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16 November, 2019

5 Frames with the Nikon L35AF and Kodak Portra 800 in the german woods – By Martin Holman

By marto_35mm

After using the Olympus XA3 for street photography, I slowly felt the need for a point & shoot with a faster lens and more precise focus. Don’t get me wrong, zone focusing w...

9 November, 2019

5 Frames with the Bronica ETRsi + 500mm f/8 EII – By Wyatt Ryan

By Wyatt Ryan

For a steal on eBay, I acquired a Bronica ETRsi and 5 different lenses, inside a Pelican case, for just under $400. The 500mm f/8 EII lens takes up a quarter of the space in the...

8 November, 2019

Rolleiflex SL35 mini-review- A Gorgeous Under-The-Radar SLR – By Recky Reck.

By Recky

In early 2019, my interest in analogue photography was suddenly rekindled after a hiatus of a mere 35 years – as a teenager I had discovered my grandfather’s 6×6 fold...

7 November, 2019

5 frames with 5 cameras and 5 films in one graveyard – by Rock

By Rock

The title is a reflection that I have (too) many cameras and that there remains a decent suite of emulsion available on the market. Now before you have visions of me lugging fiv...

6 November, 2019

5 frames with a Franka Solida IIE – by Michael Scott

By scottfotodotcom

According to Wikipedia Franka Kamerawerk produced cameras between 1909 and 1967 in Bayreuth, Germany. At its height the factory produced about 650,000 units in 1958. So I was su...

3 November, 2019

5 Frames rediscovering film with a Nikon FE2 – By Shaz

By shazdirector

I haven’t used a 35mm film camera for about 15 years and what a mistake that was. Through my teens and then twenties it was my Nikon FM2 with a 50mm 1.4 that helped me become th...

2 November, 2019

5 Frames with Fomapan 400 “Action” (@ EI1600) – by Simon King

By Simon King

Fomapan is one of those films that I tried early on when I first started shooting film - a gateway option which allowed me to explore the process of a mechanical camera without ...

1 November, 2019

5 Frames with the Canon SureShot / Autoboy 2 – By Wyatt Ryan

By Wyatt Ryan

Similar to the Olympus XA2, I found the Canon Sure Shot for a measly $10 at an estate sale close to my house. Besides some corroded battery terminals that were easily cleaned ou...

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Nadine on BlackBox 135 Digitisation Tool Review
Does this work with enlarger lenses? I own a Sony A7R II, and my plan was to use an old…
Eagle Omomuro on Wider Than Wide-Angle – 15mm for Documentary Photography
Epic work, Simon. Using an ultra-wide for street and documentary is extremely tough. Using a manual-focus ultra-wide is another level.…
Peter Schu on Contax 167MT – an outstanding, but overlooked tool
A very good deal, indeed. I have heared that some bars of the LCD panels might disappear over time, but…

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