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July 14, 2020 in Entertainment, Film, Cameras, Popular, Lenses

A traveling photographer recruits is old pal to help document the exploration a small Ukrainian city, but the photogenic lure of an…

Read More Tags: Leica CL, Leica, Ukraine, slr, Agfa Vista 200, Voigtländer 15mm 4.5 October 26, 2019 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 More October 01, 2019 in Cameras, Entertainment, Film, Lenses, Reviews

In this video my friend and I head out to Belgrade Fortress (built in 279 BC) in Serbia where we shoot two different Leica rangefinder setups. I chose to test out my new M-Rokkor 90mm f4 lens on…

Read More June 10, 2019 in Cameras, Film, Entertainment, Reviews

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…

Read More April 06, 2019 in Lenses, Reviews, Tips/Resources/Guides, Film, Cameras

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 More March 24, 2019 in Cameras, Film, Lenses, Reviews

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…

Read More Tags: Leica, Leica MDa, Avenon 28mm f3.5, Kodak, Kodak Ultramax 400, Sweden December 20, 2018 in Cameras, Tips/Resources/Guides, Lenses, Entertainment

Perhaps you’ve considered buying it yourself but can’t afford it, don’t trust it, or feel it’s too mainstream for your style. Let’s take a look at some other film cameras that are comparable alternatives to the Contax T2…

Read More Tags: Contax, Leica, Konica, Fuji November 08, 2018 in Cameras, Film, Lenses, Reviews

Most photographers know Kodak Ektar 100 film as a landscape film as it produces images with high sharpness and vivid colors. It’s also suggested for fashion and other commercial film applications…

Read More October 19, 2018 in Cameras, Film, Lenses, Reviews

I went to Belgrade, Serbia to attend a camera show that I hadn’t been to in about 6 months. If you’re interested it’s called “Foto berza u Beogradu” about 4 times a year at Dorćol Platz – send a message…

Read More October 17, 2018 in Lenses, Film, Cameras, Reviews

After working at Photokina 2018 with CameraRescue and Nicolas Llasera, I realized that not too far…

Read More October 11, 2018 in Film, Cameras, Lenses, Reviews

On my way to Finland from Budapest, I found it cheaper and more adventurous to fly to Stockholm…

Read More May 28, 2018 in Film, Cameras, Entertainment

Just last week on my 6th visit to Serbia I found a pretty good deal on a 1951 Leica IIIf screw mount camera body. After a few consultations with Google Translate I met a man named Milos in front of the Belgrade National Theater to inspect the camera…

Read More Tags: Leica IIIf, Serbia, Agfa Vista 200, Rangefinder, Leica