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18 May, 2025

Shooting Italian 5 birilli

By Andrea Monti

18 May, 2025

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2 September, 2021

Jena BM 80mm f/2.8 – Fixed and Adapted to a Sony for Shooting Beautiful Roses – By Jordi Fradera

By Jordi Fradera

This is a new adventure with a Jena BM 80mm f/2.8 lens that belongs to the Praktisix. This is a lens that my friend Carles has loaned to me. The camera that has already done its...

1 September, 2021

Empty Paris – Covid 19 & Parisian Walks with a Minox 35ML – Angèle Fourteau

By Angele Fourteau

April 2021. France was again in a state quarantine due to Covid 19's third wave. We were restricted to an area of 10km around home plus a night curfew. From my teeny tiny flat, ...

30 August, 2021

Aperture Zero 03. GAS

By Merik

Is a ‘strong sense of listlessness’ even a thing? The Pipes Man was distracted. His day-to-day, the sustenance stuff, the things that objectively matter were slipp...

30 August, 2021

Sony A7iii Mini-Review – Finding the Darkside

By Hamish Gill

It’s taken me 3 generations of Sony full frame mirrorless cameras to get used to the things, but I can now quite comfortably say that I’ve found a certain amount of peace with t...

29 August, 2021

Aperture Zero 02. Glazed Youth

By Merik

Should he try to meet her glazed gaze through the glass? The girl had no expression. That could just be the vibe here, but it was boring; he could anger her by showing his inten...

29 August, 2021

Juggling Parenting and Film Photography – by Richard McKenzie

By Richard McKenzie

It’s a cliché but it’s true: everything changes the moment you become a parent. There’s the stuff they tell you about—the crying, the nappies, the many, many sleepless nights—an...

28 August, 2021

5 Frames with a Rolleiflex 2.8F – A Lifetime Partner – By Floyd Takeuchi

By Floyd K. Takeuchi

Like many a photographer, I’ve accumulated a couple of drawers worth of cameras and lenses. In my case, reflecting the fact that I’ve owned a camera since 1963, when I was given...

27 August, 2021

Aperture Zero 01. The Pipes Man

By Merik

With one hand cradling a cigarette inwards, sheltering it from the clear sky, he extended his other arm perpendicular to the horizon. Well steadied, he stared ahead beyond the m...

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