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3 December, 2025

Night Shooting on Halloween with a Leica M3 and a Contax T2

By Scott Ferguson

3 December, 2025

/ Contax T2, Leica M3, Street & Urban Photography, /

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Halloween, 2025 has been on my calendar as a shooting opportunity for a couple of months. In NYC the scale of the revelry is epic, including a giant parade in the West Village and all day fun for all ages. My favorite subject for 2025 has been p...

A square image of A Covered shopping arcade in the evening

3 December, 2025

A Covered shopping arcade in the evening – My Favorite Photo of 2025

By Keith A Yeo

3 December, 2025

/ Architectural Photography, photo of the year 2025, /

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2025 involved me traveling a bit for work and pleasure. On one particular trip, my partner accompanied me to Prague and Vienna for a few days before she flew back and I remained in Prague for a conference. Having left my partner, I found myself un...

3 December, 2025

5 Frames with the Pentax K SMC 85mm f/2.2 Soft Focus Lens

By mark stein

3 December, 2025

/ Pentax K SMC 85mm f/2.2 Soft Focus, Soft focus, /

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What started as an experiment out of curiosity has apparently become serious, or at least a lot more expensive: I’ve bought a “proper” Soft Focus lens, and I have a slight unease about the prospect that it might not be my last. I...

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23 March, 2018

One Good Photo of Everybody – by Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

Now as never before I like looking at people. My obsession with taking photos has made me much more interested in other people. I have to be careful not to stare at strangers. B...

22 March, 2018

5 Frames with an Olympus Trip 35 – By Huy Le

By Huy Le

It's been 8 months since I made the decision to leave Australia and move to Osaka, Japan and it's been an incredible experience. One of the biggest challenges I had when packing...

21 March, 2018

5 Frames with a Canon AT-1 and a Roll of Redscale – by Toby Van de Velde

By TobyVPhoto

I have had my Canon AT-1 for 30 years this year, my first ‘proper’ camera when I first started to study photography in the 6th Form. I took it to Iceland with a 28mm f2.8 lens, ...

21 March, 2018

Kodak Ektra Mobile Phone Review – By JK Lockwood

By JK LOCKWOOD

When I first read about the Kodak Ektra smartphone, I was intrigued. A phone with an honest-to-goodness camera, designed by Kodak specifically for photographers! However, when i...

19 March, 2018

Shooting Film on Assignment: Can it Compete with Digital? – by Simon King

By Simon King

Shooting film for commissioned work is unfortunately becoming much rarer, despite the efforts of communities like this blog to keep the medium alive. For hobbyists and fine arti...

18 March, 2018

What is a Rangefinder Camera, and is one right for you?

By Hamish Gill

For many photographers rangefinder cameras are some of the most simple, easy to use, unimposing and inconspicuous cameras available. Yet for those who don’t get on with them, th...

17 March, 2018

The Sunbeams Analogue Photography News – Negatives Positive and Self Portraits

By The Sunbeams

Greetings and shutter actuations film fans for another round up of the comings (and goings) at Sunny 16 Towers. March came in like a snow covered Lion, but we dug ourselves out ...

17 March, 2018

Canon 7 Review – by Terry B.

By Terry B

I recall as a 16-year old and having taken up photography about a year earlier, seeing in the photographic press the arrival of the Canon 7 with a lens of the simply unheard of ...

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Andrew on 5 Frames with a FED-3 Rangefinder with Industar 61 L/D 2.8/55mm
I have a copy of the Industar 55mm 61 L/D Tessar-type lens on its way to me thanks to this…
Steve Harper on A Covered shopping arcade in the evening – My Favorite Photo of 2025
Those last comments about health and love. It really moves me. Thanks…..I guess.
Art Meripol on Night Shooting on Halloween with a Leica M3 and a Contax T2
Love both the M3 and the T2 shots. Each has its own look and value. In total a great combo…

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