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30 December, 2023
5 Frames with a Canon EOS 5D & 50mm f/1.8 EF STM – The Hunt for a Daily Carry Camera.
For a while now, I have been searching for a daily carry camera. More specifically a digital one. I am well covered on the film side with a couple of my favorites. A recent post...
29 December, 2023
5 Frames with my Nikomat FTn in Milan
After watching Luchino Visconti’s acclaimed Rocco e suoi fratelli (1960) some years ago, I craved to visit Milan, particularly the city’s main attraction: the Milan Cathedral. H...
28 December, 2023
Review of the Crown + Flint Mobile App for Film Photographers: Simple, Intuitive, and Helpful
Crown + Flint is a new iOS and Android mobile app for film photographers created by Silicon Valley veteran, Don Goodman-Wilson. It’s a complete workflow app that helps analogue ...
27 December, 2023
If Your Vintage Camera Lacks Strap Lugs, Try This!
Only when I began preparing to review my Ansco Super Memar camera for 35mmc did I notice that the camera lacks “lugs” for attaching neck straps. I could carry it in a belly bag ...
27 December, 2023
5 Frames with “WP-Tech 100” and a repaired XA2
A few years ago I was gifted an XA2 via my local Buy/Nothing group after a bunch of people who were offered it first changed their minds when they realized it wasnt a digital ca...
26 December, 2023
Life-like Finders and Photo-like Finders Part 1: The L–P spectrum
“The camera is just a light-tight box.” If you spend time on photography websites and forums, you’ve probably encountered this dictum before – often as an admo...
24 December, 2023
A Bout of GAS, and a Rediscovered Pentax Q7
I took my Pentax Q7 for a couple of Christmassy evenings out in town with the kids in the run up to Christmas. I took it out because it ended up finding its way to being the clo...
23 December, 2023
Minolta Dynax 9xi – That difficult second ‘Pro’ AF SLR
This is a review of the Minolta Dynax 9xi (aka Minolta Maxxum/Alpha 9xi, hereafter referred to as the Dynax 9xi). It was Minolta’s second ‘professional’ Autofo...
