Ferret fun day this weekend… and we love those!

My best buddy Fuzzy has passed away all too soon… she was more human than ferret, but was never the same after she lost her pal Winnie to cancer. We are now left with Theodore and the Bebon ( spanish for big baby). So as always we will be going to the Ferret fun day [...]

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Leica M9 rumors… we have it on very good authority that…

It seems that the M9 is due to become a reality sooner than we think! As an interesting thing happened today… we had a visit from the manager of one of Australia’s biggest Leica dealers who stated the following! ( disclaimer we are not a Leica reseller): That Leica distributors worldwide are accepting orders for [...]

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Still Moments… an exhibition of fine art landscape photographs by Warren Hinder.

Warren Hinder is a published and collected photographer who lives in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. He is also a Mainline Customer and film user. Starting on the 8th of August through to the 30th of August he has a gallery showing of his best works at the Nolan on Lovel gallery in Katoomba [...]

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Shopping for a new monitor on a budget? Forget the Nec and Ezio or Apple!

I was looking for a new monitor for home and I did a lot of research into the topic before buying. I wanted a monitor that would be good for gaming ( ok I’m a WOW addict) and for photographic work… and midsized, without breaking the bank. Sure companies like NEC and EIZO produce the [...]

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Bessa III review by Ed Dale

Mainline Customer and recent Bessa III purchaser is so delighted with his camera that he has sent through this personal hands on review. Ed writes: Is this camera worth the expense?. Does it take a good photo? Does it work? Does it make sense? The Short Review – This camera is superb. But I suspect [...]

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Travelling Bessa III returns from it’s first tour

Phil Ramsden has just returned the Bessa III to us after spending a delightful 2 weeks wandering the Northern Beaches and city of Sydney in search of scenes to photograph. Phil checks out a scene accompanied by his faithful pal Vegemite. The Adventures of the Travelling Bessa III My it’s a long way from Tokyo [...]

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New film compact coming soon The Fuji KLASSE W & S models!

Due to the recent sucess of the Bessa III camera Fujifilm has asked partners Cosina to take on worldwide distribution of their high end compact P&S film camera the Klasse.  These cameras will be coming soon,  no price as yet but we will keep you updated. Available in  28mm and 38mm 2.8 lens versions. 2010 [...]

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A visit to the Leica factory! History, beer and gossip by Geoff Hopkinson.

Mainline customer Geoff Hopkinson and rangefinder fanatic got the chance of a lifetime to visit the fatherland and the Leica factory! Geoff writes: Scott knows me as a Leica M enthusiast and Mainlinephoto is on speed dial here; always an absolute pleasure to deal with. In June I was lucky enough to visit Germany with [...]

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Ferret break…

Too much photography discussion is bad for your eyes… or at least Martin Perreaults website can be! NSFW! Brought to our attention by Peter Clark of Jaluroo Photography. Now Peter we just need ask what were you doing on that website? Research maybe? Burglars ha! let me at them! What me in latex no way… [...]

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The Travelling Bessa III is on it’s way!

Our Travelling Bessa III has arrived and is now with it’s first participant. A happy Phil Ramsden picks up the camera!  While Rufus continues snoring… Our first delivery has sold out!  in fact we did not even get the quantity we ordered. Cosina are short of production  time and only produced 100 in this run.  [...]

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More Nokton 50mm 1.1 images

Here are some more images from around Crows Nest I took on the way home with the Nokton on the M8 (now with an IR filter) and stopped down a couple of stops. Enjoy them… as I sure am loving this lens! This new cafe just opened with nice red chairs.. well they caught my [...]

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Nokton 1.1 50mm my first take on this fast lens.

I didn’t spend as much time with the Nokton 1.1 as I wished I could have. But here are some first shots taken on the M8 no IR filter and just on fine jpeg. The lens feels good to shoot with and mechanically is superb. Like anything well made the lens becomes a part of [...]

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Food break…

Gotta love Francois Xavier!

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They have arrived! The most sought after Voigtlander M lens ever! The Nokton 50mm 1.1

Well we finally have received our first delivery of the Nokton 50mm 1.1 lenses! This has been ( going by the number of pre-orders) the most sought after Cosina-Voigtlander made product ever. So we are going to be busy packing and shipping for the next day or so. But for your viewing pleasure here are [...]

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