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30 September, 2025

5 Frames with my Minolta HiMatic 9

By Daimon Tilley

30 September, 2025

/ Kentmere 100, Kentmere Film, Minolta Hi-Matic 9, /

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Recently I posted a 5 Frames featuring my Minox 35GT, a lovely and tiny 35mm camera which gave me pleasing results. Well, this post is about my recent experience with the latest addition to the fold, the Minolta HiMatic 9. First introduced in 1966...

30 September, 2025

Photographing An Iconic Location – A One Shot Story

By Floyd K. Takeuchi

30 September, 2025

/ Landscape Photography, /

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My first camera, a birthday gift from my parents, was a Kodak Brownie Fiesta. All plastic, a simple viewfinder, and it used 127 film. Keep the sun over your shoulder, the Kodak film instruction sheet advised, and you would be fine. No one was fuss...

30 September, 2025

Following The Mighty Indus – From Nanga Parbat down the Karakoram Highway

By Ibraar Hussain

30 September, 2025

/ Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D, travel photography, /

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The man sat back and brooded, his eyes gazing upon the rolling mountains, which held his glance with their austere beauty; sheer and grand, with hues of blue and purple, their ridges rising up as if crafted by the hands of a Titan in some long for...

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By Christian Schroeder

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By Dan Smouse

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Gary Smith on Following The Mighty Indus – From Nanga Parbat down the Karakoram Highway
Ibraar! You are a poet as well as a photographer! I didn't realize. Your article is beautiful as are your…
Gary Smith on Photographing An Iconic Location – A One Shot Story
Great shot Floyd! Ah yes, climbing the steps to the top of Diamond Head and crawling through the fortification up…
Gary Smith on 5 Frames with my Minolta HiMatic 9
Hi Daimon! I don't believe that we've had an article extolling the HiMatic 9 before. Looks like a solid piece…

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