Why Everyone Should Shoot Manual … Sometimes
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Tips and Techniques No. 003 – How to See in Black-and-White
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What are ISO Numbers in Photography and Why it Matters
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How to Cheat at Film Photography – Simple Tips for Making Better Photos
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Five Favorite Photos – Garry Winogrand
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How To Process Black and White Film at Home – Part One: What You’ll Need
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Five Tips for Shooting Concerts on Film
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Five Favorite Photos – Gordon Parks
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Five Favorite Photos – Mathew Brady & Co. Shoot the Civil War
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The Best First Film Camera for Any Shooter
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Basic Composition Techniques for Better Photos
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Mastering the Zone System – Part 1: Zone System Metering
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Five Favorite Photos – Martin Munkácsi
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We Pick Your First Film Camera For Under $50
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The Essentials – A Guide to the Best of Pentax’s Camera Systems
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A Day in the Life, as Seen Through a Yashica 35 MF
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Watameter Super – The Rolls Royce of Rangefinders
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The Olympus 35 SP – Ansel Adams’ Point and Shoot?
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Women at War – Three Pioneering Female Combat Photographers
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Robot Royal 24 Review – a Square Format 35mm Film Camera that Runs Like a Clock
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read moreMinolta MC Macro Rokkor QF 50mm F/3.5 Lens Review
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Why the Zeiss ZX1 Has Got Me All Jazzed Up
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Meet the PONF Camera, a Film and Digital Multi-back Camera System
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Fujifilm XF 23mm F/2 WR Lens Review – The Fuji X Series’ Best Kit Lens?
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Leica Q2 – a Real World Camera Review
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5 Best Travel Cameras – Digital Edition
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Leica CL Mirrorless Digital Camera Review
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Leica Elmarit-TL 18mm F/2.8 Aspherical Lens Review
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These are the Best Beach Cameras Just in Time for Summer
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Our Favorite Fanboys Swap Camera Systems – Nikon F3 Versus Canon F-1
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The Milk Bath Portrait and How it Changed Everything
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Should We Photograph the Homeless?
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The Essentials – A Guide to the Best of Nikon’s Camera Systems
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