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28 September, 2020

The Reveni Labs Light Meter Review – (Small) Size is Everything

By Hamish Gill

I backed the Reveni Labs Light Meter pretty much the moment I saw it had gone live - I had a small advantage as I knew it was happening before, but I was still a little disappoi...

25 September, 2020

Minolta Riva Zoom 110 Mini-Review – The Perfect Camera for a New Dad – By Or Sachs

By Or Sachs

I'm now shooting a Minolta Riva Zoom 110 point & shoot film camera - I want to tell you the story of how I came to choose this camera, and how well it has worked out for me.

22 September, 2020

Through the (Looking) Glass – Photographing Portraits in the time of COVID-19 – By Carole Evans

By Carole Evans

Through the (Looking) Glass is a series of portraits of my neighbours, taken through their windows during Lockdown 2020. It is shot using slide film, on a Hasselblad camera, and...

22 September, 2020

MS-Optics Converted Yashica T4 35mm f/3.5 Tessar – The Hunt for the Commute Camera pt.1 – By Hern Tan

By Hern Tan

My very first barn-find Yashica T5 had proven itself to be a stinker. First it made a heck of a racket every time it took a picture, and the lag between pressing the shutter but...

21 September, 2020

Nine Homemade Cameras: Pinhole Adventures Part 1 – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

Aren't humans amazing. We develop sophisticated technology – high-resolution sensors, superfast lenses – to record images. But we also make, and express ourselves with, the simp...

18 September, 2020

Vivitar PZ3815 DB – It Gets the Job Done – By Thang Nguyen

By Thang Nguyen

If you have ever gotten a hand on a Vivitar compact 35mm camera, there’s a high chance that it’s a rebranded from other brands. The camera I am reviewing today is no different: ...

17 September, 2020

Disposable Camera Holiday Snaps – Moments of Truth (Part Two) – By Brian Nicholls

By MrSnappy

Why would someone with a brace of half decent cameras even consider buying a disposable camera? I pondered over this question as I emerged from a photographic shop in the city ...

16 September, 2020

Olympus Mju-mini Digital – The OTHER Mju – By Orkhan Abbasov

By Orkhan Abbasov

Many years ago when I was a child I saw a TV ad publicizing a very small and beautiful Olympus Mju-mini Digital. The design of this camera stuck somewhere deep inside my brain, ...

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