20 February, 2026
My Brief Journey with “Blind” Leicas.
I have to admit that I have a soft spot for “blind” Leicas. The origin of these niche cameras comes from Leica side line of making camera bodies for the medical comm...
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27 December, 2025
Black Rock Diving Tower – Best Photo of 2025
Black Rock Diving Tower is an iconic landmark in Galway, Ireland. It is situated along the picturesque Salthill promenade overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. This location has been ...
22 October, 2024
LightPix Labs FlashQ M20 – Hitting the street with a new flash
I was never a big fan of flash photography. But during the pandemic I took a Magnum online photography class which introduced me to flash photography technics of Martin Parr and...
7 October, 2024
Zeiss Ikon SW – First Impressions of this “blind” camera
When the Zeiss Ikon SW showed up on my doorstep a couple of weeks ago I was already well versed in “blind” M or LTM mount cameras. The “blind” term refers to a Leica body withou...
9 June, 2021
Jupiter-3 – Sourcing my Perfect Soviet Lens with a bit of Help From Skyllaney – By Sasha Tsyrlin
My first memory of a camera goes back to my childhood in USSR and me holding my grandfather's Zorki or FED (I don’t remember which). I remember looking through a Soviet Universa...