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10 August, 2025

Harman Phoenix 200 (first gen) – Well Underexposed

By Eagle Omomuro

10 August, 2025

/ Harman Film, Harman Phoenix 200, /

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31 December, 2014

Christmas in colour – A few shots with the Voigtlander 50mm f/1.1

By Hamish Gill

Since I banged on at some length about how I would likely only ever use my Voigtlander 50mm 1.1 for its function, ie in low light, I thought I would contradict myself and shoot ...

30 December, 2014

Pentax Espio Mini (UC-1)

By Hamish Gill

The Pentax Espio Mini (or UC-1 as it is otherwise known) doesn’t seem to demand quite the outspoken praise that some of its contemporaries do. There isn’t much info ...

29 December, 2014

Voigtlander R2A & R3A Review

By Hamish Gill

I’ve mentioned numerous times on this blog that I’ve previously owned and extensively shot with a Voigtlander R2A, a camera that I had previously kept when I sold my...

19 December, 2014

The Traveling Yashica: Austin Beeman – Ohio, USA

By Austin Beeman

I received the Yashica T5 just in time to take it to the Film Photography Podcast’s 2014 Walking Workshop in Findlay, Ohio. This was only an hour or so south of my hometown of T...

14 December, 2014

Modification of Pentax Espio Mini to retain flash settings

By Hamish Gill

As part of the process of playing with, testing and reviewing the Pentax Espio Mini – in much the same way as I did with the Oly mju-ii – I have become intrigued by ...

6 December, 2014

Voigtlander 50mm f/1.1 Nokton Review

By Hamish Gill

I find the Voigtlander 50mm f/1.1 Nokton a fascinating piece of kit, and that’s not just since I have bought it! I’ve been intrigued by it since the day it was relea...

30 November, 2014

The Traveling Yashica: Daniel VanDurmen – Tulsa, OK. USA

By Daniel VanDurmen

I’d been waiting patiently, almost forgetting about it entirely, but the Traveling Yashica finally arrived to me, safe and sound, last week. David Lee, in Korea, who I’ve recent...

30 November, 2014

The Traveling Yashica: Jonas Lundström in Gothenburg, Sweden

By Jonas Lundström

Finally, I present my roll from the Traveling Yashica! In retrospect I should have shot another roll because I didn’t feel like the two days I spent with actually shooting...

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