The Hasselblad XPan is a legendary one-of-a-kind 35mm panoramic rangefinder worthy of its cult camera status, but at over $3,000 is it worthy of your money?
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Expensive Rangefinder vs Affordable SLR - 40mm Leica Lens vs 45mm Carl Zeiss
in Cameras, Entertainment, Film, Lenses, Reviews
In this video you can see the Leica Summicron-C 40mm f2 Leica M-mount lens compared to the Carl Zeiss Tessar 45mm f2.8 for Contax/Yashica mount…
Read More90mm on a Rangefinder? [VIDEO] Shooting 28mm & 90mm in Belgrade, Serbia
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An Interview & Visit with Carmencita Film Lab in Valencia, Spain
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Although the current film photography community is incredibly small, I often feel that those of us remaining hold a cumulative passion matching that possessed by tens of millions just a few decades ago when film was the…
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Leica M4-2 | Belgrade | Agfa Vista 200 | Summicron-C 40mm f/2
Most all Leica 40mm f2 Summicron-C lens reviews cover the same talking points, things like: most affordable Leica lens, body compatibility issues, awkward focal length, and undesirable bokeh. While these topics are all important…
Read MoreLeica MDa | Stockholm | Kodak Ultramax 400 | Avenon 28mm f3.5 LTM
The Avenon 28mm f3.5 LTM lens come from a Japanese manufacturer called YK optical in Yokohama, which had a short history of only producing two lenses mainly under the name of KOBALUX, a 28mm f3.5 as well as the 21mm f2.8 LTM…
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Horizon 202 | Tampere | CineStill 800T
The Horizon 202 doesn’t have any panoramic optics, it has panoramic mechanics. The Horizon 202 has a traditional 28mm f/2.8 prime lens, housed in mechanics which together categorize the Horizon as a swing-lens panoramic…
Read MoreLeica VS Zorki plus FED VS Elmar | Balatonfenyves | Agfa Vista 200
Turning the knob one can feel a pleasing steady resistance of the multiple gears working together, turning the transport sprocket and take up spool, gently pulling the film out from the canister and along the focal plane, like a…
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Rollei AFM 35 | Yosemite National Park
Voigtländer Bessa R3A | Helsinki | Jupiter-8 50mm f2.0
There are a lot of strong feelings out there about the Jupiter 8 50mm f2 lens. I would say in my experience the talk one way or another is about 50/50. Half think it is such a terrible lens they…
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Contax G1 | SF LA NY | Provia 100F | Zeiss 28mm f2.8 Biogon
I sadly only shot 3 rolls on this Contax G1. After buying it at a high price and selling it at a low one, it turned out to be my most costly per-picture expenses at over 8 USD per photo. Ouch! I would also not…
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Olympus XA | New York
Here is a short roll from New York City. Most of it was shot from an apartment on the back end of Billionaires Row overlooking Central Park and down on 59th st. as the famed Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade rolled by…
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