of what the city was like in the 1950s and 1960s, and a favorite street photography stomping...

6 January, 2019

5 Frames with a Canonet QL17 G-III – By Wen Zeng

By Wen Zeng

While on vacation in China and Hong Kong this past month, I realized that my poor condition Leica M2 had a malfunctioning shutter - speeds above 1/250 were entirely unusable, an...

2 January, 2019

5 frames with a Smena Symbol – by Matt Evans

By Matt Evans

I can't remember when or how I came to own my Smena Symbol, mostly because I've got two young kids and can barely remember what I had for dinner yesterday but at a guess I'd say...

30 December, 2018

5 Frames with a 90mm Summarit on a Leica M8 – By David Evans

By David Evans

It’s 10 years since I bought my first Leica - the M8. As anyone who knows this camera will testify, it’s a strange beast, albeit one which still manages to deliver excellent res...

29 December, 2018

5 frames with the Minolta TC1 – By Isa Maidan

By Isa

I spent a long time searching for the perfect compact and after weeks of thinking (and having read Hamish's review a number of times) I ended up with a Minolta TC1.

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