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7Artisans 35mm 1.8 AF

6 November, 2025

7Artisans 35mm 1.8 AF (Z Mount) Review

By Hamish Gill

6 November, 2025

/ 35mm Lens, 7Artisans 35mm 1.8 AF, Mirrorless Lens, Wide-Angle Lens, /

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As part of my transition from Sony to Nikon for my primary digital camera I am going to be testing a few more lenses from the budget end of the market. The next one the list is this, the surprisingly interesting 7Artisans 35mm 1.8 AF. I have menti...

Lockdown 2025

6 November, 2025

By Geoff Chaplin

6 November, 2025

/ Landscape Photography, SmartPhone Camera, /

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We got back in the afternoon having spent several days in Osaka – for the centre of Hokkaido it was a reasonable temperature, around 9 degrees (48 in old money), but in the evening the weather was horrible, heavy rain and a storm. The house was co...

Minolta X700 SLR with two lenses and old camera bag.

6 November, 2025

5 Frames at Penmon Point

By Nic

6 November, 2025

/ Ilford Film, ilford FP4+, Minolta X-700, /

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A trip to north Wales provided a long overdue opportunity for some ‘proper’ photography. To me that means picking up my camera and going out with the sole purpose of creating photographic images, as distinct from a walk or a visit with the camera...

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12 January, 2022

5 Frames with an Argus/Cosina STL and Fomapan 400 after the Season’s First Snow – By Dan Smouse

By Dan Smouse

Stopping at the local Salvation Army store whenever I find myself in Kenai has become a regular tradition for me. I go there looking for the underappreciated film cameras of yea...

11 January, 2022

Chroma Snapshot mini-review – Fun with a 3D printed large format customized camera – By Oleg (Boris) Dyachenko

By Oleg Dyachenko

I love the look that the images shot with a large format camera give you. My old wooden Tachihara camera had lots of adjustments, leaky bellows and needed to be shot on a tripod...

9 January, 2022

Hollywood Sunset – An Analog Experience with a Nikon and a 3D printed 4×5 – By Oleg (Boris) Dyachenko

By Oleg Dyachenko

I am Boris, and here’s my story about a photo project I started in 2019. Even though the 2020 events changed its course quite a bit, I was still able to finish it and make it in...

8 January, 2022

5 Frames with Babylon 13, Ilfosol 3 and a Petri 2.8 – A Slowly Developing Relationship

By John Pemberton

Part of my journey back into B&W film photography has been experimenting with different film types for different situations. I have developed a love of using Ilford Delta 100 f...

7 January, 2022

Is Bulk Loaded Cine Film a Panacea for Rising Film Prices? – By Matt Wright

By Matthew Wright

In November 2021, Kodak announced a film price increase. Some members of the film community lashed out on social media critical of the price increase. Measured thinkers reasoned...

6 January, 2022

5 Frames with a Minolta Hi-Matic G – A Joint Effort – By Peter Roberts

By Peter Roberts

I know it's a naff way to start but I didn't intend to buy this camera. Apart from a couple of favourites that I use on a regular basis I've got a waiting list of more than enou...

5 January, 2022

5 Frames on FP4 and a Tamron 70-210 at Le Mans in 1993 – By Nik Stanbridge

By Nik Stanbridge

I was a devoted and habitual attendee at Le Mans in the late 80s and early 90s, having discovered it in my youth when the start of the legendary race was a rare and short item o...

4 January, 2022

Zenith Nature – drone photography – by Michele Molinari

By Michele Molinari

The Zenith Nature project was born from my fascination with nature and technology. It all began when I bought a drone, a couple of years ago, but I really got a kick out of it d...

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