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Category: Cornerstone

The posts within this category are background articles which cover the main purpose of the site and some useful information about how to get the best from it. Here you will find articles about photographic theory, site navigation and basic testing and setting up vintage cameras to name just a few subjects.

index of camera types

Camera types index and description

Centre weighted metering example

A Guide to metering modes

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Easy Site Navigation for Simon Hawketts’s Photo Blog

A picture of the uncoupled exposure meter of a camera

Uncoupled exposure meter tests on vintage cameras

Testing a vintage camera's shutter 1

Testing a vintage camera’s shutter

takumar 135mmmm f/3.5 M42 front of lens

Vintage camera’s aperture tests

Pentax Spotmatic SP showing shutter and film speed settings

How to check the health of a vintage camera

Ensign Selfix 16-20 - camera in portrait mode

Observations when shooting with a folding camera

How depth of field in photography works 2

How depth of field in photography works

Macro photography options 3

Macro photography options

Camdiox Sony Nex focal reducer with box

Camdiox Canon EOS to Sony Nex focal reducer review

Typical lightroom processing steps - darkening the sky

Typical Lightroom processing steps.

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Eumig 31XL Live Sound cine camera user manual
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The Camera manual for the Pentax SFXn 35mm camera. Read more

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Praktica LTL 35mm vintage SLR camera.
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Iconic Pentax Spotmatic SP 35mm SLR Review
Pentax P30T 35mm slr camera review
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