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27 June, 2025

Polishing a Turd Trying To Save It in the Edit

By Max Tiraquon

27 June, 2025

/ Alternative Process, Photo Editing, /

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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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Ibraar Hussain on Polishing a Turd Trying To Save It in the Edit
Great post ! Enjoyed the read and it cracked me up There are almost always crackheads and pissheads in city…
Ibraar Hussain on Contax TVS I, TVS II, TVS III and T2 Kung Fu mash up – who wins? Which should you choose?
Thanks man Yes all vacation shots as these are GREAT holiday cameras ! I didn’t know about the plastic parts!…
Gary Smith on A Fun, Funky Filter for Shooting Digital Infrared
Interesting Dave! Have you attempted to figure out the effective nm rating for these?

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