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28 December, 2022

Nikon FM2 Camera Review – Joy in Simplicity – By Ted Ayre

By Ted Ayre

Like many millennials I grew up in the 90’s with family point-and-shoots, quickly watching them disappear for digital compacts in the 00’s, and then those being ditched for the ...

27 December, 2022

Nikon F801 (N8008) Review – A Numbers Game – By Tony Warren

By Tony Warren

I sold my last film SLR in the late 1990s before my flirtation with digital, which quite quickly lost its appeal and I drifted back to film, continuing with digital mainly as a ...

23 December, 2022

Kodak Six-16 Camera – A Gifted Camera Experience – By Kevin Montanaro

By Kevin Montanaro

I was at work one day when a friend/client came in with something in a weathered leather case. At the end of our service he handed me the case with "and this is for you." This i...

21 December, 2022

Cinestill 400D vs Kodak Portra 400 – Film Review – By Ted Ayre

By Ted Ayre

Let’s face it, Kodak Portra 400 is the predominant colour negative film of the decade. When Fujifilm inexplicably pulled Pro400H off the market, it left Kodak to dominate the me...

19 December, 2022

Nikon (Nippon Kogaku) W-Nikkor 3.5cm f/1.8 LTM Review – a GAS killer – By Agata Urbaniak

By Agata Urbaniak

Nowadays, f/1.8 seems synonymous with entry-level. It's often a compromise between speed, size/weight, and affordability draped in plastic and aimed at budding photographers loo...

16 December, 2022

ZHong Yi Lens Turbo II Review – The Cure – By Tony Warren

By Tony Warren

According to Google Translate, “zhong yi” means “traditional Chinese medicine” and it did indeed cure one of my photographic afflictions. Around 20 years ago, at eye watering c...

14 December, 2022

Godox Lux Senior with B/W negative film – by Phil Harrison

By Phil Harrison

The photo above shows a Voigtlander Vito B with bulb flash, which was the kit I used in the 60's for my interior photos and my current camera with what looks like a very similar...

12 December, 2022

Praktica BX20 – End of the line for Pentacon – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

I’ve recently been shooting with a Praktica BX20, which was one of the last Praktica models produced by Pentacon before they were wound up in the wake of German unification. Th...

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Ibraar Hussain on 5 Frames, some with the Bridge Turned into Shadow and Shape.
Lovely photos capturing the mood and the light And enjoyed the essay. Thanks man
Danilo Leonardi on Autumn Stroll with a Rolleiflex 6008i – The whole Roll of Agfa Ultra 50
I really enjoyed these, Ibraar. They’re beautiful photographs. I’ll add this next thought tentatively, as it’s something I often wonder…
John Tarrant on Agima – AGI’s follow-up to the Agimatic
Delighted to see your observations on the Agima. This was the first "real" camera that I owned, moved up from…

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