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9 June, 2025

Balda CA 35 – A Fantastic little camera shot with Kodak Eastman Double X 5222

By Ibraar Hussain

9 June, 2025

/ Balda CA 35, Balda Scale Focus Camera, Scale Focus Camera, /

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21 May, 2017

Jupiter-8 (unmodified) on a Leica – Finding my Perfect Classic Sonnar – PT5

By Hamish Gill

...I thought I'd write this about how well a few unmodified later model, easy to find, imperfect focusing Jupiter-8 lenses work when used on a Leica rangefinder. Really, this is...

20 May, 2017

Kiev 4AM Review – Perseverance is Key – by The Blackburn Morb

By The Blackburn Morb

The Kiev 4am is a great camera. I haven’t always had this opinion, but it unexpectedly grew on me. First of all, I never keep a camera for very long. I’m not a senti...

14 May, 2017

Ricoh 500G Review – A Great All-rounder – by Andy Rowan

By Andy

I picked up my Ricoh 500G rangefinder for $8 at a ‘Vinnies’ charity shop here in Sydney. Manufactured from 1972, I’ve had this for about a year now. It was my first film camera ...

13 May, 2017

Cosyspeed Camslinger Review – A camera bag that doesn’t annoy me!

By Hamish Gill

Camera bags are annoying. I remain unconvinced that it's actually possible for any camera bag to come close to ideal for any given person for all or even most shooting circumsta...

7 May, 2017

Lomochrome Turquoise Review and Experience – by Hugo Mireles

By Gran Angular

Around December 2015 I decided to try a roll of LomoChrome. I went with my good friend Hugo Alvarez (Lomo Ambassador in Mexico), and thanks to the discounts I gave myself and my...

6 May, 2017

The St. Paul’s Hostel Ilford Photo HP5+ disposable camera project – an introduction to the project

By Hamish Gill

I recently got myself involved in a photography project being run by a local hostel. The outline idea of the project is to give a group of the hostel service users the opportuni...

1 May, 2017

How to Choose the Best Camera for Street Photography – Guest post by Digby Fullam of Streethunters.net

By Digby Fullam

Gear isn’t the be all and end-all, but the right gear still makes life so much easier. While street photography may not be the absolutely most demanding photography medium on eq...

30 April, 2017

Jupiter-8M (Contax Mount) – Finding my perfect classic Sonnar PT4

By Hamish Gill

After I posted the last instalment of this little journey to find my perfect classic Sonnar, I went straight out and shot a few photos with my Contax mount Jupiter-8M. My hopes ...

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