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23 January, 2020

Olympus Stylus Epic Zoom 80 – Mini Review – By Will Hopkins

By willhopkins

A film photography friend recently clued me in to the best local spot for thrifting film cameras (sorry, can't say where - sharing the good thrifting spots is a trust not easily...

20 January, 2020

Pentax P30 Review – Finding Joy, Despite it not working as expected

By Hamish Gill

A little while ago I picked up a Pentax P30 for £5. I’d been shooting happily with the Pentax MX, but just liked the look of the P30 as a second Pentax body and couldn’t resist ...

17 January, 2020

7artisans 50mm f/1.1 Long Term Review – by Simon King

By Simon King

7artisans have been producing some absolutely fantastic options in the low-budget lens department, and one of their best entries for rangefinder coupled full frame cameras is th...

14 January, 2020

Olympus XA3 Review – Highs and Lows of Travel Photography with a Simple Compact Camera – By Keith Tomlinson

By keith1974

Well, what can I say? I fell foul of hype and hyperbole this year and I have learnt my lesson. I own a perfectly good Olympus Trip and a Rollei 35 but no that was not enough! ...

13 January, 2020

Ilford Ortho Plus Review – My First two rolls

By Hamish Gill

I must admit, I wasn’t all that excited when Ilford Ortho Plus was announced. I mean, I was enthused by the fact that Ilford had brought a new stock to 120 and 35mm - this sort ...

11 January, 2020

Canon 50mm F1.8 LTM on A Leica T – by Ed Lara

By Photoedontheweb

As much as I enjoy shooting film, I still take the majority of my photographs with digital cameras. That said, I prefer to use cameras and lenses which give me as much simplicit...

10 January, 2020

Voigtlander VSL 1 review

By Natalie B.

The Voigtlander VSL 1 is a camera with an interesting and somewhat complicated history. It was originally launched in 1971 as Zeiss Ikon SL706, the last camera of that famous co...

9 January, 2020

Nikon EM & Nikkor 35mm Review – A Quest for An Ideal Compact Film SLR – Pt2 – by Ed Lara

By Photoedontheweb

In a prior post I shared my thoughts on the Pentax MV-1 which I purchased at the same time I found a Nikon EM. I bought both in an attempt to replicate the great experience I ha...

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