I have owned a Leica Minilux for more than 20 years. The truth, though, is that I am not a compact camera kind of guy. The Minilux was the antithesis of my then shooting philoso...
9 December, 2019
7Artisans 75mm f/1.25 Review – a confusion of “want” over “need”
I thought it might be interesting to follow up my post about my “need” for Zeiss ZM lenses in my life with a post about a lens I don’t “need”, but do “want” - at least for the t...
6 December, 2019
Leica M8 – A Year with an Ageing Digital Rangefinder – By Rui Hu
The Leica M8 was the first digital Leica I've ever shot with, and was also the most film-like digital camera I've ever used. I fell in love with a camera for the first time, and...
2 December, 2019
Zeiss ZM M-Mount Lenes – The Lenses I “Need”, and not just “Want”
Over the last 6 or so months I’ve really bought into the Zeiss ZM system of lenses. I’ve gone from owning 2 of them to 5, and in combination with film and digital cameras they m...
27 November, 2019
Olympus OM-2n – My First SLR Film Camera Review – Ivan Studynskyi
My first experience with film started when my friend let me take some photos with her camera, one of which just struck me (to this day I think it is one of the best photos I hav...
26 November, 2019
Nikon FE Review – Returning to Film with a Fun, Compact, Affordable and Easy SLR – By Daniel Sigg
My father was a documentary photographer and shot a Leica in the 1950s and 60s. He photographed my brother and me all the time when we were growing up in Switzerland, mainly wit...
25 November, 2019
Pentax-M 40mm f/2.8 and Pentax MX – imperfect, but pocketable!
In my recent Pentax MX review I touched on the fact that I’d only really been shooting it with the 40mm f/2.8 pancake lens. This is a lens that seems to divide opinion a little ...
22 November, 2019
Pentax MV-1 & 40mm f/2.8 Review – A Quest For an Ideal Compact Film SLR – Part 1 – by Ed Lara
My GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) setting was kicked up a notch recently as a result of falling in love with the Olympus XA. The XA is a great camera, but despite my small hand...
