I picked up my Ricoh 500G rangefinder for $8 at a ‘Vinnies’ charity shop here in Sydney. Manufactured from 1972, I’ve had this for about a year now. It was my first film camera ...
1 April, 2017
Argus C4 Review – My Experiences – by DaCosta
As a photographer for about 35 years, I’ve shot everything from 110 to 4x5, including instant. I’ve also shot digital for about 10 of those years, returning to film in 2014. D...
20 February, 2017
Fed4 & Industar И-61 lens review – Back in the USSR – by Howard Hurd
Early experiences with Soviet cameras left a lasting impression. I have always wondered what I would think if I used these cameras again today, after more years of experience in...
11 February, 2017
Hasselblad XPan – by Jef Price
I suppose that the Hasselblad X-Pan (or Fuji TX1 as it was for the Japanese market) is pressing it when it comes to the qualification of compact, but its bold design and concept...
14 December, 2016
Leica M6 – In Praise of the Classic- by Hokari57
Simply put, It's my opinion that the Leica M6 is the best of the film M bodies that you can hope to shoot with. How I came to realize this only took me a MP, a M3 and a M4 to sh...
3 December, 2016
Leica M-D: To M-D or not to M-D? – By Adam Singer
So a man walks into a camera store - stop me if you have heard this one - and says, ‘ I want that new Leica MD’. That’s the full frame all singing but no dancing digital Leica w...
17 September, 2016
Leica CL Review (The Film Camera)
The Leica CL, along with its contemporary cousin the Leica M5, comes from a time in Leica's history that seems to have been a little rocky to say the least. Yet whilst Leica suf...
27 August, 2016
Hasselblad Xpan with a Nikon 35mm PC shift lens – FAQ
A week or so ago I shot a quick test roll through the Hasselblad Xpan II with a Nikon 35mm PC lens attached to the front of it. I had a lot of questions about that set up, so I ...