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7 July, 2025

Rectaflex 1000 – A Review of a (very) Early Pentaprism VF SLR

By Jim Palmer

7 July, 2025

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13 November, 2019

Studying Eisenstaedt – By Frank Wu

By frankhwu

Since taking up photography, I have tried to see as much of the art as practicable. Most recently, I visited Hillwood in Washington, D.C., the primary estate of the late Marjori...

13 November, 2019

Balda Baldix – A mini-review of 1950’s Folder – By Dave Donnelly

By Dave Donnelly

I forget how I acquired this Balda Baldix camera but I love the compact nature of it, and how it "pops" out at the touch of button on top which never fails to amuse me. This is ...

12 November, 2019

Fuji C200 Review – A short note on my Enduring Love for this film – By Phil Stefans

By PhilStefans

OK yes it’s cheap. Fuji C200 is one of the cheapest 35mm colour films on the market. But if Portra 400 was the same price as C200, I’d still pick the Fuji most of the time. I’m ...

11 November, 2019

Pentax MX – My Nuts and Bolts Review

By Hamish Gill

I recently kicked off a bit of a series of posts talking about my experiences with my Pentax MX. In that first post, I talked a bit about how I didn’t want to just review the ca...

10 November, 2019

Olympus XA – Digital Palate Cleansing – By Ed Lara

By Photoedontheweb

As much as I love the immediacy of digital photography, I occasionally get overwhelmed and overloaded by the sheer volume of images I take with my digital cameras or my iPhone. ...

9 November, 2019

5 Frames with the Bronica ETRsi + 500mm f/8 EII – By Wyatt Ryan

By Wyatt Ryan

For a steal on eBay, I acquired a Bronica ETRsi and 5 different lenses, inside a Pelican case, for just under $400. The 500mm f/8 EII lens takes up a quarter of the space in the...

8 November, 2019

Rolleiflex SL35 mini-review- A Gorgeous Under-The-Radar SLR – By Recky Reck.

By Recky

In early 2019, my interest in analogue photography was suddenly rekindled after a hiatus of a mere 35 years – as a teenager I had discovered my grandfather’s 6×6 fold...

7 November, 2019

Why Are You Carrying The Camera? – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

“Why are you carrying the camera,” asked my colleague the curmudgeon. We were having lunch around the corner from the school. He in fact is much nicer than he pretends to be, an...

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