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19 May, 2025

Olympus XZ-1 Digital Compact – Travelling in The Punjab and Hindu Kush

By Ibraar Hussain

19 May, 2025

/ Compact Digital, digital camera, Olympus Digital, Olympus XZ-1, /

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By Hamish Gill

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By Torsten Kathke

Pray, listen! I give unto you another review of mine. It is, as per the challenge of Hamish Gill, Esquire, Lord of Range, purveyor of most excellent essays and sundry for her Ma...

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By Duncan Waldron

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A 35mm compact camera lens conversion – Part 1.5 – (Still) Choosing the lens

By Hamish Gill

Just a little update to the compact camera lens conversion project. If you haven’t read the first part of the project, you can read it here. As it turns out, the Ricoh ff9...

16 January, 2016

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By Hamish Gill

I've had a couple of messages lately asking me about the Voigtlander 28/35 mini finder, specifically whether or not I think it's worth the fairly large amount of cash they go fo...

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Gary Smith on Olympus XZ-1 Digital Compact – Travelling in The Punjab and Hindu Kush
What a wonderful adventure Ibraar! Your photographs are spectacular (as always). The scenery doesn't hurt...
Gary Smith on Olympus XZ-1 Digital Compact – Travelling in The Punjab and Hindu Kush
How true!!
Peter Roberts on Olympus XZ-1 Digital Compact – Travelling in The Punjab and Hindu Kush
Gorgeous images as usual, Ibraar. Especially the portraits. Your talent for capturing the highlights in the eyes always impresses me;…

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