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16 March, 2024

7Artisans 50mm 1.8 AF – A Brand New Budget Auto Focus Lens

By Hamish Gill

The 7Artisans 50mm 1.8 AF is a brand new full frame autofocus lens. I have been beta testing and playing with pre-release versions here for a while and have been looking forward...

15 March, 2024

Orwo Wolfen NC-500 – A Contrarian’s Perspective

By Bob Prendergast

In my life, I’ve rarely been one to succumb to peer pressure. Whatever cool new thing everyone else has, you can be sure that Bob will find a different way. When I was a teenage...

11 March, 2024

Richomatic 35 – Two Contrasting Examples of a 1960s Quality Point & Shoot Camera.

By Tony Warren

A recent auction job lot turned up a working Richomatic 35, a camera I vaguely remember for its very modern design for its day but not one I had taken much interest in. A great ...

11 March, 2024

7Artisans 9mm f/5.6 Review

By Hamish Gill

I have here the widest lens I have ever used. Possibly the widest lens I have ever seen in the flesh. Certainly the widest rectilinear lens. The lens I am talking about is the 7...

8 March, 2024

Minolta 16 MG sub-miniature camera.

By Tony Warren

I bought this Minolta 16 camera when I prematurely thought my efforts with 110 to use the film slitter I had made had hit the buffers. It has turned out to be something of a cur...

4 March, 2024

Agilux Agifold – Buying British

By Paul Quellin

Taking stock of my collection one day I realised that there were no cameras that I really wanted to go out and use, which were not German or Japanese. Time try a lovingly crafte...

1 March, 2024

Soligor 35mm f/3.5 – A Cheap and Cheerful Softie

By Mark Ellerby

I bought this from Real Camera because I wanted a wider-than-50mm lens for my Praktica SLR, not having any idea who Soligor are/were (and still not much the wiser). It was cheap...

28 February, 2024

Canon EOS A2 – An Odd Little GAS Journey.

By Eric

Why an odd GAS journey? I am glad that I imagined you asked. I recently wrote a post on my blog about me finally caving in and getting a Vintage Digital (Disclaimer: “Vint...

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Walter Reumkens on Pushing Pan F Plus: first stop, Santa Monica, second stop, Manhattan
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Walter Reumkens on Pushing Pan F Plus: first stop, Santa Monica, second stop, Manhattan
Hier noch ein Link zum Ilford PAN-F: https://analoge-fotografie.net/blog/ilford-pan-f/
Walter Reumkens on Pushing Pan F Plus: first stop, Santa Monica, second stop, Manhattan
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