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Leica Box camera (Pic: Leitz Photogrphica Auction)

One-off Leica Box compact camera on sale next month

20/10/2026

Buffalo Tom 'Live Frames (2007-2011)' and postcards (Pic: Stephen Dowling)

Turning old concert shots into tour merch; Buffalo Tom ‘Live Frames (2007-2011)’

PPP Cameras unveils new website aiming to list every film camera ever made

Mural of tripod on tiles in Woking (pic: Stephen Dowling)

Happy birthday H G Wells: A photowalk with a Martian flavour

Yinghzhe 100 film and Chinese script (Pic: Via Not-minari/Reddit)

China Lucky Film announces two new black-and-white films

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Leica Box camera (Pic: Leitz Photogrphica Auction)

One-off Leica Box compact camera on sale next month

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A one-off Leica compact camera prototype built for the Agfa Karat 35mm film system in the 1950s is being sold at the Leitz Photographica...

PPP Cameras unveils new website aiming to list every film camera...

30/09/2026

Lomography Sprocket Rocket Starlight (Pic: Lomography)

Lomography releases new Sprocket Rocket and Lomomatic 110 cameras

27/09/2026

Ilford Delta 400 Professional Collector's Edition (Pic: Harman Yechnology)

Harman Technology releases collector’s edition of Delta 400 Professional

19/09/2026

Lomography Fisheye No. 2 Graffiti (Pic: Lomography)

Lomography releases new Graffiti edition Fisheye No. 2 camera

09/09/2026

CAMERA REVIEWS

Canon Sure Shot Sleek (Pic: Stephen Dowling)

Three cameras for 2025

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Pentax MV (Pic: Aaron Gold)

Pentax MV review: Is there such a thing as too simple?

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First impressions: Lomography LOMO MC-A

30/11/2025

Hanimex 35ES: The hunt for a camera from my childhood

31/10/2025

Canon Sure Shot AF-7 review: The ‘Owl’ that’s a hoot to shoot

28/09/2025

Nikon F50/N50 review: Shoot like a pro for peanuts

27/03/2025

Pentax ME review

22/02/2025

‘Best beginner cameras’ debunked: Five SLRs you shouldn’t start with

04/01/2025

ANALOGUE HISTORY

The Praktica VF212 reusable camera revives an iconic Cold War name

26/06/2026

Leica IIIG set with box and instructions (Pic: Leitz Photographica Auction)

Ultra-rare Swedish military Leica sets high price at Leitz Photographica Auction

16/06/2026

The Rubin-1: A pioneering Soviet zoom lens from the 1960s

04/06/2026

One-off WWII Leica rifle camera for sale in June’s Leitz Photographica Auction

24/05/2026

Shooting the Artemis II launch on a camera that could have captured the first American in space

10/04/2026

The one-off rifle camera built by the world’s first professional wildlife photographer

09/02/2026

This year’s ‘must-have’ digital camera owes a lot to Kodak’s first disposable

14/10/2025

Rare Soviet Cyclocamera and Pioneer cameras go to auction in October

23/09/2025

KOSMOPEDIA

Lights, camera… Action Man! The action figure on a secret photo...

24/12/2023

Vivitar ECO35 (Pic: Stephen Dowling)

Vivitar ECO35: The ‘disposable’ hero of photography

22/11/2023

Iura: The wood-and-paper Soviet Leica-like

01/10/2023

TIME Magazine Camera: King of the Trashcams?

15/04/2023

Halina Prefect: When is a TLR not a TLR?

30/10/2022

Olympus OM-1: The small, quiet revolution in SLR design

29/06/2022

FED-6TTL: Electric dreams

04/01/2022

Sharp shooter? The pistol camera intended for Japanese police

08/11/2020

SOVIET CAMERAS

The Rubin-1: A pioneering Soviet zoom lens from the 1960s

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The Czech Republic on a pair of LOMO LC-As

19/01/2026

Rare Soviet lenses under the hammer at German auction

09/10/2025

Rare Soviet Cyclocamera and Pioneer cameras go to auction in October

23/09/2025

How a cult Soviet lens was born

06/07/2025

Variozenitar-M: An impressive zoom lens from the dying days of the USSR

21/05/2025

Single Frame: Josh winter portrait

14/05/2025

Ingenious cameras used by Cold War spy agencies up for sale at Leitz Photographica Auction

13/05/2025

SINGLE FRAMES

Two nuns in brown inn open doorway talking to woman (Pic: Stephen Dowling)

Single Frame: Nuns at the doorway

10/07/2026

Motorcycle courier in black and white with blurred background (Pic: Stephen Dowling)

Single Frame: Winter courier

28/06/2026

Single Frame: Summer in the City

17/06/2026

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