Gear Reviews & Experiences Archives

18 January, 2025

Mir-20 20mm 3.5 on a Pentax K1-II – A Field Test of the

By Andrea Monti

Photographing with a 20mm lens is quite demanding on the eye, as the composition has to take into account many more objects than with a normal prime or telephoto lens. As a resu...

16 January, 2025

Pentax Zoom 60

By Tony Warren

Using a late 20th century point and shoot. Considering how photography has transitioned from film to digital.

13 January, 2025

Rollei 35AF – My Love/Hate Relationship – Problems Encountered and Lessons Learned

By Eric Norris

As I write this, I have just finished sending the latest in a long stream of emails to Mint/Rollei support about my new Rollei 35AF. I was one of the first to order the camera w...

9 January, 2025

A Zeiss Ikon’s Demise and Harman Phoenix 200 – First Experiences

By Philip

Let’s address the elephant in the room, shall we? Our lead image is of an immaculate Konica Hexar RF, set against the backdrop of golden autumn grass and a curious German ...

6 January, 2025

Pergear 25mm 1.7 lens in MFT mount Review – A fantastic little jewel of a lens.

By Ibraar Hussain

This is a review of the Pergear 25mm 1.7 lens in MFT mount. I was kindly sent this by Pergear to review, thanks to Hamish and Sabrina for arranging this. It’s listed for s...

3 January, 2025

Orwo Wolfen NC500 – Pushed a stop (or 2)

By Matt Murray

I waited a long time to shoot Orwo Wolfen NC500. When I got my hands on a few rolls, I was determined to do something different. I’d already seen plenty of box speed results, wi...

1 January, 2025

Kodak Single-Element Plastic Meniscus Lens – A Quest for the Primitive, Episode 1: The Worst Lens Ever Produced?

By Jonathan Leavitt

If one accepts that no optical design can ever attain perfection, one should also consider that no lens can be so bad as to be totally useless either. When you think of lenses n...

28 December, 2024

The Little Dino that could – a thermal print camera

By Kohtli

Many of us have spoken about the cost of film photography. The development costs, the film costs, the time investment, and the occasional blank roll hiding around the corner, ar...

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Nick Orloff on Kodak Tri-X 400 or Ilford HP5+ 400 who? when? where?
I prefer Tri-X for most subjects but find HP5 better if you need to push to 1600.
Geoff Chaplin on Original, Freewill, Artificial
Excellent to see pinhole images and someone being thoughtful and creative in the use of the medium. 6x9 or 6x7…
Geoff Chaplin on Pushing Pan F Plus: first stop, Santa Monica, second stop, Manhattan
Thanks Scott, interesting read and results and many excellent images. For me a one stop push is acceptable, but two…

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