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24 June, 2019

Leica 21mm f/3.4 Super-Angulon Review / Shooting an elderly symmetrical wide angle on a digital rangefinder

By Hamish Gill

This Leica 21mm f/3.4 Super-Angulon is the second bit of kit I’ve borrowed from London Camera Exchange (my local camera shop in Worcester) recently. Gareth, the manager there, a...

21 June, 2019

Fujifilm Klasse 38mm F/2.6 Review – By David Narbecki

By David Narbecki

The Fujifilm Klasse (also branded as the Rollei RFM 35) was a premium compact made in 2001, well after the premium compact craze of the early 90's. With a f/2.6 38mm lens it was...

17 June, 2019

Leica M10-P vs. Sony A7riii and Shooting the Simon and Garfunkel Story

By Hamish Gill

A couple of months ago I got myself up very early one Sunday and travelled to Plymouth to take some photos for the production company of a stage production called “The Simon and...

15 June, 2019

Kodak Ektar 25 – Living in the Past, a Hasselblad, and Flooding in Mississippi – by Andrew Morang

By Kodachromeguy

Yes, I know, I am living in the past. I remember when I could buy a Shutterbug in the supermarket, read through page after page of small-text advertisements, and call (with my l...

10 June, 2019

Kodak Ektachrome E100 – First Rolls Review – Pt3 – Experiments with an Incident meter

By Hamish Gill

My forth roll of Kodak Ektachrome E100 has been, at least a little bit, about experimenting with an incident meter. Even in the few rolls I’ve shot - and despite the mistakes an...

7 June, 2019

Minolta 28mm f/2.8 M-Rokkor – Shooting and Repairing – by Victor Doroshenko

By vzzdor

Inertia of mind is sometimes mind boggling. I've started my serious photography life with Sony nex-5 camera which replaced a briefly owned Nikon D40 for the reason of compactnes...

4 June, 2019

Leica 35mm f/2 eight-element Summicron and Leica M240 – Candid Portraits – By Steven Bleistein

By Steven Bleistein

The first generation Leica Summicron 35mm f/2 eight-element lens with attached optics, often called goggles, were made for the Leica M3 to convert its .91x 50mm finder frame, th...

3 June, 2019

Kodak Portra 800 Review – and some Thoughts on Shooting it Within my Workflow

By Hamish Gill

Kodak Portra 800 is quite possibly my favourite colour negative film. I say that as someone who’s just committed to shooting only P3200 and Ektachrome E100 for at least 6 months...

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