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6 April, 2026

Monster Adapter LA-FZ1 – Review Overview & Introduction

By Hamish Gill

6 April, 2026

/ Hamish’s Monster LA-FZ1 experiences, Lens adapter, Lens Adapting & Modification, Monster Adapter LA-FZ1, /

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This is an introduction post to what I intend to be an ongoing series detailing the Monster Adapter LA-FZ1 – an adapter that allows screw drive Nikon AF lenses to be used on Nikon Z-Mount cameras. This post series will collectively form some...

6 April, 2026

Monster Adapter LA-FZ1 (v1.2 firmware) & Nikon 180mm 2.8 AF

By Hamish Gill

6 April, 2026

/ 180mm lens, Hamish’s Monster LA-FZ1 experiences, Lens Adapting & Modification, Monster Adapter LA-FZ1, Nikon 180mm 2.8 AF, SLR lens, Telephoto Lens, /

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This is my first follow up article to my Monster Adapter LA-FZ1 overview/review article here, as well as my wider Monster LA-FZ1 experiences. As I said in that article, I currently have a 8 Nikon AF and AF-D lenses, some of which work better than ...

6 April, 2026

Leica 50mm Lenses – The “Goldilocks Leica Lens Challenge” – Introduction

By Scott Ferguson

6 April, 2026

/ Leica 50mm 1.5 Summarit, Leica 50mm Summicron DR, Leica 50mm Summilux, Leica 50mm summitar, Lens Theory, /

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For reasons I may not be able to fully explain (even to myself), but many 35mmc regular readers and contributors will understand, I own four different Leica 50mm lenses. Leica cameras have remained the dominant high end range finder camera throug...

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5 September, 2022

SmallRig 1.55X Anamorphic Lens, iPhone Cage and Grip Review

By Hamish Gill

It’s a bit of a left field review for me this one. I’m not really a fan of shooting photos or video with my mobile phone, nor do I shoot video as a hobby but when Smallrig got i...

4 September, 2022

Asian Archives First Exhibition to Uplift US-based AAPI Artists and Stories

By Molly Kate

Asian Archives, a new US-based group sharing the stories and raising the voices of AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) artists in the US, is beginning their mission with ...

4 September, 2022

5 Frames of fog falling over Cramond Causeway, Scotland with a Leica M6 on Tri-x 400 – by Neil Milton

By Neil Milton

I’m new here, so a short history. My life in photography began in Glasgow in sepia-toned far-off memories that shape the year 2006. Zinedine Zidane had just head-butted Fr...

3 September, 2022

New Fresh Kodak Vision3 and ECN-2 Chemistry from FlicFilm

By Molly Kate

Canadian film cassette manufacturer, FlicFilm, has introduced Vision3 cine film in still format along with ECN-2 chemistry to create the perfect pairing for consistent and top q...

3 September, 2022

5 Frames with my Favorite (Terribly Named) Camera – Pentax *ist, 28mm f/2.8, and Ilford HP5 Plus – Eric L. Woods

By Eric

The post subject just about covers it, but I will ramble a bit before I post the pictures. I really like the Pentax *ist. Way more than I expected to if I am honest. And I expe...

2 September, 2022

The Rumour Mill Spins On New Leica Camera

By Molly Kate

The rumour mill has whispered of a new Leica “M” film camera that might be announced in October in Germany. Leicarumors.com has announced they are aware of a press e...

2 September, 2022

The Whole Roll – 24 exp. HP5+, Minolta x-700, Minolta MD 50mm f/1.7 – By Robert Kapp

By Robert Kapp

I desided to write an "Whole Roll" Post. Why? Because my wife allowed it. She's almost on every roll of film I shoot so I of course need her permission to publish those photos. ...

1 September, 2022

K.I.S.S Photography – By Ash Scott-Lockyer

By Ash Scott-Lockyer

No, not how to photograph legendary glam rock bands, but the old mnemonic that my dad taught me when I was a kid just picking up a camera for the first time ‘Keep It Simple Stup...

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Scott Ferguson on Leica 50mm Lenses – The “Goldilocks Leica Lens Challenge” – Introduction
Hey Russ, Thanks so much! Yes, the Summitar is a really special lens, I like the term "charismatic"! And I…
Scott Ferguson on Leica 50mm Lenses – The “Goldilocks Leica Lens Challenge” – Introduction
Thanks David! Yes, I really liked "Friends" through the finder and would have happily done a series with those two…
Russ Rosener on Leica 50mm Lenses – The “Goldilocks Leica Lens Challenge” – Introduction
Interesting journey. My 50mm Leitz experiences started with a F2 collapsible Summicron attached to a Leica IIIf body in 1986!…

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