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3 November, 2025

5 Frames from a cheap and simple camera – and a very rare one too

By Chris Giles

3 November, 2025

/ Kentmere 100, Kentmere Film, Neo Fot A, /

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8 February, 2018

5 frames with a Bessaflex and CZJ Flektogon 2.4/35mm – by Son Pham

By Son Pham

When I say I use a Flektogon about 95% of the time, many people raise their eye-brows especially here in London. The QC standard for these lenses was inconsistent, and good copi...

7 February, 2018

5 Frames With a Leica M7 – by Adam Laws

By Adam Laws

The five images herewith are from my last shoots with the Leica M7, before I sold it. Leica, and rangefinders in general are typically associated with reportage and street photo...

6 February, 2018

5 Frames with an Olympus E-M10 by Vlado Ondrejovic

By Vladimir Ondrejovic

One does always wonder about its decision of buying a new camera. Three years ago, I made a lucky step forward and grabbed a new Olympus E-M10, along with Zuiko 17mm f/1.8. I mu...

5 February, 2018

London Comic Con on Three Rolls of XP2 and a Leica CL – by Simon King

By Simon King

I’ve been photographing Comic Con for a while now, both to produce images for placement but also as part of an ongoing personal project, for which I’ve only recently...

4 February, 2018

Leica Monochrom (M9M) review – for the love of black and white

By Hamish Gill

The Leica Monochrom is a camera that provides something rarely found in digital cameras - it provides a completely unique shooting experience. I’ve been fascinated by the idea o...

3 February, 2018

Yashica T2 Review: A Noisy Companion – by John Lee

By John Lee

In my pursuit of a point and shoot film camera, I found myself drawn to the Yashica T series because of (A) the high-quality Zeiss lenses and (B) Contax Ts are way out of my bud...

2 February, 2018

The Sunbeams Analogue Photography News – Architecture & Adventures

By Sunny 16 Podcast

And just like that we hit February! Apparently by the end of this week, 80% of New Year resolutions will have fallen to the wayside so if your intentions were to start (or stop)...

1 February, 2018

5 Frames with Bell & Howell Fixed Focus Camera – By Howard Dale

By Howard Dale

When I retired in 2012 I was cleaning out my desk and came across a small, plastic camera with the name “Bell and Howell” on the front. I have no idea where it came fr...

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