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14 July, 2021

Developing A Modular Pinhole Camera – By Nils Aksnes

By Nils Aksnes

I started making pinhole cameras for the same reason I imagine many people do - because I could! They are deceptively simple objects - after all it’s just a box with a hole in i...

13 July, 2021

Minolta Hi-Matic G – The Bare Essentials – by Cosmo Coughlin

By Cosmo Coughlin

A few years ago, I went through a second-hand camera eBay phase. Unfortunately this phase coincided with my post-graduation unemployment phase, which had a drastic effect on the...

12 July, 2021

Kiev 60 TTL – Medium Format SLR Review – By Michael Elliott

By Michael Elliott

It was the camera that got me into medium format film photography, and for better or worse, the one that I love, and the one that frustrates me the most. A Soviet tank of a came...

9 July, 2021

Plustek OpticFilm 135i Review Part II – Panoramic Film Holder and Investigating ‘Panorama Mode’ – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

Earlier in 2021 I put up a review of the Plustek OpticFilm 135i film scanner. Just recently I've been investigating the Panoramic film holder and 'Panorama mode' (which you can ...

6 July, 2021

Zenza Bronica S2A – Early Experiences Review & Buyer’s Notes – By Mark Herse

By Mark

The Bronica S2A is a hefty 6x6 focal plane medium format SLR that was produced in Tokyo from 1969-1977. It was the last fully mechanical 6x6 SLR among Bronica's Z/D, C, and S se...

5 July, 2021

Meyer Optik Görlitz 58mm Primoplan f/1.9 II (The New Version) Review

By Hamish Gill

The Meyer 58mm Primoplan 1.9 is the 4th of the new lenses from the new Meyer brand owners I’ve reviewed. It also came to me following the 75mm Primoplan which has been my favour...

2 July, 2021

Leicaflex SL – Walks in Barcelona – By Jordi Fradera

By Jordi Fradera

Once again my neighbor has loaned me a camera, in this case a Leicaflex SL that he bought second-hand in the 90's for about 200 EUR and subsequently used for several years. In l...

30 June, 2021

Kodak Brownie Hawkeye – A Review of Mum’s Camera – By James Hanes

By James Hanes

First a confession: That photo isn’t Mom’s Kodak; but it’s just like it. Using a 1950's Kodak Brownie Hawkeye model with either 120 or 620 film and a bulb flash is easy and rewa...

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