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29 October, 2018

Lensbaby Lenses: Sweet vs. Edge – a Review – By Martina Kettner

By Martina

I remember exactly when I saw a Lensbaby image for the first time – it was a street shot from Vienna. I had never seen such bokeh. The lens used for the image was the R...

28 October, 2018

Canon P (for Populaire) thread mount rangefinder mini-review

By Hamish Gill

The Canon P - or "Populaire", as the P stands for - is a Leica thread mount rangefinder camera released the late 1950’s. There were a lot of these cameras sold, something like 1...

25 October, 2018

Fuji GW690II – Urban Decay in Vicksburg, Mississippi, with the Texas Leica – By Andrew Morang

By Kodachromeguy

35mmc started out with an emphasis on compact film cameras. Over time, it's grown, and so have the cameras featured on it. The subject of this article is a splendid bear of a ca...

21 October, 2018

Voigtlander 50mm f/2.5 Color-Skopar Leica Thread Mount Lens Review

By Hamish Gill

I recently bought myself a Voigtlander 50mm f/2.5 Color-Skopar. I’d been looking for a lens to compliment my 50mm ZM Sonnar that took, frankly, less energy to use. I wanted an i...

14 October, 2018

Peli 1510 Protector Case review – My Peli Adventure Begins

By Hamish Gill

I’ve recently upgraded a load of my work gear, and in the process of doing so noticed just how knackered the old stuff was starting to look. There’s no getting away from the fac...

13 October, 2018

Pentax MZ-S and 31mm, 43mm, 77mm Limited lens trio review – By Aivaras

By Aivaras

I think that it would be unfair to judge and review Pentax MZ-S separately from the FA Limited line of lenses - it's my opinion that you have to look at them together as one set...

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 ...

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