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27 October, 2025

My Favorite Photo of 2025?

By David Pauley

27 October, 2025

/ Street & Urban Photography, /

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As I write these words it is mid-September, with almost a third of 2025 yet to go, yet I’m nonetheless fairly certain that the image above will turn out to be my favorite of the year. I wasn’t expecting this when I took the photo or wh...

27 October, 2025

Leica vs Leica – M vs R cameras & lenses and thoughts on Rangefinders & SLR’s

By Scott Ferguson

27 October, 2025

/ Camera Theory, Lens Theory, /

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If someone handed you two high end cameras — a rangefinder and an SLR — which would you pick up first? Which would you end up sticking with as your ‘when in doubt’/desert island camera? What factors would influence thos...

27 October, 2025

Viltrox 85mm 1.8 STM II (Nikon Z Mount) Review

By Hamish Gill

27 October, 2025

/ 85mm Lens, Mirrorless Lens, Telephoto Lens, Viltrox 85mm 1.8, Viltrox Lens, /

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I don’t review modern autofocus lenses all that often, but recently – for reasons I will come to in a moment – I have begun to find them increasingly interesting. Actually more specifically, it’s the more budget end of the marketplace ...

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8 October, 2016

Ricoh FF9s Review – with a roll of IR friendly Rollei 80s – by Ivan B. Palli

By Ivan B. Palli

These year's long holidays have been to southern Greece and I decided to take with me a recently purchased Ricoh FF9s and a roll of IR friendly Rollei 80s, along with a red filt...

7 October, 2016

My Thoughts After One Year Of Shooting Film – by Aukje

By Aukje

A year ago I posted my first guest post on this website, and I thought that this one-year anniversary called for a recap, a moment of contemplation to investigate where I stand ...

1 October, 2016

A brief history of Reid & Sigrist – Guest post by Wilson Laidlaw

By Wilson Laidlaw

In the great British tradition of “Keep calm and muddle through”, during WW2, British official war photographers had used a whole hodge podge of assorted cameras, ranging from l...

26 September, 2016

Leica C2 Zoom Review – A Mind of Its Own – by Torsten Kathke

By Torsten Kathke

The dream is that someone will just give you a Leica. The dream is alive. Well, at least it is not completely dead. I was given a Leica C2 Zoom.

24 September, 2016

Canon Sprint Review (or AF35j, Jet or Autoboy Lite)

By Hamish Gill

I spent a couple of weeks taking snaps with a little Canon Sprint. It wasn’t a camera I chose for its merits, nor did I know what the roll of film contained within it was....

23 September, 2016

Nikon 310 Zoom – review by Andrew

By and

One December evening I happened to be browsing and, wandering over to 35mmc, noticed that Hamish was very generously giving away a stack of compacts. The only catch was that a r...

21 September, 2016

35mm Compact Camera Photographer #23 – Anil Mistry

By Anil Mistry

I’ve been on a bit of a roll lately – some of you will have an intimate knowledge of this feeling. Every single charity shop or car boot sale I go to has been yielding vin...

17 September, 2016

Leica CL Review (The Film Camera)

By Hamish Gill

The Leica CL, along with its contemporary cousin the Leica M5, comes from a time in Leica's history that seems to have been a little rocky to say the least. Yet whilst Leica suf...

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Alexandre Kreisman on Leica vs Leica – M vs R cameras & lenses and thoughts on Rangefinders & SLR’s
Nice article Scott!, I wouldn't have thought about that kind of comparaison! What might add to your article (although you…
David Pauley on Coney Island with A Tele-Rolleiflex
Thank you so much, Scott! The Tele-Rolleiflex is an amazing piece of gear for sure, especially outdoors with some breathing…
Scott Ferguson on Leica vs Leica – M vs R cameras & lenses and thoughts on Rangefinders & SLR’s
Hey Stefan, Great conversation! I'm interested in how you use Aperture Priority, and no reason to be ashamed. I use…

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