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Camera History

5 April, 2019

Voigtländer Vito BL Review – Compact Excellence – by Andrew Morang

By Kodachromeguy

Reading 35mmc can be dangerous to the pocketbook and can lead to GAS (no, not flatulence, but gear acquisition syndrome). I read several glowing articles here about Voigtländer ...
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1 April, 2018

Functionalist camera design, the Agfa 1035 and the Plaubel Makina 67

By Hamish Gill

The Agfa xx35 series of cameras (in this case the 1035) and the Plaubel Makina 67 are both wonderful examples of what what appears to be German functionalist industrial design. ...
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26 February, 2018

A National Geographic Find – by Chris Page

By pagespics

Holidays often provide the opportunity to explore new areas for Street Photography. However, for this break, I traveled to the far reaches of Pelorus Sounds in New Zealand. Beau...
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1 October, 2016

A brief history of Reid & Sigrist – Guest post by Wilson Laidlaw

By Wilson Laidlaw

In the great British tradition of “Keep calm and muddle through”, during WW2, British official war photographers had used a whole hodge podge of assorted cameras, ranging from l...
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3 April, 2014

The Genius of Barnack, a Leica iiia & how rangefinders found a home on 35mmc

By Hamish Gill

Until a few weeks ago I hadn’t held a Barnack Leica for a good few years, so long in fact that whilst I knew the name “Leica” when I did hold one, I had no rea...
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