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27 October, 2025

My Favorite Photo of 2025?

By David Pauley

27 October, 2025

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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 & SLRs

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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12 September, 2016

Olympus OM4Ti review – a ‘compact’ SLR Camera – by Guy

By GW

Is the Olympus OM4ti camera relevant for 35mmc? I think so. The word “compact” is relative and open to interpretation. There are compact cars and compact vans for example; a ‘co...

10 September, 2016

35mm Compact Camera Photographer #22 – Mickaël André

By Mika

With all these cameras, it’s always about comfort to use, and the simplicity I need in a lot of things in life. I have to feel that the camera isn’t something bothering to carry...

10 September, 2016

Contax TVS Review – The ‘Executive’ Compact Zoom – By Eddy

By Eddy

The Contax TVS is a fancy compact zoom camera from the mid nineties. Its body is made out of Titanium, it has a really nice Zeiss Vario-Sonar zoom lens and a good range of sensi...

8 September, 2016

How to: 28mm & finder for your Leica on a pensioner’s budget – by Geoff Radnor

By Geoff

My first Leica was an M2 in 1959 it came with a 5cm 2.8 Elmar to which were added over time a 9cm and a 13.5cm. I never did get a wide angle 3.5cm, but what a nice viewfinder th...

4 September, 2016

35mm Compact Camera Photographer #21 – Luis Diaz

By Sunkenrat

I put down my medium format cameras and large 35mm SLR's, and picked up a single lensed, single range compact point and shoot. With minimalistic in features and options, it was ...

2 September, 2016

Diversity and the Traveling Yashica in Dubai, UAE

By Walaa Alshaer

I was lucky to have the Traveling Yashica for 2 days. I have been always a fan of film cameras and film effects, although I do own a very old manual film Yashica, but I never g...

29 August, 2016

Contact (Tango) Sheet – The photo and camera that won a Leica M4 – By Julián Péter

By Julián Péter

What a competition! 373 amazing photographs, the quality was very high and in the end it was a neck and neck race. Hamish asked me to do this AL (Anno Leica) post to show the pr...

27 August, 2016

Hasselblad Xpan with a Nikon 35mm PC shift lens – FAQ

By Hamish Gill

A week or so ago I shot a quick test roll through the Hasselblad Xpan II with a Nikon 35mm PC lens attached to the front of it. I had a lot of questions about that set up, so I ...

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Craig Wantuch on 7Artisans 60mm 2.8 Macro Lenses – A Comparison of Two Lenses for Film Scanning
Thank you for this test. I recently updated my film scanning to use micro 4/3 with an OM-1 Mk II…
Hamish Gill on Viltrox 85mm 1.8 STM II (Nikon Z Mount) Review
I'm after an D810 myself at the minute too. I was going to get an adapter for the Z to…
Tony Warren on Twin Lens Reflex – My Experiences and Thoughts on this Camera Type – Show and Tell
Thanks Art - they are quite seductive - or was it the girlfriend? Loved my Mamiya and the lenses were/are…

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