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30 September, 2024

Expired Kodak Technical Pan – a Cornucopia of Contrast

By David Smith

I’m a straight shooter. I follow the rules. If a carton of milk expires on December 16th, I bloody well drink it before the 16th. And because of this, I came to the world of exp...

30 September, 2024

Nikonos V – My Thoughts and Experiences – Is it really indestructible?

By Leonidas Germanopoulos

Seven years ago I had the misfortune of loosing all my photography gear to a wild fire. Apart from my digital kit, I had some exposed film and my beloved Nikonos V in my bag. It...

28 September, 2024

Balda Super Matic – Quirky but fun

By Keith Drysdale

Many years ago, a neighbour offered me a camera he had acquired “from a mate” for £10. I had never seen a Balda or even heard of one but it looked interesting and I ...

27 September, 2024

Viltrox 28mm f/4.5 Pancake Lens Review and Indigogo Launch

By Hamish Gill

This is the Viltrox 28mm f/4.5 Pancake Lens, it is soon to be launched on Indigogo, but I’ve been playing with the copy I have here for the last week or so. I am, I admit, a lit...

24 September, 2024

Ilford FP4 Type 517 Cine Film Review

By Simon King

Long story short, this is a high quality film at a fantastic price. Many aspects of analogue photography can feel like a compromise, from actual decisions while photographing to...

A Transformer in both forms with a Sony F828

23 September, 2024

Sony F828 Review – More than Meets the Eye

By sklba

$995 in 2003 would probably buy a fair amount of Transformers toys, or one brand new Sony F828. It might be easy to mistake the two. Both bend and twist around in unexpected way...

19 September, 2024

Kodak 66 II – a refreshingly simple 6×6 folding camera

By Julian Tanase

Back in 2000, when I was making some feeble attempts to return to medium format, I had a few choices regarding cameras suitable for me. Obviously, one of the best was the Rollei...

18 September, 2024

Chinon Auto 3501 – Ugly, Noisy and Quite Capable

By Keith Drysdale

A Lucky Find in a Antiques Shop It is rare for us to be able to get away for a few days break, but we managed to escape to Moffat in South West Scotland and to record the occasi...

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