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10 October, 2022

CONTAX T – The 1st One – A Compact, Manually-Focused Rangefinder

By grain_frame

The Contax T is a compact rangefinder introduced in 1984. It was the first in what would become a line of premium point-and-shoot cameras, a segment pioneered by Contax. It was ...

8 October, 2022

My Last 17 Rolls of Bulk Rolled Polypan F 50 ISO Black & White 35mm Film – by Sina Farhat

By belola_goth

Let’s travel back to the beginning of 2014, me and my friend Jonas had a discussion that we wanted some cheap and good film black and white film to shoot. After doing some resea...

7 October, 2022

Nikon Pronea 6i – Retired & Expired: Experimenting with APS film – By Isaac D. Pacheco

By isaacpacheco

For as long as I can remember, I have loved receiving packages through the mail. The mystery and surprise of unwrapping a stamp-covered parcel is truly one of life’s simple plea...

3 October, 2022

Voigtänder Skopagon 40mm f2 – a Vintage Lens with Modern Performance – By Oliver Toth

By cmf

For most people, the choice of lens comes down to a choice between vintage and modern. Modern lenses with aspherical elements and modern coating tend to produce very sharp image...

1 October, 2022

Voigtländer Vito CL – The Dad Cam – By Hans Gastafsson

By Hans Gustafsson

I can't recall any family vacation, outing, gettoghether when I was young that my dad didn't have his Voigtländer with him. It almost seemed an integral part of him. Not that he...

30 September, 2022

Minolta Hi-Matic 7s – My Gateway Drug into the World of Camera Collecting – By Markus Hainz

By Markus Hainz

As with most photographers over a certain age, I began my photography shooting film back in the late 1980s. By the mid 2000s I was shooting only digital for work and decided to ...

29 September, 2022

For Quick Film Scans, Try an Olympus C-8080WZ!

By Dave Powell

An old friend recently asked if I could digitize some 35mm slides of a coastal Maine motel her family once owned. She’d researched the commercial cost of scanning, and before bi...

26 September, 2022

Nikon F2AS Review – The Camera That Filled The Void – By Chris Barrett

By Chris Barrett

On a sticky early morning lines of cars crawling up the small highway give way to vendors for miles on either side of the small country highway. It’s the first weekend of August...

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