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10 December, 2024

Rangefinder with glasses? A mod made from necessity

By Christie Harkness

Anyone who is a glasses wearer and rangefinder enthusiast then this issue will be familiar with you. A quick google search for ‘rangefinder camera with glasses’ will expose you ...

23 November, 2024

Two cameras with a common shortcoming

By John Furlong

LOMO LC-A I’ve owned a LOMO LC-A for some years and enjoyed its inherent ‘quirkiness’ – both in the image quality and operation: – the easy to miss focus indicator in the ...

5 November, 2024

My Square Story – Making my own 24×24 35mm Cameras

By Alexander Seidler

It is a long story. Longer than I expected. Yes – I didn’t expect anything but learning to frame and playing with a different aspect ratio. It is also story of Gear – DIY ...

15 October, 2024

Can a Polaroid pack camera shoot 4×5?

By Jim Skelton

The short answer: sort of… A Polaroid pack camera comes with a 114mm lens and basically covers a 3×4″ image. I was curious as to whether it could shoot 4×5...

3 October, 2024

More Adventures with C-Mount Marble Macros

By Dave Powell

This is my last article (for now) in a series about macro photography using C-mount cine lenses. (The first article is here and the second is here.) In the first, I tried three ...

2 October, 2024

Nikons SB-104 – A Substantial Battery Upgrade

By Marco Manuzzi

I’ve always loved the sea, both from above and under, spending hours snorkeling and, at least when the water was clear enough, practicing brief apnea dives. This year, I t...

20 September, 2024

35mm Film Pot Pinhole Camera

By Robert Willox

I recently started following a friend of a friend on Instagram, who posts his black & white images fairly regularly and decided I should really be doing something similar as...

19 September, 2024

A DIY 35mm Film Stripper

By Tony Warren

A device for producing a 16mm strip from 35mm.

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Chris Hooke on Fuji X-Half – Trying to prove Hamish wrong… and failing
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Bob Janes on Fuji X-Half – Trying to prove Hamish wrong… and failing
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