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2 July, 2025

Pêche sur l’herbe – A one shot story

By Peter Roberts

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28 December, 2018

Hacking Nikon L35AF ‘Pikaichi’ lens into the body of an Industar 50-2- by Charles Higham

By Charles Higham

If you've got a dodgy or non-working Nikon L35AF 35mm compact film camera lying around, or are willing to buy one, you might be prepared to throw caution to the winds and destro...

27 December, 2018

5 frames with an Agfa Silette I and Ilford HP5+ – By James Mitchell

By jmitchell

I had been to a gig at a local music venue at which the bouncer had nearly not let me in because of my little micro four thirds camera. He asked me if it was “professional”, whi...

26 December, 2018

5 Frames With A Zeiss Ikon Nettar 517/16 6×6 Folding Camera – By Julian Higgs

By julianhiggs

After my daliences with compact Rangefinder cameras, a very good friend of mine who is also an amateur photographer presented me with a thin strip of brown leather from a certai...

24 December, 2018

Panomicron Oxygen review – A 3D Printed Hasselblad Xpan Alternative

By Hamish Gill

I’ve recently bought myself a Panomicron Oxygen - a panoramic 35mm film camera that’s the same format as the Hasselblad Xpan, but at a fraction of the price. It might not be as ...

23 December, 2018

5 frames from the first roll with Leica M4-P 7artisans 50 1.1 and Delta 100 – By Victor Doroshenko

By vzzdor

I got into the Leica business last summer by an accident. To be precise, I had some m/39-glass already for my A7, but never had a Leica body because Leica is synonym for expensi...

22 December, 2018

5 frames with the Voigtländer Bessa R2M and 35mm f/2.5 Classic – by Andreas Kaczmarek

By andreaska

After nearly 11 years of absence from analogue photography I reentered the scene at around 2014 with a M42 system. However, I find that SLR cameras are too heavy to me and so I ...

21 December, 2018

Canon QL17 Giii review – Discovering cameras I’d Missed Along the Way – Part 1 – By Steve Ember

By SteveEmber

Over the past few years, I’ve been enjoying rediscovering a type of camera that I’d somehow “leapfrogged” past in my youthful headlong rush to transition from more basic equipme...

20 December, 2018

5 Frames with the Mamiya M645 1000s and Mamiya-Sekor C 55mm f/2.8 – By Wyatt Ryan

By Wyatt Ryan

My dive into medium format film was hard and fast. Less than two months after I started shooting film again, and after buying a Leica M3, I found this beauty of a Mamiya M645 se...

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Hi Scott, A good photo and the Leica was in it’s natural environment… I make it a habit to let…
Stefan Wilde on Pêche sur l’herbe – A one shot story
Peter, what a lovely shot and such a beautiful text to go with it! Over in an instant, indeed... but…
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