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22 April, 2026

7Artisans 35mm f/2.8 Ultra-Compact Rangefinder Lens Review

By Alexander Doran

22 April, 2026

/ 35mm Lens, 7Artisans 35mm f/2.8, Rangefinder Lens, Wide-Angle Lens, /

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Released today (22nd of April 2026), the new 7Artisans 35mm f/2.8 lens occupies a poorly-explored niche in the modern era; that of the sharp, ultra-compact prime lens. And believe me, despite its few limitations it absolutely delivers, especially ...

22 April, 2026

What the Lever Opened – One Shot Story

By Josh Baker

22 April, 2026

/ Double Exposure, Kodak Double-X, Nikon FM2n, /

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This is not who I was allowed to be. Circumstances in my past lives built boundaries around the innermost states that contained freedom. Vulnerability. They inhibited stepping outside of the identity I constructed. I was produced to be formal, ser...

LeRouge 612 panorama pinhole camera for 120 film

22 April, 2026

LeRouge 612 MK2 – Portable Panoramic Pinhole – Why Barnack would have approved of it

By Jens Kotlenga

22 April, 2026

/ LeRouge 612 MK2, Panoramic Camera, Pinhole Cameras, /

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So there was this guy who took it upon himself to hike from the Atlantic Ocean all the way down to the Mediterranean, following the Pyrenean long-distance mountain trail, all of 850 kilometres in 48 days. In his backpack he had made room for a pan...

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16 October, 2020

That time I shot 35mm film in a Rolleicord – by Teemu Matilainen

By Teemu Matilainen

Since getting back to film photography I've been wanting to try out some medium format photography. I had previously only shot a few rolls during my first studies in the beginni...

16 October, 2020

5 Frames with an Olympus XA3 from a Car – Felix Tanjono

By Felix Tanjono

In the early days of the pandemic, I had the not-so original idea of doing more photography shooting through the window of a car as walking around was didn't seem to be such a w...

15 October, 2020

5 Frames with a Minolta V2 & Kodak Portra 400 – By Nigel Haycock

By NigelH

Portra 400

14 October, 2020

5 Frames with the Pentax MG – Provence in Black & White – by Richard Wilford

By Richard Wilford

This Pentax MG was a lockdown purchase. I loaded it with Ilford FP4+ but was only halfway through the film when travel restrictions were (temporarily) lifted and we left for Fra...

14 October, 2020

Experimenting with analog in Iran with an Olympus OM-2n – by Théo Lefort

By Lefort

I shot my first ever roll of film around 2 years ago. Since then, I have shot 5 rolls. I am no more than a beginner in film photography. It all started when I discovered a magic...

13 October, 2020

Rolleiflex 2.8C Review – Making Friends with a Legend – By Phil Calvit

By Phil Calvit

Like many of you, I’m in the habit of scanning Facebook Marketplace for interesting old cameras, with an eye towards a lose list I keep in my head. On this day, I saw one of tho...

12 October, 2020

5 Frames with the Fuji GW690 III – By Phil Steelandt

By Phil Steelandt

I'm learning to find the balance between the freedom and the limitations of a (huge) rangefinder. I have to confess that I am new to rangefinders. I graduated in a film school i...

12 October, 2020

CAMERADACTYL Mongoose – Automation for you 35mm Digitisation Workflow

By Hamish Gill

A couple of weeks ago, the CAMERADACTYL Mongoose was launched on Kickstarter - it is a product designed to automate and speed up the process of digitisation of 35mm film with a ...

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Jens Kotlenga on LeRouge 612 MK2 – Portable Panoramic Pinhole – Why Barnack would have approved of it
Hi Bob, thanks for your kind remark re my photos. The article in DER SPIEGEL is not available for non-subscribers…
Kodachromeguy on 7Artisans 35mm f/2.8 Ultra-Compact Rangefinder Lens Review
Nice! Another brand new choice in the 35mm focal length. I'm surprised how many new M and LTM lenses are…
Kodachromeguy on Fed-2 Soviet Rangefinder Review (with a little nod to Cameraburo)
Nice examples, Hamish! It shows that these Soviet lenses on a Soviet body can result in some beautiful results. The…

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