3 March, 2026
5 Frames with the Mamiya 43mm f/4.5
A lot has been written about this wide-angle lens for the Mamiya 7 and 7II medium format (6 x 7) rangefinder cameras, including here at 35mmc. It’s a non-retrofocal (10 el...
My Dad was always a keen photographer. When he bought his Zeiss Ikon Ikonta in the early 1950s, it would have been a substantial outlay for him as a civil servant. While he didn...
I’ve built a bunch of conversions out of a vintage folding Zeiss 520/15. Most of these 6x12 cameras end up with a 65mm f/8 lens. It wasn’t until I was commissioned to build a ...
A lot of photographers have the opinion that an investment in new equipment will solve their photographic problems and let them make better photos. In most cases this is an illu...
9 September, 2020
Brooks-Plaubel Veriwide 100 Mini-Review – By Dan Cuny
Being the very visual person I am, I'm generally drawn to cameras more by the visual appearance and quality of the camera than the technical aspects. The Brook-Plaubel Veriwide ...
15 August, 2020
Kodak Panoram No.1 – Photographing Yosemite with my 120 year old Panoramic Camera – By Dan Cuny
My love for cameras and photography goes back to when I was a young boy living in Chicago. I believe the majority of the people I know with this kind of passion always starts at...
So I bought a Pentax 6x7 in May 2018. That was the year I felt it was time to be more serious with my photography and that meant a serious medium format set-up. Abandoning digit...
5 December, 2019
Recurrent Corneal Erosion and a Mamiya 645 Pro – It’s a Pirates Life For Me – By Adam Laws
One delightfully horrid January morning in 2018 - probably a Wednesday, nothing ever good happens on a Wednesday I woke in excruciating pain. I hadn’t been drinking the night be...