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8 November, 2025

A Moto Guzzi Falcone and an Expired Kodak Portra 160 Roll – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

8 November, 2025

/ Kodak Film, Kodak Portra 160, /

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24 December, 2024

Corfield Periflex Camera – A British Gem

By Dan Cuny

The Corfield Periflex is a relatively new camera to my collection. I’ve only had it for a few months, but I’ve desired to own one for many years. The opportunity aro...

23 December, 2024

Rolleiflex 2,8GX – A Short Review and Comparisons with the 2.8F

By Geoff Chaplin

There are many reviews of the 2.8F – here I concentrate on the differences between the Rolleiflex 2,8 GX and F, why I bought a GX and my experiences with it having shot around 3...

22 December, 2024

7Artisans 35mm 0.95 – Testing this Fujifilm X Mount Lens in a Demanding Environment

By Andrea Monti

So far I have been very happy with the 7Artisans 35mm 0.95 in X-mount, but I have only tested it in non-demanding conditions. Although the results were promising at first sight,...

21 December, 2024

One Shot Story: (Un)Available Coin Lockers at Shin Osaka Station

By Andrea Monti

コインロッカー, the coin-operated lockers, are fundamental to travel around Japan: this is the first lesson any first-timer to this Country should learn beforehand. Almost ubiqu...

21 December, 2024

When The Burn Out Hits

By Larissa Almeida

When I finished university, I didn’t think burnout would hit me… how very wrong I was indeed. I was fortunate enough to attend a fantastic university, especially for the a...

20 December, 2024

NEWS: Introducing the Omnar 35mm f/3.5 Pantessa FLB (YS35-35FLB)

By Hamish Gill

The Omnar 35mm f/3.5 Pantessa (short for pancake-tessar) is a limited-edition rehousing of the Carl Zeiss 35mm f/3.5 optics found in the Yashica T, T3, T4 and T5 Super cameras. ...

A blue Petri Color 35 with a few toys for added color.

20 December, 2024

Petri Color 35 – A Love Letter to a favourite camera

By Kohtli

I’d like to talk about one of my favourite cameras, the Petri Color 35. Now sure you might be thinking that this is an odd choice. And to a certain extent you’d be r...

19 December, 2024

A Night at the Opera – Plays and Opera Photography

By Andrea Monti

This is an abbreviated version of a talk I gave to a local chapter of the Italian Federation of Amateur Photographers (FIAF) on the challenges of photographing in a Teatro all&#...

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