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30 March, 2021

Butchers Cameo Quarter Plate Camera – By Emma Wheeler

By Emma Wheeler

Just over a year ago (pre-Covid 19) I was excited to discover an antique half plate mahogany folding field camera had come in for auction at work. Supposedly from sometime aroun...

29 March, 2021

Rollei 35 – My Experiences and Love for these Little Cameras

By Hamish Gill

There’s a lot of cameras in the world, but in my opinion, there are only a few that look as good as the higher-end Rollei 35 series cameras. There are probably equally as few th...

26 March, 2021

Kershaw Penguin, Learning Photography, and My Introduction to Medium Format – By Peyton Hunter

By Peyton Hunter

When I was a young teenager, I was gifted my first ever DSLR for my birthday, a third- or fourth-hand Nikon D3100, arguably the perfect camera for someone to learn photography o...

24 March, 2021

Yashica J and J2 (Ninja Star) Mini-Review – Back to the 80s – By Meifei Tang

By tangmeifei

I’m not fully loaded with all the best gear in town like it seems some photo bloggers, Instagrammers, and what-have-yous. I don't have all the Leicas, Hasselblads, and so on. Bu...

23 March, 2021

Olympus OM-10 – My Journey and Review – By Jessica Goodwin

By Jessica Goodwin

In 1972, Olympus released the first camera of the OM SLR series, the OM-1, which was followed by the OM-2, OM-3 and OM-4. In 1979, they released the first of their more consumer...

22 March, 2021

Funleader 18mm f/8 Review – Limiting, but Fun (and Cheap!)

By Hamish Gill

I recently replaced my Fuji X100v with a Sony A7iii that was retired from work. Not long later the manufacturers of the Funleader 18mm f/8 pancake lens got in touch asking if I ...

21 March, 2021

Fomapan Retropan 320 Soft 35mm – In Memoriam – By Yorgo Douramacos

By Yorgo Douramacos

I don’t know exactly when it happened but it seems that Fomapan's Retropan 320 has been discontinued in its 35mm variety. I hope I am wrong but I can find no store that has it i...

19 March, 2021

Canon 110ED Mini-Review of a Luxury Pocket Camera – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

Canon introduced two 110 cameras in 1975, the 110E, which had an f/2.7 zone focusing lens, and the Canon 110ED, which sported a 26mm f/2.0 lens (maybe the fastest on a 110 camer...

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