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Shadow Agents: Double Agents
Agent Shadow’s testers well and truly span the globe, with rolls being snapped by photographers...
Shadow Agent: Anthony Rue
Anthony Rue is a café owner from Florida who lives and breathes film photography.
I first...
Shadow Agent: London Camera Project
By London Camera Project
On Instagram you’ll know him as @londoncameraproject, but in real life you...
Announcing Kosmo Foto Agent Shadow black-and-white film
Shooting black-and-white film in the daylight is one thing. Shooting it when the shadows lengthen...
KONO! releases three new experimental films
German experimental film brand KONO! has announced the release of three new films, including a...
Rare Soviet FK-6 space camera auctioned this June
A modified Soviet medium format camera built for the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz mission is being auctioned...
Rare wartime Soviet naval ‘fotosniper’ going to auction
A rare prototype Soviet “fotosniper” outfit built for the Soviet Navy during the siege of...
Amateur Photography in the USSR: Part One
By Roman Yarovitcyn
To understand, what exactly was photography in the USSR, you must know, that...
Konica Centuria Chrome 100 on a Zenit-E
Back in the day, camera makers sometimes made film. We might think of Kodak and...
Kiev-4 review
By Hubregt Visser
I acquired my 1978 Kiev-4 from an internet auction, guided by nothing but...
Camera Reviews
Minolta Maxxum 7000 review
By Kevin Lane
I am NOT a camera collector.” At least that is what I tell...
Praktica Nova 1B review
By Keith Walker
The first LP I bought back in the mid-1970s was ‘A New World...
Kiev-4 review
By Hubregt Visser
I acquired my 1978 Kiev-4 from an internet auction, guided by nothing but...
Gevabox review
By Keith Walker
Digital photography is great. No, it really is. Fast autofocus, variable ISOs and...
KMZ Moskva-5 review
By Howard Sandler
The Moskva-5 is my first Soviet camera, but I have to admit that...
Retopro launches new large case for 35mm and 120 film rolls
Retopro, the Hong Kong-based company which launched Kodak-branded metal film cases last year, has announced...
The curious case of the Contax shutter
By Oleg Khalyavin
Anyone who disassembled old Kiev or Contax has seen a complex structure of...
For sale: a Sports Illustrated photographer’s stereo SLR camera
A rare stereo SLR used for professional shoots by is being sold on the auction...
Amateur Photography in the USSR: Part Two
By Roman Yarovitcyn
I think the sharpest difference in Soviet photography compared to any other was...
Rare Soviet FK-6 space camera auctioned this June
A modified Soviet medium format camera built for the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz mission is being auctioned...
