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23 October, 2018

How to Calibrate a Canon P Rangefinder (in my case, for use with Soviet lenses) – by Cameradactyl (Ethan)

By cameradactyl

I am a fan of quirky old soviet cameras. I have had, loved, and broken a few Zorki 4 cameras over the years, and I love their lenses. I own Jupiter 8, 9 and 12 lenses (50mm f2...

22 October, 2018

5 Frames With A Leica Tele-Elmarit 90mm f/2.8 – by Aukje

By Aukje

Although I mostly shoot a 50mm Summilux on my Leica M2, I do enjoy a different focal length every now and then. What I don't like is adding lots of weight to my bag. The one len...

21 October, 2018

Voigtlander 50mm f/2.5 Color-Skopar Leica Thread Mount Lens Review

By Hamish Gill

I recently bought myself a Voigtlander 50mm f/2.5 Color-Skopar. I’d been looking for a lens to compliment my 50mm ZM Sonnar that took, frankly, less energy to use. I wanted an i...

20 October, 2018

A Mamiya 67 instant camera, or: Creating the Maminstax – By Victor Doroshenko

By vzzdor

The first time I saw Mamiya RB67, it was love at first sight. It was a chance coincidence that we met at all, on the net, as usual, without seeing each other in person. And, as ...

19 October, 2018

5 Frames with a Mamiya Sekor 80mm f/1.9 and Mamiya 645 1000s – By Aivaras

By Aivaras

I've shoot film since 2012. I started out with a 35mm SLR’s and then after a while of fighting with urge to dip into medium format, I eventually gave up. One of reasons to make ...

18 October, 2018

5 Frames With a Fujica GL690 – by Denys Trofimchuk

By denysphoto

If you are like me, you are into cameras with the “wow” factor — rare, a bit weird, a bit underrated, and so forth. Maybe, it’s the desire to overcompensate for the lack of skil...

17 October, 2018

Konica Tomato – Five Frames

By photodude03

These days, I shoot digital photography most of the time, but I always bring one of my film cameras wherever I go, just in case I see something that warrants analog photography....

16 October, 2018

Schneider 45mm f/2.8 Xenar to Leica M mount Conversion – By Ellis Ley

By ellisley

I had a request from my friend Ollie to look into some possible donor cameras he had to make a new conversion. The final lens can be seen above, but the pre-existing parts and ...

James Evidon on Leica vs Leica – M vs R cameras & lenses and thoughts on Rangefinders & SLRs
My first experience with the R lenses was with the incredible 60mm 2.8 R Macro lens which some say is…
David Pauley on Coney Island with A Tele-Rolleiflex
Dean, thanks so much for your encouraging words and for bringing the wonderful Ben E. King into your response --…
Karen McBride on Purple Rain on 47-year old expired film – The Whole Roll
Oh those colours are great and so are the photos. They really feel like they are from another time. I…

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