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24 January, 2026

Minolta MC W Rokkor-HG 35/2.8 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field-Test

By Andrea Monti

24 January, 2026

/ 35mm Lens, Minolta MC Rokkor-HG 35mm 2.8, SLR lens, Wide-Angle Lens, /

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3 July, 2023

NEWS: Susan and Jeff Bridges Revive the Widelux Camera with SilvergrainClassics

By Molly Kate

Susan and Jeff Bridges have joined forces with the team at SilvergrainClassics magazine to embark on a new venture: the creation of a new swing lens panoramic film camera. Aimin...

3 July, 2023

TTArtisan Tilt 50mm 1.4 Lens Review

By Hamish Gill

The TTArtisan Tilt 50mm 1.4 is a full frame 50mm lens with a f/1.4 maximum aperture and a 90 degree rotating tilt feature that seems to often be available new for around £200. T...

2 July, 2023

Inspiring a Project Today by Referencing Images from the Past

By John Pemberton

I was doomscrolling in the digital wasteland of 2023 Twitter and saw a photographer talking about putting together his very first project. He was lamenting how to begin. Most o...

1 July, 2023

5 Frames with Kodak Retina Ia crossing the wild Carpathians

By Julian Tanase

Winter of 2005 in Romania. Very cold, but not much snow, in fact less than expected. I was travelling on business, to some destination in the heart of Transylvania, W. of Romani...

30 June, 2023

Olympus Chrome Six – An Idiot’s Guide / A Trip to Helsinki

By Mike Brooks

What kind of idiot would go on a once in a lifetime trip, to a place they have never been, and take a camera they have never used? Well, me I guess. So this is the story of lear...

29 June, 2023

5 Frames With Zenit-E On Ilford HP5

By Andrew Hutchinson

I have been allured by the grain & grit that is captured by the Soviet Union made brick since I first laid my eyes upon the weapon on the sunny summer day in the Croatian fr...

29 June, 2023

Ilford Ortho Plus – A good match for a Box Tengor 56/2.

By Tony Warren

A slightly outdated 120 roll of Ilford’s orthochromatic film left over from an earlier exercise seemed a good match for my recently purchased Zeiss Box Tengor. The Massive Devel...

28 June, 2023

NEWS: TTArtisan Releases LTM Mount Version of Compact 28mm F5.6 Lens

By Molly Kate

TTArtisan has created an LTM mount version of their Leica Summaron 28MM f5.6 lookalike M-mount lens. Their m-mount version which came out in 2021 was received well considering i...

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