...for a long time at least, I hadn't known or paid attention to the names 'Wirgin' or 'Edixa'. And that's despite the fact that I've been involved with analogue photography for...
28 December, 2022
Nikon FM2 Camera Review – Joy in Simplicity – By Ted Ayre
Like many millennials I grew up in the 90’s with family point-and-shoots, quickly watching them disappear for digital compacts in the 00’s, and then those being ditched for the ...
27 December, 2022
Nikon F801 (N8008) Review – A Numbers Game – By Tony Warren
I sold my last film SLR in the late 1990s before my flirtation with digital, which quite quickly lost its appeal and I drifted back to film, continuing with digital mainly as a ...
12 December, 2022
Praktica BX20 – End of the line for Pentacon – By Bob Janes
I’ve recently been shooting with a Praktica BX20, which was one of the last Praktica models produced by Pentacon before they were wound up in the wake of German unification.
Th...
17 October, 2022
Pentax 50mm f/1.2 SMC lens on Film with a Pentax LX – by Aivaras
This wouldn’t be review of camera body or lens, there are plenty written. What I’ll share is my personal story of how I come to this set. One more aspect why I’m writing this is...
7 October, 2022
Nikon Pronea 6i – Retired & Expired: Experimenting with APS film – By Isaac D. Pacheco
For as long as I can remember, I have loved receiving packages through the mail. The mystery and surprise of unwrapping a stamp-covered parcel is truly one of life’s simple plea...
26 September, 2022
Nikon F2AS Review – The Camera That Filled The Void – By Chris Barrett
On a sticky early morning lines of cars crawling up the small highway give way to vendors for miles on either side of the small country highway. It’s the first weekend of August...
8 August, 2022
Leica Digital-Modul-R Review – ‘R’ You Ready for This? – My Passion Camera System – By Jarrod Sams
Picture it! Cullowhee 2005. I was amidst my second year in college. It was also at this time that I was rediscovering my joy for photography. Going to school in the Smokey M...