Photography Archives

6 November, 2018

The Making of the POLARACER project – Shooting the Custom Motorcycle Scene in Bali – By Carlos Albisu

By carlos

I kept visiting more garages and the idea came to me. Why not photograph the vibrant custom motorcycle scene in Bali? I mean, Polaroid, custom motorcycles and exotic Bali, can i...

2 November, 2018

5 frames with a Minolta Panorama Zoom 28 – by Charles Higham

By Charles Higham

Another plastic compact from the early 1990s: check. Not much about it on the internet: check. 28mm to 70mm Minolta zoom lens worth testing: check.

1 November, 2018

5 Frames with a Leica M5 – by Petros Katradis

By Petros Katradis

The camera really is divisive. Even walking around Leica fans will mention how strange it is. The size, sure - the way the meter works - definitely. But for me, it’s a brutal le...

30 October, 2018

5 Frames with the Minolta 24mm f/2.8 MD W.Rokkor – By Steven Starr

By Steven Starr

This lens is an SR mount lens designed for the Minolta manual focus SLR’s. The MD version was first introduced in 1977 and was preceded by an MC version in 1973. They all take 5...

27 October, 2018

5 Frames with a Fed 50mm f/3.5 LTM lens (Industar-10) – By Christian Irving Cayetano

By xtian.irving

In 2015, I bought a Leica M6 after months of saving thinking that it would be the last film camera I would buy. It was an excellent and enjoyable camera to shoot with, but being...

25 October, 2018

Fuji GW690II – Urban Decay in Vicksburg, Mississippi, with the Texas Leica – By Andrew Morang

By Kodachromeguy

35mmc started out with an emphasis on compact film cameras. Over time, it's grown, and so have the cameras featured on it. The subject of this article is a splendid bear of a ca...

24 October, 2018

5 Frames with a Takumar 50mm f/1.8 on a Spotmatic (with 11 year old film) – By Nigel Cliff

By Nigel Cliff

On holiday in Northumberland, and needing to kill till time whilst wife and daughter were shopping, I wandered into an Antiques shop and was confronted by a Pentax Spotmatic wit...

22 October, 2018

5 Frames With A Leica Tele-Elmarit 90mm f/2.8 – by Aukje

By Aukje

Although I mostly shoot a 50mm Summilux on my Leica M2, I do enjoy a different focal length every now and then. What I don't like is adding lots of weight to my bag. The one len...

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