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23 June, 2025

Thypoch Simera 21mm f/1.4 ASPH review

By vincentbihler

23 June, 2025

/ 21mm Lens, Rangefinder Lens, Thypoch Lens, Thypoch Simera 21mm, Wide-Angle Lens, /

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22 October, 2018

5 Frames With A Leica Tele-Elmarit 90mm f/2.8 – by Aukje

By Aukje

Although I mostly shoot a 50mm Summilux on my Leica M2, I do enjoy a different focal length every now and then. What I don't like is adding lots of weight to my bag. The one len...

21 October, 2018

Voigtlander 50mm f/2.5 Color-Skopar Leica Thread Mount Lens Review

By Hamish Gill

I recently bought myself a Voigtlander 50mm f/2.5 Color-Skopar. I’d been looking for a lens to compliment my 50mm ZM Sonnar that took, frankly, less energy to use. I wanted an i...

20 October, 2018

A Mamiya 67 instant camera, or: Creating the Maminstax – By Victor Doroshenko

By vzzdor

The first time I saw Mamiya RB67, it was love at first sight. It was a chance coincidence that we met at all, on the net, as usual, without seeing each other in person. And, as ...

19 October, 2018

5 Frames with a Mamiya Sekor 80mm f/1.9 and Mamiya 645 1000s – By Aivaras

By Aivaras

I've shoot film since 2012. I started out with a 35mm SLR’s and then after a while of fighting with urge to dip into medium format, I eventually gave up. One of reasons to make ...

18 October, 2018

5 Frames With a Fujica GL690 – by Denys Trofimchuk

By denysphoto

If you are like me, you are into cameras with the “wow” factor — rare, a bit weird, a bit underrated, and so forth. Maybe, it’s the desire to overcompensate for the lack of skil...

17 October, 2018

Konica Tomato – Five Frames – By Kevan Wilkinson

By Kevan Wilkinson

These days, I shoot digital photography most of the time, but I always bring one of my film cameras wherever I go, just in case I see something that warrants analog photography....

16 October, 2018

Schneider 45mm f/2.8 Xenar to Leica M mount Conversion – By Ellis Ley

By ellisley

I had a request from my friend Ollie to look into some possible donor cameras he had to make a new conversion. The final lens can be seen above, but the pre-existing parts and ...

15 October, 2018

5 Frames with a Canon A-1 – By Ollie Lattin

By Ollie Lattin

I started shooting film last year, and I’ve been pretty obsessed with it since then. After experimenting with a cheap Samsung AF zoom for a month and getting very mediocre resul...

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