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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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20 February, 2024

A 2 Year Journey Across California with Kono Monolit ISO 3 film

By Nader Bishara

In the era of ever-advancing digital technology, where cameras boast mind-boggling specs and lenses are constructed with precision engineering, there remains an enchanting allur...

19 February, 2024

More fixes – feedback needed

By Hamish Gill

Yet another update… I think the email issue with the website not opening properly when the “read more of this post” issue has been fixed. It’s hard to te...

19 February, 2024

Kodak EasyShare Z730 – Jankuary – The Best Camera is the One You Get for Free

By Eric Norris

My Jankuary camera is proof that good things often arrive in unexpected ways. In this case, it came in the form of a Kodak EasyShare Z730 digital camera that the seller threw in...

Simera 35mm ASPH

19 February, 2024

Thypoch Simera 35mm ASPH review

By vincentbihler

People who know me well, as a photographer, know that I love fast 35mm lenses, especially when they remain relatively compact. My two grails have remained unchanged for some tim...

Feb 18, 2024 News Round Up

18 February, 2024

NEWS: Film Photography News Round-Up – February 18, 2024

By Molly Kate

Today we are bringing you a new format for the news! For the near future, rather than individual articles for each story, we are going to test out a one summary piece with all t...

18 February, 2024

A Wet and Misty Thames Walk with a Leica iiig and 50mm Summar

By Geoff Chaplin

A walk with a Leica iiig from the late 1960s (recently restored by PPP cameras) and Summar lens from the 1930s, at first finishing off a Silvermax roll then Fomapan 100 and RPX ...

17 February, 2024

5 (square) frames with a Zeiss Ikon Tenax I and Ilford XP2 Super

By Stuart Jenkins

For a while I’d been looking for a nice 35mm camera that would shoot square 24x24mm frames. It’s a format that appeals to me, because you never have to turn the came...

16 February, 2024

Trying Darkroom Printing for the First Time

By Ted Ayre

Well, it’s been quite a journey down the rabbit-hole of film photography! Can you believe it’s been over a year since I first started? I’ve gone from writing &...

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Jens Kotlenga on LeRouge 612 MK2 – Portable Panoramic Pinhole – Why Barnack would have approved of it
Hi Bob, thanks for your kind remark re my photos. The article in DER SPIEGEL is not available for non-subscribers…
Kodachromeguy on 7Artisans 35mm f/2.8 Ultra-Compact Rangefinder Lens Review
Nice! Another brand new choice in the 35mm focal length. I'm surprised how many new M and LTM lenses are…
Kodachromeguy on Fed-2 Soviet Rangefinder Review (with a little nod to Cameraburo)
Nice examples, Hamish! It shows that these Soviet lenses on a Soviet body can result in some beautiful results. The…

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