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15 July, 2025

Underground 1 – The Sewers, with a Zeiss Sonnar 50mm f1.5

By Geoff Chaplin

15 July, 2025

/ Documentary Photography, /

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8 April, 2018

5 Frames with the 7Artisans Prototype 35mm f/2 m-mount lens

By Hamish Gill

As the official release of the 7Artisans 35mm f/2 looms, I’ve been getting excited about it and have taken to using the prototype I’ve had kicking around for a while. Mechanical...

7 April, 2018

Hasselblad X-Pan Review – Fulfilling a Vision – By Cal Stewart

By CalStewart

It is probably easiest if I just come out and say it like this: The XPAN will forever hold a special place in my heart. It's been two years since I've owned it, and roughly 200...

6 April, 2018

Reflecting on some analogue memories – by Rob MacKillop

By Rob MacKillop

I gave a review of the Hexar here which was wholly positive, and Hamish gave his more negative thoughts here. Suffice to say I still have the camera. Yes, the menu system (if we...

5 April, 2018

5 Frames with a Kodak Retina IIc – By Howard Dale

By Howard Dale

This is one of my all time favorite cameras. Approx. 136,000 were made between 1954 - 1957. Kodak acquired German manufacturer Nagel in order to produce a camera that could comp...

4 April, 2018

5 Frames with The Contax RTSii – by Anil Mistry

By Anil Mistry

I've been intrigued by Contax SLRs for a while so I eventually caved and got an RTSii and I'm blown away. It's beautiful. a Porsche designed solid hunk of metal with a luxuriou...

3 April, 2018

5 Frames with a Leica M6 & Cinestill 800t – by Christoph Ackermann

By Agricola

A few years ago my parents got me my first own camera - a Leica Vlux 114. Before that I just shot my pictures with cameras, which I lent from them. Soon after that I bought a Le...

2 April, 2018

Photographing Punks on Polaroid – by Simon King

By Simon King

I've always thought of myself as an outsider - I think a lot of photographers do. It makes it easier for us to introspect; to look at the world from a perspective a little more ...

1 April, 2018

Functionalist camera design, the Agfa 1035 and the Plaubel Makina 67

By Hamish Gill

The Agfa xx35 series of cameras (in this case the 1035) and the Plaubel Makina 67 are both wonderful examples of what what appears to be German functionalist industrial design. ...

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