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22 April, 2026

7Artisans 35mm f/2.8 Ultra-Compact Rangefinder Lens Review

By Alexander Doran

22 April, 2026

/ 35mm Lens, 7Artisans 35mm f/2.8, Rangefinder Lens, Wide-Angle Lens, /

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Released today (22nd of April 2026), the new 7Artisans 35mm f/2.8 lens occupies a poorly-explored niche in the modern era; that of the sharp, ultra-compact prime lens. And believe me, despite its few limitations it absolutely delivers, especially ...

22 April, 2026

What the Lever Opened – One Shot Story

By Josh Baker

22 April, 2026

/ Double Exposure, Kodak Double-X, Nikon FM2n, /

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This is not who I was allowed to be. Circumstances in my past lives built boundaries around the innermost states that contained freedom. Vulnerability. They inhibited stepping outside of the identity I constructed. I was produced to be formal, ser...

LeRouge 612 panorama pinhole camera for 120 film

22 April, 2026

LeRouge 612 MK2 – Portable Panoramic Pinhole – Why Barnack would have approved of it

By Jens Kotlenga

22 April, 2026

/ LeRouge 612 MK2, Panoramic Camera, Pinhole Cameras, /

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So there was this guy who took it upon himself to hike from the Atlantic Ocean all the way down to the Mediterranean, following the Pyrenean long-distance mountain trail, all of 850 kilometres in 48 days. In his backpack he had made room for a pan...

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2 December, 2018

Are All My Photographs Failures? – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

My photos fail to tell a story. I was talking to an NYU professor of photography, among other subjects, who is expert in teaching his students to tell a story. He allows them ei...

1 December, 2018

5 Frames With A Yashica T5 and Ektachrome E100

By photodude03

One day in October, 2018, I stopped by my local camera store and saw the vibrant blue and yellow Ektachrome E100 35mm film boxes in the large film stock refrigerator. I was like...

30 November, 2018

Fujica ST-901 Review – Back to the future – by Chris Pattison

By Chris Pattison

You may find it odd that I am starting an article about a Fujica ST-901 SLR by writing about an Asahi Pentax SV instead, but please bear with me.

29 November, 2018

Long exposures with the Minolta Dynax 5 and a roll of Kodak ColorPlus 200 – By Robert

By Robert_

I've had the Minolta Dynax 5 for a few months now and seeing that it was capable of a shutter speed up to 30 seconds I was intrigued by what could be achieved. So I loaded a rol...

28 November, 2018

5 Frames with Minolta CLE and Rokkor 40mm f/2 – by Florent Pinsault

By milpin

Rangefinders camera have been a part of my personal mythology because the of many great photographers who have shot with them. But Leica's camera are so expensive… So when I fin...

27 November, 2018

Adding Manual Shutter Speeds to the Yashica Electro 35 Series Cameras – by BY CAMERADACTYL (Ethan)

By cameradactyl

I have been filling my kickstarter orders for the last month for the CAMERADACTYL 4x5 Field Camera, which has imprisoned me in my own house, a victim of my own mild success, bab...

26 November, 2018

Minolta – Four 35mm, 1960’s Compacts – by Tobias Eriksson

By Flashknappen

I have a crush on these compact Minolta cameras manufactured in the 1960s. If one only looked at the price tag of these models they could be just crap. But actually they are com...

25 November, 2018

5 Frames with the Canon Rebel G and 50mm f/1.8 – by Wyatt Ryan

By Wyatt Ryan

The Canon Rebel G is not a sought-after film camera, but it’s what I was gifted for a film photography class I accidentally took in college. It was my moms’, and is eit...

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Russ Rosener on What the Lever Opened – One Shot Story
This technique is a favorite of mine. And yes it's pretty cool Nikon built that into the FM2 series. It…
Tony Warren on LeRouge 612 MK2 – Portable Panoramic Pinhole – Why Barnack would have approved of it
Those are excellent results from a very nicely made camera Jens. It is interesting that it has a 0,25mm pinhole.…
Michael on Leica-R Summicron 50/2 on Nikon F3
Thanks for sharing this conversation and the photos. I've compared digital shots from my Nikon 50mm f/1.4 AIS with my…

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