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21 June, 2026

A Virtual Tour of the Franke & Heidecke Factory in 1938 – on International Stereoscopy Day

By Stereoscopy Blog

Today, 21st June 2026, is the 5th International Stereoscopy Day and this year also marks the 100th anniversary of Franke & Heidecke’s stereoscopic film camera, the Rolleidos...

16 May, 2026

One More “Robert Frank in Butte, Montana” Story

By John Bennett

Not long after my wife, Darby, and I returned from last summer’s Portland-to-St. Louis road trip — which included one night at the Finlen Hotel in Butte — I started thinking how...

27 February, 2026

The Miniature Camera Monthly

By Art Meripol

Above: Cover photo of the August 1939 issue of Ray Bolger for it’s feature article on the new about-to-be-released movie The Wizard of Oz My wife retired a couple years ag...

30 October, 2025

Robert Frank’s Leica (Well, Close)

By John Bennett

After our recent road trip, which included a night at the Hotel Finlen in Butte, Montana, and a chance to photograph the window where Robert Frank made one of the 83 images incl...

20 October, 2025

Prakticas and Their Associated Lenses – Building A Film Camera and Lens System At Reasonable Cost

By Ken Davis

The post that Matt Reverzani gave us about his work with a Praktica L prompted me to write an article about this range of cameras. Now the Prakticas were always ‘bottom of the p...

1 October, 2016

A brief history of Reid & Sigrist – Guest post by Wilson Laidlaw

By Wilson Laidlaw

In the great British tradition of “Keep calm and muddle through”, during WW2, British official war photographers had used a whole hodge podge of assorted cameras, ranging from l...

Alexander Seidler on 5 Frames along the Oregon Coast with the Mamiya 7ii and Kodak Ektachrome E100
Beautiful, Sam !
Jeffery Luhn on Why I take imperfect wedding photographs with a Leica film camera
Exactly. 'Full weddings' is a key phrase. Couples should ask for that.
Andy on Carl Zeiss 80mm F2.8 SL66 Mount Adapted to Pentax 67
Hi there, any chance you'd be willing to sell this to me? I have been looking for an 80mm 2.8…

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