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2 November, 2025

My (Brief) Life as a Documentary Photographer

By Jeremy Rata

2 November, 2025

/ Documentary Photography, Reflecting on the past, /

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12 November, 2024

Thypoch 50mm 1.4 Simera review – A high spec rangefinder lens!

By Hamish Gill

I don’t often think of rangefinder lenses as being high spec. Being for manual cameras and requiring no electronic communication with the camera to work properly, they are by mo...

11 November, 2024

5 Frames with my Canon A1 and a roll of Ilford Pan F

By Cameron Kilpatrick

The Canon A1, released in 1978 was way ahead of it competition and further adding to the “prosumer” camera market. The following is from camera-wiki.org “It wa...

11 November, 2024

Pentax PC35AF-M – A Mini-Review

By Charles Higham

In 1982 Pentax launched its first autofocus compact camera in the shape of the Pentax PC35AF. It had a 35mm f/2.8 lens and manual film wind and a chunky, boxy styling softened w...

10 November, 2024

5 Frames With the Leica M8 in Providence, Rhode Island

By LASousa

I walked about with this beautiful old box recently in the downtown Providence, Rhode Island area. Providence is a small city bathed in colors from the work of the active arts c...

10 November, 2024

5 Frames with Contax T and Fomapan 200

By Matt Benton

It’s been years since I shot 35mm film. With costs rising, and mediocre flatbed scans as my output, I was easily convinced that the format was not worth the effort. I had ...

9 November, 2024

Kodak Tourist – The Most “Transformable” MF Folder?

By Dave Powell

It’s possible that Kodak’s last medium-format folding cameras – the Tourist line – may also be the most transformable MF “pocket folders” ever made by anybody. Since...

9 November, 2024

5 frames with a Rolleicord Va on Lomography Purple

By Francois Marlier

Every once in a while since trying it for the first time, I get the itch to shoot some Lomography Purple; I enjoy the colour shifts, the surprise and excitement when I get the s...

The Leica M5 with a box of CineStill 50D

8 November, 2024

5 Frames in Berlin on a Leica M5 with CineStill 50D

By James Kezman

Berlin is a tale of two cities. In the winter months, it is dark, cold and cloistered; one hurries between destinations so as to not feel the bite of the ever present wind. The ...

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