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9 December, 2025

Some thoughts on Sourcing Vintage Cameras and Lenses

By Marco Andrés

9 December, 2025

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Image from a listing of the Voigtländer Vitoret 110 EL How many different ways are there to source a vintage camera or lens? While there are more than just these five, I will just cover those I have tried. First there are venues where you can actu...

9 December, 2025

Ceci n’est pas une pipe – My Photo of the Year 2025

By Lasse Andersen

9 December, 2025

/ Fuji Sensia 100, photo of the year 2025, /

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First of all, I really don’t like it when people ask me what my favourite thing is in any category. I dread when I have to answer what my favorite food is, my top 1 movie of all time or my favorite holiday destination. Even as a kid, I would...

9 December, 2025

Leica M3 – Becoming an Owner in 2025: Romance, Reality, and a Very Shiny Viewfinder

By Tony Page

9 December, 2025

/ Leica M3, leica rangefinder, rangefinder camera, /

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In 2025, it feels like everyone has an opinion on film photography. For some, it is nostalgia, for others it is a TikTok trend, for a few it is a fully fledged cult. Somewhere between those groups, you find the people who have been quietly lusting...

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31 May, 2019

Minolta Hi-Matic 7 Review – One Year Shooting Film – By Seb Copley

By sebcopley

Sometime last winter I started reading and taking an interest in online articles about a resurgence of analogue photography. I have long had an interest in photography which I a...

30 May, 2019

5 Frames on the Run to Remember LA with the Olympus XA – by Tiffany Perez

By Tiffany Perez

I am the first to say that I am not the fittest person. To be accurate, I am probably the least fit person in my house, only narrowly beating the dog. Along with my return to fi...

29 May, 2019

5 Frames with a Pentax MX and SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/1.7 – by Andrea Armando

By AndreArma

Every once in a while, we find a special camera that makes us happy just by holding it in our hands. For me, the Pentax MX is one of those cameras.I may be biased since this cam...

28 May, 2019

7Artisans 50mm f/1.1 & 28mm f/1.4 Reiview – Alternatives or Imposters? – By Jeremy Rata

By Jeremy Rata

I am a published documentary photographer. (www.jeremyrata.com) and have a lifestyle and product photographic business (www.hospitalityphotographic.com). For my business I use N...

27 May, 2019

Kodak Ektachrome E100 – First Rolls Review – Pt2

By Hamish Gill

It’s safe to say that my first post about shooting Kodak Ektachrome E100 gave me a lot to reflect on. Not just the experience itself, but the comments I received in response to ...

26 May, 2019

5 Frames with Kodak Ektachrome on the Nikon F3 – by Tiffany Perez

By Tiffany Perez

Slide film, the troublesome film child. I say this because slide film is a very sensitive film stock. You need to nail exposure for it to look nice most of the time. If you are ...

25 May, 2019

5 Frames with Minolta Dynax 500si Super – By Matt Krajewski

By Pure.amateur

I have some collection of Minolta and Konica cameras. Most of them still haven't been used... but they will at some point. The Minolta Dynax 500si Super was my first AF film cam...

24 May, 2019

Compact Magic: Turning into a Point-and-Shooter – By Christian Schroeder

By Christian Schroeder

My name is Christian Schroeder and I live in Hannover, Germany. I can divide my photography into two modi operandi. On the one hand, I like a slow and thoughtful approach. That ...

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