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Praktica Nova 1B review
By Keith Walker
The first LP I bought back in the mid-1970s was ‘A New World...
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...
Polaroid launches the Go, the ‘world’s smallest analogue instant camera’
Polaroid have announced what they say is the smallest instant analogue camera ever created –...
Kosmo Foto’s Mono Roll 13: Central London (Pentax PC35AF-M)
These pictures were taken on a summer’s day wandering around the centre of London. Little...
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...
Life as a 1990s Russian newspaper photographer, shooting on a cheap Soviet camera
By Roman Yarovitcyn
My name is Roman Yarovitcyn, a photojournalist from Nizhny Novgorod in Russia. I’m...
Camera Reviews
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...
Mamiya 35D review
By Giacomo D'Agostini
A while ago I have realised that I am a “manual-only” kind of...
Lomography Sprocket Rocket review
By Jay SE1
I may be in the minority, but I don’t like to hear the...
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...
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...
Life as a 1990s Russian newspaper photographer, shooting on a cheap Soviet camera
By Roman Yarovitcyn
My name is Roman Yarovitcyn, a photojournalist from Nizhny Novgorod in Russia. I’m...
