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17 March, 2026
Yashica FR-1 – The Contax RTS for the budget-conscious
Hello again, dear 35mmc friends! If my research is correct, this is the first article about the Yashica SLR FR-1 in 35mmc. This shows that once again I have something more obscu...
17 March, 2026
Separate but Together – A Father/Son Journey – Part 1
Here we are: me (left) on one of the main corners of the Ginza in Tokyo last month (Dec 2025) and Dad (right) in the summer of 1979. Somewhere near Seattle, if my memory serves....
16 March, 2026
Thypoch Simera 28mm f/1.4 ASPH on my Leica M6 – Second Guessing Myself in the Form of a Long-Term Review
The first question I need to ponder for this particular lens seems to be whether it’s worth no longer being able to pocket my M with it on during my commute. I am spoiled ...
Across this set, the Carl Zeiss Ultron 50mm 1.8 performs as expected: good microcontrast and local separation, reasonably crisp edge definition where focus is placed, and a gene...
14 March, 2026
Squares vs. Rectangles in Photography
My photographic archive, viewed from a certain altitude, resembles nothing more than a collection of rectangles and squares. The rectangles come from my 35mm cameras, while the ...
13 March, 2026
Twelve Months of 4×5 – A One Shot Story
This is a one shot start to the story, so to speak… it’s of an Old wooden structure on the shore of the Solway Firth, Cumbria, England taken with an Arca Swiss 4×5 Ca...
13 March, 2026
5 lenses for the Nikonos amphibious cameras compared
The Nikonos are a series of amphibious cameras that Nikon developed starting in the early 1960’s and discontinued in 2001. There were five models (the original, based on t...
12 March, 2026
A Bazaar Moment – A One-Shot Story
This photograph was taken about 45 years ago, when I was in my late teens. I’ve shown it before as part of a larger article featuring several images from the bazaar. While it ma...
