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Rebuilding a Canon Super 8 with Raspberry Pi

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26 June, 2019

5 Frames with a 7Artisans 28mm f/1.4 – By John Scott

By John_S

7Artisans. I love what they are creating with their lenses. Tiny but high quality lenses that are fast and high quality – compared to some modern day plastic fantastic lenses at...

25 June, 2019

5 Frames with a Voigtlander Nokton Aspherical 40mm f/1.2 – By John Scott

By John_S

Disaster. Catastrophe. Destruction. Not the typical opening you would imagine for a 5 frames with story. But that’s where this story goes... But like all good fairy tales there ...

24 June, 2019

That time I made the Sonblad – The Poor Man’s Hasselblad CFV II – by Simon Forster

By Simon Forster

Got to love those guys and gals at Hasselblad as they have just announced a second generation digital back for possibly the most iconic camera ever made. Click here to watch the...

24 June, 2019

Leica 21mm f/3.4 Super-Angulon Review / Shooting an elderly symmetrical wide angle on a digital rangefinder

By Hamish Gill

This Leica 21mm f/3.4 Super-Angulon is the second bit of kit I’ve borrowed from London Camera Exchange (my local camera shop in Worcester) recently. Gareth, the manager there, a...

23 June, 2019

5 Frames With Ilford Delta 100 (expired 2006) – by Simon King

By Simon King

There were so many things that could have gone wrong with the rolls of Delta 100 I shot in April. ISO 100 films in general I tend to avoid, instead I prefer anything around 400 ...

22 June, 2019

5 Frames With CineStill 800T and Orange Filters on a Leica M6 – By Christian Schroeder

By Christian Schroeder

"Shiiiiiiiit, what has happened? I am such an idiot!" That's exactly what I thought when I was looking through my recent scans from the lab. But what had actually happened? It b...

21 June, 2019

Fujifilm Klasse 38mm F/2.6 Review – By David Narbecki

By David Narbecki

The Fujifilm Klasse (also branded as the Rollei RFM 35) was a premium compact made in 2001, well after the premium compact craze of the early 90's. With a f/2.6 38mm lens it was...

20 June, 2019

Frames with the Mighty Hasselblad XPAN – By Yul Vazquez

By Yul Vazquez

The Hasselblad Xpan is a camera I've always wanted since I first saw Mary Ellen Mark use one on the set of Steven Soderbergh's Che films - she had come over Spain to shoot some ...

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