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6 September, 2019

Minolta Maxxum 9 / Dynax 9 / Alpha 9 Review – The 35mm Film Godfather of the Sony Alpha line – By Benjamin Fargen

By benjaminfargen

After exclusively shooting my Sony A7R2 & Leica Q the last 3 years for personal and client work, I decided it was time to get out of my comfort zone and purchase a film camera t...

31 August, 2019

Voigtlander Bessa & Brilliant V6 Two Classic 1938 Medium Format Cameras – By Phil Harrison

By Phil Harrison

The Voigtlander’s in question are a 1938 Brilliant V6 TLR and a 1938 Bessa folder. My Grandfather had this model of Bessa, I found his camera in our attic and learnt how to use ...

30 August, 2019

Yashica T4 Review: A ‘Cult vs. Budget’ Comparison – By Dmitry Zhilyaev

By Dmitry Zhilyaev

I happened to own a Yashica T4 and I have a very strange relationship with it. I am well aware of its cult status. I know that its Zeiss lens should be really good and especiall...

28 August, 2019

Kodak Portra 800: My Latest Crush In Film Photography – By Aukje

By Aukje

When it comes to choosing film I am not the most adventurous person, I tend to stick to Kodak Ektar and Portra 400 with the occasional Velvia. Last year I decided to try Portra ...

19 August, 2019

Kodak P3200 – A Lackadaisical Experiment Shooting for Fowey Shellfish

By Hamish Gill

A couple of weeks ago I went down to Cornwall for the day to shoot some video for Fowey Shellfish. The job for the day was to capture some content of their new boat, the Mytelus...

18 August, 2019

Leica 50mm f/0.95 ASPH Noctilux-M Review and Bokeh Worship – By Steven Bleistein

By Steven Bleistein

While bokeh often fascinates the photography enthusiast, it is only lesser photographers who worship bokeh, venerating it to such a degree as to displace the art of photography ...

16 August, 2019

Mamiya 6 IV Review – The Original 6- by Ray Goodwin

By raygoodwinphotos

When one thinks of the Mamiya 6; an image of the well renowned 1990's version comes to mind. However, there was a medium format, 6x6 rangefinder that out dates this model entire...

12 August, 2019

Kodak Ektachrome E100 – Forgetting my Expectations & Embracing a bit of Failure

By Hamish Gill

A little while ago now I shot a roll of Ektachrome E100 in a camera that turned out to be broken. The camera itself feels pretty irrelevant to this story, other than the fact th...

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Steve Abbott on Chroma Camera CubePan – A Review, and my Journey into Panoramic Photography
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Gary Paudler on Sasquatch 617 – Why We Built Our Own 6×17 Panoramic Film Camera
Beautiful work! What a great accomplishment!
Greg Hammond on Sasquatch 617 – Why We Built Our Own 6×17 Panoramic Film Camera
Nicely done! I’m struggling between resisting the GAS and succumbing to it! I’ve already got my Shen-Hao and two pinhole…

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