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The author's Minolta HiMatic9 Rangefinder

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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28 December, 2021

Trying Concert Photography on Film – By Billy Sanford

By Billy Sanford

I’ve been making photographs for most of my life. The first three decades on film, but it was always the traditional usage – family trips, memories with friends, special occasio...

27 December, 2021

Comparing the Zeiss Icon Voigtländer 500 SE Electronic and the 1000 SR – By Nigel Haycock

By NigelH

So, the Zeiss Icon Voigtländer 500 SE Electronic and the Zeiss Icon Voigtländer 1000 SR are very similar brothers from an era of iconic mid-century design and innovation. (Ther...

26 December, 2021

Capturing Desert Wildflowers on Kodak Ektar – By Cameron Wheatley

By Cameron Wheatley

I wanted to get as far away from the city as I could, to actually see the stars and feel the sense of awe and curiosity that nature brings with it. And I wanted to capture that ...

24 December, 2021

A Whole Roll of (Mostly Failed) Experiments with a Minolta Autocord TLR – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

There is no such thing as a failed experiment because you can always learn from them. Well that’s what they say on LinkedIn… but I hate failed experiments. Why can&#...

23 December, 2021

Photography Through The Pandemic – A Spotlight on the Artists: Pt 5

By Holly Gilman

Welcome to part five of our Spotlight on the Artists. In each article I’ll be sharing a few of our contributors with you, telling you a little bit about their work and where you...

23 December, 2021

5 Frames with a Rolleiflex 2.8E at the Hannover City Park – by Christian Schroeder

By Christian Schroeder

I’m totally new to TLRs but I can already say that I really enjoy the shooting experience with them! So I’m happy to show you now five frames I took at the Hannover city park ("...

22 December, 2021

The Influence of Movies on my Work – By Nik Stanbridge

By Nik Stanbridge

I saw Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow Up the other day for the umpteenth time and while it is a film that when I first saw it I did get excited about being a photographer, it didn...

21 December, 2021

‘Inherit the Land’ by Jack Lueders-Booth – Review by Joshua Wright

By Joshua Wright

Inherit the Land is the kind of documentary photography I aspire to create. In this 96 page book, Jack Lueders-Booth explores the living conditions, the people, and the culture...

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David Pauley on Photographing An Iconic Location – A One Shot Story
Hi Floyd, this photo proves the old adage, it's not the gear but the photographer's vision that makes a great…
David Pauley on Following The Mighty Indus – From Nanga Parbat down the Karakoram Highway
Wow, Ibraar! This is a moving tribute to the Indus and to the primeval landscape wrought by that river. Your…
Ibraar Hussain on Following The Mighty Indus – From Nanga Parbat down the Karakoram Highway
Thank you so much Tony. for your encouragement! As always!

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