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18 May, 2025

Shooting Italian 5 birilli

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18 May, 2025

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15 October, 2015

Leica M5 Review – The Odd One Out

By Hamish Gill

The Leica M5 is the odd one out in the Leica M family line. It’s the camera that nearly put an end to the Leica rangefinder after it was balked at by Leica users of its da...

11 October, 2015

The Traveling Yashica: Sergio Novo (Aranjuez, Madrid, Spain)

By Jejo

When I found this project I loved it! I have a similar project in my country too, on a national level, called “La cámara con alas” (“Winged Camera&#8...

9 October, 2015

The 35mmc (growing) Guide to the 35mm Advanced Compact Camera

By Hamish Gill

I get quite a few emails from people asking me what camera they should buy. Quite often these questions get asked within the sphere of one or another type of camera, and probabl...

7 October, 2015

My First Film Camera – by Aukje

By Aukje

My first year of shooting film – Part 1 A year ago, I became a photographer. Well of course that depends on your definition, I am not a professional, nor do I intent to be...

6 October, 2015

Leica M-A – From digital, back to film – by Anthony Killeen

By Anthony Killeen

The Leica M-A is a fully mechanical rangefinder camera that is the latest in the long line of Leica M film cameras. Leica manufactures three film M cameras today, the M7, t...

4 October, 2015

Hacking a Taab to fit a Zeiss 50mm ZM Sonnar

By Hamish Gill

One of the big things that concerned me about the Zeiss 50mm ZM Sonnar before I bought it, at least in terms of its handling, was its focusing nubbin.

3 October, 2015

A couple of rolls with the Leica M5

By Hamish Gill

I realised the other day that I haven’t yet posted any photos I’ve taken with my Leica M5. So since just in the last few weeks I’ve shot a couple of rolls with...

2 October, 2015

Minolta Riva Mini Review – by Torsten Kathke

By Torsten Kathke

If you ask me, on any given day, “what’s in your jacket pocket?” the answer is likely to be “that’s none of your business.” Then again, if we...

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