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22 April, 2026

7Artisans 35mm f/2.8 Ultra-Compact Rangefinder Lens Review

By Alexander Doran

22 April, 2026

/ 35mm Lens, 7Artisans 35mm f/2.8, Rangefinder Lens, Wide-Angle Lens, /

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Released today (22nd of April 2026), the new 7Artisans 35mm f/2.8 lens occupies a poorly-explored niche in the modern era; that of the sharp, ultra-compact prime lens. And believe me, despite its few limitations it absolutely delivers, especially ...

22 April, 2026

What the Lever Opened – One Shot Story

By Josh Baker

22 April, 2026

/ Double Exposure, Kodak Double-X, Nikon FM2n, /

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This is not who I was allowed to be. Circumstances in my past lives built boundaries around the innermost states that contained freedom. Vulnerability. They inhibited stepping outside of the identity I constructed. I was produced to be formal, ser...

LeRouge 612 panorama pinhole camera for 120 film

22 April, 2026

LeRouge 612 MK2 – Portable Panoramic Pinhole – Why Barnack would have approved of it

By Jens Kotlenga

22 April, 2026

/ LeRouge 612 MK2, Panoramic Camera, Pinhole Cameras, /

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So there was this guy who took it upon himself to hike from the Atlantic Ocean all the way down to the Mediterranean, following the Pyrenean long-distance mountain trail, all of 850 kilometres in 48 days. In his backpack he had made room for a pan...

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Film Photography News - March 3, 2024

3 March, 2024

NEWS: Film Photography News Round-Up – March 3, 2024

By Molly Kate

We have a short but fun news round-up for you this week which includes two new 35mm films! Additionally, The Photography Show at NEC Birmingham is right around the corner so we ...

3 March, 2024

A Versatile Adaptation of the Leitz Wetzlar F/2.5 Colourplan

By Morris Bagnall

I spend far too much time watching photography YouTube videos and reading photography websites and fora. Hours and hours. Right, with that confession out of the way let me tell ...

Analogue Showcase at 2021 TPS

2 March, 2024

NEWS: Analogue Showcase is Back at The NEC Birmingham Photography Show – March 16-19

By Molly Kate

The Photography Show is back at the NEC Birmingham March 16-19, 2024. The National Exhibition Centre situated in Marston Green, England will host an all-things-photography weeke...

2 March, 2024

A Weekend Getaway to Nagiso with Ricoh GR1v and Kodak Gold 200

By Yuze Chen

One day in last November, my mom was telling me a plan her classmates from college came up recently about traveling to some small towns in Japan. In spite of work-related issues...

1 March, 2024

Festivity of the Goat and “Canhoto”

By Paulo Monteiro

The village of Cidões has just 20 inhabitants. It’s located in Trás-os-Montes, in the northern inland of Portugal. Every year, on the Saturday after 31 October, the villag...

1 March, 2024

Soligor 35mm f/3.5 – A Cheap and Cheerful Softie

By Mark Ellerby

I bought this from Real Camera because I wanted a wider-than-50mm lens for my Praktica SLR, not having any idea who Soligor are/were (and still not much the wiser). It was cheap...

29 February, 2024

(森林浴) Shinrin-Yoku or Forest Bathing Might Be the Best Thing for You and Your Photography

By Eric Charles Jones

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to...

29 February, 2024

That Time I Built an X-Pro1/Monitor-Six-20 “FrankenFuji”

By Dave Powell

In my days before 35mmc, Jim Gray published this article on his great “Down the Road” site. It described how and why I adapted a 1940’s Kodak Monitor Six-20 le...

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Tony Warren on LeRouge 612 MK2 – Portable Panoramic Pinhole – Why Barnack would have approved of it
Those are excellent results from a very nicely made camera Jens. It is interesting that it has a 0,25mm pinhole.…
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