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28 April, 2023

Konica TC and T4 SLRs – The Last of the Steam Powered Trains

By Bob Janes

Back in the 1970s competition in the SLR camera market was fierce. Most companies needed to innovate regularly to maintain their profile and market share. Konica had been buildi...

27 April, 2023

Canon Multi Tele – The Long Half-Life of a Canon Half-Frame Camera

By David Kassnoff

The Kodak Ektar H35 half-frame camera captivated photographers in 2022 with its retro simplicity. The little plastic film camera is sourced from an overseas manufacturer, Reto, ...

26 April, 2023

An Overview of my 5 Artisans Lenses – 7 and TT

By Eric

The spark for this post started with an email thread between myself and Haimsh where I was detailing my obsession with my new to me Leica M Type 240. Hamish predicted that I wou...

24 April, 2023

NONS SL660 Review – Exploring the World of Instant Film Photography

By Molly Kate

Instant photography is going strong. It’s no wonder the easy, fast, and deliciously nostalgic way of capturing memories continues to grow as it is the most accessible form of an...

21 April, 2023

Hasselblad (Zeiss) Distagon 50mm f/4 Review

By Christian Schroeder

Hello there! The important thing I want to note right in the beginning: I haven't intended this article as a comprehensive, technical-focused review of the Zeiss Distagon 50mm f...

19 April, 2023

So you want to get into Minox photography?

By Julian Tanase

Would it be a good move for you? I honestly don’t know. Would it? It all depends, I guess, on why you just bought one (am I right?). Perhaps you found one in an old box of stuf...

17 April, 2023

darktable Mini-Review – A Quick look at my Favorite Software

By Steven G

darktable is open source image workflow software. Open source means it’s free, both in terms of cost (in this case and many others, but not all), and in terms of what you ...

13 April, 2023

Fujica GL690 with Fujinon S 100mm F3.5 & Fujinon SW 65mm F5.6

By Simon Foale

I’ve been using medium format film cameras for over thirty years – initially a (too brief) period with a Rolleiflex in the early 90s and since 2002 a Mamiya 6MF which I still en...

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