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23 August, 2022

“Elliott Erwitt: Silence Sounds Good” review – By Neil Milton

By Neil Milton

"Can I ask you a question?" So opens Adriana López Sanfeliu's reflective, affectionate portrait of her friend and mentor Elliott Erwitt. A question of a question. A fitting, sub...

15 August, 2022

Ricoh Mirai & Olympus AZ-4 Zoom Review – Fraternal Twins – By David Tellet

By David Tellet

Ah the 1980's when cars and cameras still had edges and when certain camera companies had the courage to design and produce unusual cameras. Case in point are these fraternal tw...

8 August, 2022

Leica Digital-Modul-R Review – ‘R’ You Ready for This? – My Passion Camera System – By Jarrod Sams

By Jarrod Sams

Picture it! Cullowhee 2005. I was amidst my second year in college. It was also at this time that I was rediscovering my joy for photography. Going to school in the Smokey M...

5 August, 2022

Kodak Ektar H35 Review – Cheap Thrills with a Very Simple Camera – By Eric L. Woods

By Eric

Full disclosure: The Kodak Ektar H35 is right up my alley. Why? I like inexpensive, minimalist, rudimentary cameras. This usually consists of older, low level gear like your odd...

1 August, 2022

Nikonos V as Rugged Travel Camera – a Retrospective By Simon Foale

By Simon Foale

I first encountered the legendary Nikonos cameras in January 1983, when, as a freshly qualified SCUBA diver I spent a couple of weeks diving with family friend Rob Van der Loos,...

30 July, 2022

Zen and the Art of Camera Scanning or The Brief History of Vlads Test Target – by Vlad Serebryany

By Vlad Serebryany

No love lost. You see, my return to film photography was not because of my love of the media. Quite the opposite: I hate film. It has always handicapped me: I could not shoot in...

26 July, 2022

Konica EE-Matic 260 & Ilford Sportsman C – Reviving two Instamatic Cameras  – by Tobias Eriksson

By Flashknappen

The Instamatic cameras are anachronisms. The bloated cameras are detested plastic garbage these days. The film format they were designed for is not manufactured any more. Did co...

22 July, 2022

Fujifilm X-Pro1 – Digital Infrared Zone Focus Viewfinder Camera – First Outing – by Agata Urbaniak

By Agata Urbaniak

“I did a bad thing” I responded to my partner as they asked me what’s in the newly delivered parcel I received last Saturday morning. I really wasn’t going to buy any more stuff...

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Gary H. on Leica MP review & some wider thoughts on “the ultimate tool”
Leica is a niche business. I haven't seen their accounting reports with costs of infrastructure (factory buildings, utility costs etc)…
Ibraar Hussain on Autumn Stroll with a Rolleiflex 6008i – The whole Roll of Agfa Ultra 50
Thank you Leon! I’m surprised this post was liked so much by so many people.
Leon Winnert on Autumn Stroll with a Rolleiflex 6008i – The whole Roll of Agfa Ultra 50
Really lovely images Ibraar. At first the luminous leaves in featured image reminded me of the pointalist school of painting.

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