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11 October, 2018

Sony 135/2.8 [T4.5] STF Mini-Review – By Rollin Banderob

By Rollin Banderob

As a photojournalist - in the vein of William Albert Allard, Eugene Richards and Alex Web - I strove to layer content in many parts of my images, and as such find obsession with...

9 October, 2018

Konica Z-up 100w compact review – by Charles Higham

By Charles Higham

This is a Konica Z-up 100w. Don’t be surprised if you’ve not seen one before; I hadn’t when I bought it for a few pounds. It’s a 35mm film compact with a 28-100mm zoom lens and ...

7 October, 2018

Leica MP (Another) Review – by Adam Laws

By Adam Laws

Let’s get this out of the way straight away - It’s hard to recommend the Leica MP in what might seem a rational way. It’s an emotive choice compared to it's analogue M-system co...

3 October, 2018

Leica M5 and R8 – In defence of the Forgotten Divas – by Markus Maurer

By The_Mason

My name is Markus. I come from a small town in the south of Germany and from my early twenties, I have been seriously into photography. I shoot mostly people, mostly nudes, and ...

30 September, 2018

Leica M3 – The Virtues of the First M – by Steven Bleistein

By Steven Bleistein

While the Leica M3 has a storied mythos associated with it, people tend to look at it more critically in comparison to other models when resolving to buy their first, and perhap...

23 September, 2018

Contax TVSiii Review (vs. the TVSii) – A One Roll Review

By Hamish Gill

The Contax TVSiii is the third and last in the range of “TVS” 35mm zoom cameras from Contax. You would think that being the last, it would be the best. Some people say it is, bu...

22 September, 2018

Fujica GS645 Professional – A 6×45 Rangefinder Review – By Rob Hawthorn

By Rob Hawthorn

I bought my Fujica GS645 a couple of years ago, after I decided no medium format SLR or TLR would ever be small or light enough for me to feel like carrying with me day-to-day j...

18 September, 2018

Kodak Ektachrome E100 – A few Double Exposures – By Michael Turek

By Michael Turek

Left – Bisbee, AZ street scene / Right – A private security contractor patrolling an area of the border fence under construction in New Mexico. I recently shot two...

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