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© Phil Maxwell, The Kiss, Brick Lane Laundrette, early 1980s. Shot on an Olympus XA2.

26 June, 2026

Phil Maxwell, the Olympus XA2, and the Street as Theatre

By Shafiur Rahman

26 June, 2026

/ Camera Theory, Olympus XA2, Phil Maxwell, /

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19 January, 2019

Function and Repair of Hasselblad Film Backs (A12 and others) – By Arild Edvard Båsmo

By ArilBas

If you are reading this, you might have a magazine with some problems. This piece is written to help you. I found there to be very little documentation on the repair of these, b...

18 January, 2019

Fuji Natura Black Review – For Late Night Shooting – By Marcus Harris

By Marcus Harris

Like all good stories, this one begins under the cloak of darkness... Having been photographing friends, mostly in nightclubs and gig venues with 35mm compacts (and the odd rang...

17 January, 2019

5 Frames with the Konica C35 – By Sam Hainsworth

By Samhainsworth

On a trip to New York, I stumbled on a tiny thrift store with a few old cameras toward the back. I didn't have a camera with me on this trip so thought I’d grab a 35mm point and...

16 January, 2019

5 Frames with a Fuji DL-510P Date – By Ashley Hall

By Ashley.bb

A few years ago I walked into a London camera shop and asked if they had a Contax T3 I could take a look at, they didn't. A staff member did point me towards something a bit mor...

15 January, 2019

5 Frames with a semi-broken Contax T on Neopan 400 – By Xiaosu Han

By Xiaosu Han

I had my eyes on this particular compact for a while already, seeing reports here and there, and once you see someone share really good results with a certain camera or lens, it...

14 January, 2019

Leica Standard Review – and some thoughts around the Benefits of Standardisation

By Hamish Gill

The Leica Standard, or Model E as it’s also known, was brought to market by Leitz in 1932, and with minor tweaks to its design, its production continued into the late 1940s. As ...

13 January, 2019

5 Frames With A Contax G2 – By Floyd K. Takeuchi

By Floyd K. Takeuchi

I’ve had the good fortune over the past 20+ years to be able to travel at least once or twice a year to Tokyo, Japan for work projects as well as on my own time and dime. Before...

12 January, 2019

Film Photography Shows Why Private Property and Capitalist Markets Work Well – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

If anyone had doubts about it, the comparison of digital photography and film photography presents a compelling argument for the norms of private property and the capitalist mar...

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