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25 June, 2025

The 21mm Focal Length (or Thereabouts) for Documentary Photography

By Simon King

25 June, 2025

/ 21mm Lens, Lens Theory, /

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23 September, 2018

Contax TVSiii Review (vs. the TVSii) – A One Roll Review

By Hamish Gill

The Contax TVSiii is the third and last in the range of “TVS” 35mm zoom cameras from Contax. You would think that being the last, it would be the best. Some people say it is, bu...

22 September, 2018

Fujica GS645 Professional – A 6×45 Rangefinder Review – By Rob Hawthorn

By Rob Hawthorn

I bought my Fujica GS645 a couple of years ago, after I decided no medium format SLR or TLR would ever be small or light enough for me to feel like carrying with me day-to-day j...

21 September, 2018

5 Frames with a Yashica T4 and a roll of Ilford FP4 – By Dave Donnelly

By Dave Donnelly

I picked my Yashcia T4 including the original box at a local car boot for a good price a couple of years ago and it’s taken this long to put a film in, use up the 36 exposures a...

20 September, 2018

5 frames with a Praktica MTL5 – By Ioana Trifu

By Ioana Trifu

I started with photography in my early teens, I then gravitated towards filmmaking and studied cinematography and documentary film at university. I’ve had the Praktica MTL 5 for...

18 September, 2018

Kodak Ektachrome E100 – A few Double Exposures – By Michael Turek

By Michael Turek

Left – Bisbee, AZ street scene / Right – A private security contractor patrolling an area of the border fence under construction in New Mexico. I recently shot two rolls of Ekta...

17 September, 2018

5 Frames with a Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 50mm f/2.8 Lens – By Cheyenne Morrison

By CheyenneMorrison

This is an article about one of my favourite vintage lenses, there is a whole story about how I found this lens, but the article will deal with why it’s unique. In pantheon of ...

17 September, 2018

5 Frames with a Konica Big Mini F – By Kamburger

By kamburger

Hi! I'm Kam, but you can call me Kamburger (because I love hamburgers). I have recently moved from Hong Kong to London for work. Hong Kong is such a busy and crowded city but I ...

16 September, 2018

Sharpness? A creative goal, but still not a prerequisite for a good photo, or: why I’m enjoying my Makina 67

By Hamish Gill

I recently wrote a post about sharpness being overrated where I ended up alluding to the question (somewhat rhetorically) of why we as photographers obsess to the degree we do o...

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