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27 December, 2021

Comparing the Zeiss Icon Voigtländer 500 SE Electronic and the 1000 SR – By Nigel Haycock

By NigelH

So, the Zeiss Icon Voigtländer 500 SE Electronic and the Zeiss Icon Voigtländer 1000 SR are very similar brothers from an era of iconic mid-century design and innovation. (Ther...

23 December, 2021

Photography Through The Pandemic – A Spotlight on the Artists: Pt 5

By Holly Gilman

Welcome to part five of our Spotlight on the Artists. In each article I’ll be sharing a few of our contributors with you, telling you a little bit about their work and where you...

21 December, 2021

‘Inherit the Land’ by Jack Lueders-Booth – Review by Joshua Wright

By Joshua Wright

Inherit the Land is the kind of documentary photography I aspire to create. In this 96 page book, Jack Lueders-Booth explores the living conditions, the people, and the culture...

20 December, 2021

Photography Through The Pandemic – A Spotlight on the Artists: Pt 4

By Holly Gilman

Welcome to part four of our Spotlight on the Artists. In each article I’ll be sharing five of our contributors with you, telling you a little bit about their work and where you ...

16 December, 2021

The Joy of Photobooks – By Nik Stanbridge

By Nik Stanbridge

Back in the early 1980s, in my 20s and in my formative photographic years, I read a lot of books about the craft and practice of photography. This obviously contributed enormous...

10 December, 2021

Pixii (A1571) Review – New Upgrades and Some Personal Experiences

By Hamish Gill

For a long time, the only digital rangefinders on the market were Leicas. Now there’s Pixii. A screen-less, APS-C sensor, “connected” rangefinder that’s quite a lot less cash th...

6 December, 2021

Ernst Leitz (Leica) Elmar 9cm f/4 Collapsible – The Near Perfect Slow Lens – By Agata Urbaniak

By Agata Urbaniak

This is a review of the Ernst Leitz (Leica) Elmar 9cm f/4 Collapsible lens. Hamish recently reviewed the huge and very fast TT Artisan 90mm 1.25. This is perhaps the antithesis ...

3 December, 2021

Photosynthesis: A Double-Exposure Art Project – By Ben Felten

By Ben Felten

In March and April of last year I published two articles on 35mmc detailing my experiments in double-exposures. For a while now I’ve been meaning to come back and tell mor...

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John Andrews on 5 Frames with the Yashica Minister III
Hi again Walter, another fine piece of writing with great prints. I have a few similiar rangefinders, A Minolta and…
Neal Wellons on When Bad Light is Good for Holgas – The Whole Roll
It may be disappointing but none of these came from prints. I printed everything I took in the 1960s -…
Ian on Street Photography in Old Delhi with Double-X, Tri-X, and Ultramax
Looks like a whirlwind of activity Danai, well captured with your Zeiss gear. I'm interested in the effect of a…

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