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13 October, 2025

Wider Isn’t Always Better

By Andrew

13 October, 2025

/ Lens Theory, Rant, /

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A lot of people love wide angle lenses from Garry Winogrand, known for his street photography made with a 28mm lens to Alex Webb, who favors 28 and 35mm lenses to Magnum photographer Bruce Gilden, who is known to shoot almost exclusively with a 28...

13 October, 2025

Fujica AZ-1 Review – A Swansong for M42?

By Bob Janes

13 October, 2025

/ Fujica AZ-1, fujica slr, SLR Camera, /

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Fujica didn’t make a lot of interchangeable mount 35mm SLRs, but they did make some interesting ones. From 1970, with the introduction of the ST701, they produced a series of models in a variant of m42 mount. the 701 (introduced first) was an enth...

13 October, 2025

Mr. Ding Pactcron 35mm f/1.8 Review

By vincentbihler

13 October, 2025

/ 35mm Lens, Mr. Ding Pactcron 35mm, Rangefinder Lens, Wide-Angle Lens, /

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Mr. Ding might be one of the most discreet lens makers today, rarely releasing products under his own brand. Still, he’s the mind behind several lenses sold through other distributors such as Funleader and Artra. After the release of the 50mm f/1....

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11 November, 2019

Pentax MX – My Nuts and Bolts Review

By Hamish Gill

I recently kicked off a bit of a series of posts talking about my experiences with my Pentax MX. In that first post, I talked a bit about how I didn’t want to just review the ca...

10 November, 2019

Olympus XA – Digital Palate Cleansing – By Ed Lara

By Photoedontheweb

As much as I love the immediacy of digital photography, I occasionally get overwhelmed and overloaded by the sheer volume of images I take with my digital cameras or my iPhone. ...

9 November, 2019

5 Frames with the Bronica ETRsi + 500mm f/8 EII – By Wyatt Ryan

By Wyatt Ryan

For a steal on eBay, I acquired a Bronica ETRsi and 5 different lenses, inside a Pelican case, for just under $400. The 500mm f/8 EII lens takes up a quarter of the space in the...

8 November, 2019

Rolleiflex SL35 mini-review- A Gorgeous Under-The-Radar SLR – By Recky Reck.

By Recky

In early 2019, my interest in analogue photography was suddenly rekindled after a hiatus of a mere 35 years – as a teenager I had discovered my grandfather’s 6×6 fold...

7 November, 2019

Why Are You Carrying The Camera? – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

“Why are you carrying the camera,” asked my colleague the curmudgeon. We were having lunch around the corner from the school. He in fact is much nicer than he pretends to be, an...

7 November, 2019

5 frames with 5 cameras and 5 films in one graveyard – by Rock

By Rock

The title is a reflection that I have (too) many cameras and that there remains a decent suite of emulsion available on the market. Now before you have visions of me lugging fiv...

6 November, 2019

5 frames with a Franka Solida IIE – by Michael Scott

By scottfotodotcom

According to Wikipedia Franka Kamerawerk produced cameras between 1909 and 1967 in Bayreuth, Germany. At its height the factory produced about 650,000 units in 1958. So I was su...

5 November, 2019

Canon Model 7 – A Journey To Find “My” Camera – By Gavin Bain

By GavinBain

It has often been said that a lot of the great photographers had “their” camera. Capa had his Contax 2, Cartier-Bresson his M3, John Free his Nikon F3 and so forth. That’s not t...

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