Large-format film photography and various historical techniques - all on ancient cameras and even more ancient lenses.

Do you want to break out of the clinically precise perfection of present times and go back in time to the character of the image and its addictive unpredictability? Well, you got lost right.


Sharp output lenses are a dime a dozen and those with the nice bokeh can also be found quite easily. Finding a characterful piece - whatever that means - can be a challenge, but it's possible. But what about a specimen that combines all of these qualities at once, and with a very cool name aswell? Well, allow me to introduce - Raptar!...

Some things and manufacturers, despite their undeniable qualities and benefits, fail to make their way into wider awareness and so, popularly speaking, fly under the radar. And this is the case of Aldis, a company living in the shadows of the hegemons of the time, which would be a shame to overlook.

Festive times call for a festive article. Something exceedingly extraordinary - a titan of bygone times and a grand master of ancient arts. Clasp the punch tighter, let the ladies stifle a scream, gentlemen tip their hats. Sinar is coming.

Do you have an altar dedicated to impressionism at home? In the smoke of incense sticks, self-portraits by Renoir and Monet look down on you from above, and you go to sleep in the tones of Debussy under The Starry Night? Then I have good news for you - it's not only possible to paint or compose it, but also...

Would you like German Linhof Super Technika, but don't want to pay for it? The solution is British Linhof Super Technika! Recommended by 10/10 Englishmen, 0/10 Germans, 9/10 dentists and 1/1 Jiří Zouhars.

You can find here on the web stories about common, rarer or even quite rare things. However, today's lens and the star of the article is a unusual step from the usual schemes - it is most likely the only one of its kind in the world. So too in our solar system. Galaxy. The universe!

A fierce yellow dot is grilling you from above, and you don't know when crocodile, tiger or souvenir seller will jump out of the bushes. We ran out of beer, the roads are winding off into the unknown and scenes from Coppola's Apocalypse Now come to mind. And to top it all off, as if that wasn't enough, you're a...

#1 FKD 13x18cm

29/08/2023

Your first is not to be forgotten. Finally, you stop polishing and touching it endlessly at home, but find the courage to take it outside and erect under the curious stares of passers-by. I did it in a cemetery and it was nothing but a 13x18cm FKD camera.