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17 June, 2025

Rebuilding a Canon Super 8 with Raspberry Pi

By Nico Tangara

17 June, 2025

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7 July, 2020

Usedlens.co.uk – New Website for Searching for Used Camera Gear in the UK – By Dan Cook

By Daniel Cook

A month ago I had no clue about the huge number of online retailers selling used cameras and lenses. Being a Leica enthusiast, I could name around ten stores off the top of my h...

7 July, 2020

4 Decades of Panoramas – Analogue & Digital – By Jordi Fradera

By Jordi Fradera

In 1977 I abandoned the 110 format and bought the Pentax ME camera with its 50mm lens, it had insufficient angle for the panoramas I wanted to photograph, so I bought the Pentax...

6 July, 2020

Pixii Connected Digital Rangefinder Available to Order!

By Hamish Gill

This morning, Pixii - the new smartphone connected digital rangefinder - has just been officially announced as available to order from their website here!

6 July, 2020

Contax S2 Review: The Beauty of Simplicity – By Joe Monat

By Joe Monat

If you’ve ever talked photography and cameras with me, you would know that I have a huge soft spot for all things Contax, specifically their 35mm SLR lineup, cameras and lenses ...

6 July, 2020

Leica M10-P Review – A Brilliantly Underwhelming Digital Rangefinder

By Hamish Gill

When I first got my Leica M10-P I referred to it as being brilliantly underwhelming. This isn’t the most complimentary sounding comment I don’t think, but actually it comes from...

5 July, 2020

5 Frames with (Early Version 24 exp) DubbleFilm BubbleGum and my Minolta X-700 – by Kate Johnson

By Kate Johnson

It is amazing to me that lately many experimental and special effects films have been passing through my life. It started with my ‘Secret Santa’ in December 2019. But then I s...

4 July, 2020

The Season of our Discontent – By Mark Seawell

By Mark Seawell

I watch from my perch in Ogden Utah, 30 miles north of Salt Lake as the world wobbles out of control. The year 2020 arrived and COVID-19 swept across the country. Meanwhile, the...

4 July, 2020

5 Frames with a Leica M2, 50mm Summicron V5 and 35mm Zeiss Biogon f2 – By Giles Barratt

By Giles Barratt

I am a musician and have been spending quite a lot of time in Krakow, especially as it's a great city for jazz. For the last say 3-4 years I have been enjoying photography espec...

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