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17 June, 2025

Thypoch Simera 21mm f/1.4 ASPH review

By vincentbihler

17 June, 2025

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12 December, 2021

Montserrat Underground – Two visits 25 years apart – By Jordi Fradera

By Jordi Fradera

"Mountain sawn by angels", so says the hymn of the Montserrat monastery. This mountain is a symbol of Catalonia and on its steep north slope is located the monastery (720 m.) th...

11 December, 2021

Toy Camera Share Project – The First Three Photographers – By Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

About a year ago I posted a review of the Panorama Wide Pic. A toy camera that I was planning on sending around the UK for others to shoot and share results.I've been meaning to...

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...

9 December, 2021

A Year in Slide Film Part 1 – Shooting – By Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

I was originally put off shooting slide film because I had heard that you needed to be incredibly precise with your exposure otherwise the whole shot would be ruined. Frankly, w...

8 December, 2021

5 Frames From a Trip to Sainsburys – Nikon F3 with HP5 – By Thorsten Wulff

By thorsten

England is full of amazingly nice people. After Germany was removed from the Amber List, and quarantine in a British hotel no longer needed, Nadja and me jumped into the camper ...

7 December, 2021

Getting the Shot: A Hybrid Workflow Odyssey – By Jamie Winder

By Jamie Winder

I am not a purist. Not when it comes to the things I enjoy, nor the way I work, and definitely not in the way I approach photography. I love shooting film, but will spend time i...

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 ...

5 December, 2021

Carbon: A Photographic Project – By Dan Zorg

By danzorg

Carbon is a photography project shot by me and my friend Fabio Passoni from 2020 and the beginning of 2021, in the middle of the Covid pandemic. In late summer of 2019 we had ju...

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