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13 October, 2025

Wider Isn’t Always Better

By Andrew

13 October, 2025

/ Lens Theory, Rant, /

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A lot of people love wide angle lenses from Garry Winogrand, known for his street photography made with a 28mm lens to Alex Webb, who favors 28 and 35mm lenses to Magnum photographer Bruce Gilden, who is known to shoot almost exclusively with a 28...

13 October, 2025

Fujica AZ-1 Review – A Swansong for M42?

By Bob Janes

13 October, 2025

/ Fujica AZ-1, fujica slr, SLR Camera, /

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Fujica didn’t make a lot of interchangeable mount 35mm SLRs, but they did make some interesting ones. From 1970, with the introduction of the ST701, they produced a series of models in a variant of m42 mount. the 701 (introduced first) was an enth...

13 October, 2025

Mr. Ding Pactcron 35mm f/1.8 Review

By vincentbihler

13 October, 2025

/ 35mm Lens, Mr. Ding Pactcron 35mm, Rangefinder Lens, Wide-Angle Lens, /

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Mr. Ding might be one of the most discreet lens makers today, rarely releasing products under his own brand. Still, he’s the mind behind several lenses sold through other distributors such as Funleader and Artra. After the release of the 50mm f/1....

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28 October, 2019

Kodak P3200 at EI400 Pull-Processed in XTOL

By Hamish Gill

If you feel like you’ve seen some of these photos before, it’s because I shared them in a recent post about me most committing to shooting a Pentax MX for a little while. I was ...

27 October, 2019

5 Frames with the Nikon F100 and Kodak ColorPlus 200 – By Dhanesh R.

By dhaneshr

I have vivid memory using my dad's Mamiya ZE Quartz which I very much wanted to learn how to use, but never did. Years later, as I started my first job, I decided to put conscio...

26 October, 2019

NEWS: New Ilford Photo Ortho Film, a Liquid Filled lens from Lomography and more

By Hamish Gill

A few bits of news this week, the first is from Ilford photo who, after a week or so of teasing us all on social media, have released Ilford Otho Plus Film as well as upgrading ...

26 October, 2019

5 frames from Mo’orea with a Nikonos III – by Marc Gabor

By marcgabor

To most people “Tahiti” immediately conjures up images of paradise; aquamarine lagoons, palm trees and volcanic peaks jutting out of the middle of the pacific. Tahiti is in fact...

25 October, 2019

Yashica Electro 35 GS – A Personal Journey to Find My Perfect Rangefinder Camera – By Salman Rameli

By salmanrameli

My name is Salman Rameli, a 23 years old software developer from Surabaya, Indonesia. My interest in photography started when I was 6 years old, after my father bought a Canon P...

24 October, 2019

Ilford FP4+ – My First Roll Review – By Gavin Bain

By GavinBain

Options. One of the many things that I really love in regards to film photography is the options. You have a plethora of different cameras and lenses to choose from, different f...

23 October, 2019

5 Frames with an Olympus XA4 – with Wen Zeng

By Wen Zeng

When I started shooting film in high school and started doing research on old film cameras, I was immediately captivated by the Olympus XA series for its diminutive size and len...

22 October, 2019

Yashica Electro 35 – A mini review at The Mission Inn – By Eric Norris

By Eric Norris

The Yashica Electro 35 is one of those cameras that the "in-the-know" rangefinder experts insist we must own. It's a classically styled full-frame 35mm camera with a nice lens t...

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