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28 December, 2017

5 frames with a Leica M2 & 35mm Summicron – by Maximilian Selim

By Maximilian Selim

I knew I was in trouble as soon as I saw the Leica M2 and 35mm Summicron in the store window. "Shoot few rolls. If no like bring it back for full refund" the shop owner said wit...

27 December, 2017

5 frames with a Leica M3 & Zeiss 50mm Sonnar

By Hamish Gill

Last year as part of a mini documentary project we were working on at work for Duncan Fearnley, me and my video guy at work James drove 200 miles (each way) to visit a company c...

26 December, 2017

5 frames with a Yashica Minister II – by Malcolm

By Malcolm Barron

While on a family holiday in Cornwall in the 1970s, I saw a Yashica Electro 35 rangefinder in a camera shop window. Needless to say, my parents were not persuaded to buy it for ...

25 December, 2017

5 Frames with a Canon F1 with a 55mm f/1.2 – James Greenoff

By James Greenoff-Cairns

My Canon F1 came to me just after I’d committed to no more cameras. I have about six or seven good cameras working in a rotation and for the most part I’m an SLR shooter, (I hav...

21 December, 2017

5 frames with a Ferrania Condor II – Francesco Melis

By Francesco Melis

The 1952 Ferrania Condor II rangefinder camera, alongside with some famous and well sought-after postwar productions, is normally considered a Leica copy, although it shows many...

19 December, 2017

5 frames with a Pentax Espio 35-70 AF Zoom – By James Cockroft

By James Cockroft

Pentax made loads of Espio cameras. You can find different versions all over. The 35-70 AF Zoom is one of the bigger, clunkier ones, and it does all kinds of things, like double...

14 December, 2017

5 Frames with an Olympus Trip 35 – By Chris McPhee

By Chris McPhee

This is a camera that I would guess everyone is familiar with. It’s not a complicated piece of machinery and millions were made in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Made famous in the UK...

12 December, 2017

5 frames with a Lomo LC-A+ – By Etienne Despois

By Etienne Despois

I’ve been trying to take photos for about 11 years now (in fact I was doing some photos before but I’ve been doing it more « seriously » since then). I work in IT in my ev...

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