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27 October, 2025

My Favorite Photo of 2025?

By David Pauley

27 October, 2025

/ Street & Urban Photography, /

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As I write these words it is mid-September, with almost a third of 2025 yet to go, yet I’m nonetheless fairly certain that the image above will turn out to be my favorite of the year. I wasn’t expecting this when I took the photo or wh...

27 October, 2025

Leica vs Leica – M vs R cameras & lenses and thoughts on Rangefinders & SLRs

By Scott Ferguson

27 October, 2025

/ Camera Theory, Lens Theory, /

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If someone handed you two high end cameras — a rangefinder and an SLR — which would you pick up first? Which would you end up sticking with as your ‘when in doubt’/desert island camera? What factors would influence thos...

27 October, 2025

Viltrox 85mm 1.8 STM II (Nikon Z Mount) Review

By Hamish Gill

27 October, 2025

/ 85mm Lens, Mirrorless Lens, Telephoto Lens, Viltrox 85mm 1.8, Viltrox Lens, /

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I don’t review modern autofocus lenses all that often, but recently – for reasons I will come to in a moment – I have begun to find them increasingly interesting. Actually more specifically, it’s the more budget end of the marketplace ...

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29 November, 2022

5 Frames with a Contax G2, Zeiss Biogon 2.8 / 21 and Portra 160 – Images of a Monster – By Bill Brown — by William Brown

By Bill Brown

I was driving back to my home in a suburb of north Ft. Worth, Texas when I spotted a monster. I've never had the opportunity to be this close to such a creature but I didn’t wan...

28 November, 2022

Super Ikonta 532/16 Review – An Ikon – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

The Ikonta range of folding medium format cameras complemented Zeiss Ikon's Contax ‘system’ camera. They combined quality optics with leaf shutters in sophisticated bodies. The ...

27 November, 2022

5 frames with Canon EOS 30 and Kodak Ektar 100 – By Paolo Lucente

By Paolo Lucente

In July 2021 with some friends, we went to the sunny city of Cadiz in Spain for a wedding of ours. I had just started shooting film photography some months earlier with the old ...

26 November, 2022

5 frames with my Pentax MX and Ilford Delta 3200 on a Bright Summer Day – By Armando Caballero

By Armando Caballero

I know that you normally would not expect to find the words “Ilford Delta 3200” and “bright summer day” in the same sentence. But let me tell you the story of how I ended up sho...

25 November, 2022

pixl-latr Review – A Film Scanning Gadget for Someone Who Hates Gadgets – By Nick Davis

By Nick Davis

Let me preface this pixl-latr review with a confession that I am spectacularly impatient. I’m not restless, and I’m not in an unreasonable hurry. Those things are sort of incomp...

24 November, 2022

Shooting Mum’s Agfa Silette with a Roll of Kodak Gold 200 – By Stuart Watchorn

By Stuart Watchorn

1964. My parents had just sold their service station / taxi / towtruck / mechanical repair business. They decided to take a 12 month sabbatical and dad had bought a caravan shel...

22 November, 2022

5 Frames with a Leica M3 in the Singapore Botanic Gardens – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

I've studied and worked in several countries, but my current workplace, at least in terms of location, is definitely my favourite. It's located inside the Singapore Botanic Gard...

21 November, 2022

Techart Pro LM-EA9 Auto Focus Lens Adapter Review

By Hamish Gill

I love my manual focus Leica mount lenses, they are increasingly the main reason why I keep my m-mount digital cameras. With that said, sometimes I go through phases where my ap...

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Craig Wantuch on 7Artisans 60mm 2.8 Macro Lenses – A Comparison of Two Lenses for Film Scanning
Thank you for this test. I recently updated my film scanning to use micro 4/3 with an OM-1 Mk II…
Hamish Gill on Viltrox 85mm 1.8 STM II (Nikon Z Mount) Review
I'm after an D810 myself at the minute too. I was going to get an adapter for the Z to…
Tony Warren on Twin Lens Reflex – My Experiences and Thoughts on this Camera Type – Show and Tell
Thanks Art - they are quite seductive - or was it the girlfriend? Loved my Mamiya and the lenses were/are…

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