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25 June, 2025

Shooting Sanda (Chinese Kickboxing) Bouts

By Andrea Monti

25 June, 2025

/ Pentax K1 II, Pentax-FA 80-200mm F2.8 ED, Sports Photography, /

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12 October, 2019

5 Frames with Leica IIIg with Fuji Sensia 100 and Superia 400 – By Rob MacKillop

By Rob MacKillop

Getting a new old film camera is always a little nerve wracking, to me at least. Will I be able to operate it correctly, understand its pros and cons, and work with them, etc? W...

11 October, 2019

Cosina CT-1 and its Lengthy Legacy – By Ben O’Keeffe

By Ben O'Keeffe

On an undisclosed date in September, 1979, Cosina released the CT-1 to little fanfare. After all, it was hardly a game changer. The CT-1 is a 35mm SLR with a Copal Square shutte...

10 October, 2019

5 Frames with Rollei Infrared 400, a Leica M7 and Voigtlander Color Skopar 21mm f/4 – Steven Bleistein

By Steven Bleistein

Infrared film photography has always intrigued me as a way of getting some unusual effects. I had a roll Rollei Infrared 400 which I had been wanting to try out for a while, but...

9 October, 2019

5 frames with the Kodak 66 model III – by Michael Scott

By scottfotodotcom

Folders like the Kodak 66, which dates from the mid 1950’s, are excellent examples of how compact and useable the 6x6 format can be in spite of the film’s size. I had wanted to ...

8 October, 2019

5 Frames in Paris with an Agfa Half-Frame Flea Market Find – By Eric Norris

By Eric Norris

One of my goals when visiting Paris recently was to scour the used camera stores on the Boulevard Beaumarchais, well-known for their great selection of interesting gear. Alas, m...

7 October, 2019

Inchindown: Why make photography so hard? An Interview with Simon & Dave

By Hamish Gill

The above video is a bit of a preview video of the forthcoming documentary film 'Simon and Dave’s One Shot: Inchindown'. I've been lucky enough to see an early draft of the enti...

6 October, 2019

5 Frames with Kodak T-Max 400 – by Simon King

By Simon King

T-Max 400 has an odd place in my film workflow, as although I rate what it offers aesthetically very highly, I find myself choosing not to shoot it that often, opting instead fo...

6 October, 2019

(First) 5 Frames with the Leica Monochrom and 7Artisans 50mm f/1.1 – By Rob MacKillop

By Rob MacKillop

After a bit of a windfall, I suddenly found myself able to indulge in a camera I had been intrigued by, and yes, consequently lusted after since it first arrived on the scene: t...

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Alejandro on Weston Master V – a Review of the Masterful Exposure Meter
I´ve got exactly one of these by the earlies 2000. Unfortunatelly the cell on mine was dead (which frecuently is…
Ibraar Hussain on Village walks and Life in The Rural Punjab – With a Konica Minolta Dynax Maxxum 7D
Thanks Rich, I must look that book up! My favourite is 'Kashmir by Francis Younghusband' no photos, but beautiful watercolour…
Ibraar Hussain on Village walks and Life in The Rural Punjab – With a Konica Minolta Dynax Maxxum 7D
Thanks John I think they were frightened off by a few Black Kites which then claimed the Minaret! hehe!

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