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24 January, 2026

Minolta MC W Rokkor-HG 35/2.8 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field-Test

By Andrea Monti

This is another episode featuring a Nikon Z camera and a vintage lens. This time, I’m using the Minolta MC Rokkor-HG 35mm 2.8, which I recently took out of the cupboard wh...

24 January, 2026

Voigtländer Vitrona – World premiere of something we now take for granted

By Alex Peter

We all have a little digital camera in a drawer somewhere. We occasionally take it out for family gatherings to take simple, well-lit photos indoors. Set the flash to automatic ...

23 January, 2026

Feel Nothing, Hear Nothing, See Nothing

By Eagle Omomuro

I don’t know where this story should begin. Perhaps that uncertainty is the only honest place to start. For years, I have lived with anxiety. At its worst, it escalated into pan...

23 January, 2026

My 2025 on Colour Film – 9 rolls, 8 emulsions, 6 cameras

By Sroyon

I predominantly shoot black-and-white film, preferring digital if I want to take colour photos. But in 2025, besides my usual quota of B&W, I also shot nine rolls of 35mm co...

Minolta X-700 with a roll of DragonFilm CI

22 January, 2026

5 Frames from Florence, on DragonFilm CI

By James Billings

For those who aren’t already familiar with them, DragonFilm is a small UK based company who re-spool various interesting films under their own branding. Up until recently ...

22 January, 2026

5 (ish) Frames with a Pentax 17 – The Much-Maligned Camera that might just be my Favorite

By John Bennett

In the year-and-a-half since Ricoh released their Pentax half-frame camera, much has been written about its design, about the company hitting the pause button on their film came...

21 January, 2026

Reflecting on a few of my own failures

By Michael Murray

Inspired by a post from Alexandre Kreisman, I wanted to present some misses to the community to look for ideas and opportunities for growth. Below, you’ll find 8 images t...

21 January, 2026

New ads provider incoming – possible interruptions to service

By Hamish Gill

Just a heads up, I am moving ad providers. I have, believe it or not, been quite happy with the current provider, but I have had some page load issues and a very poor Q4 which h...

Paul Taylor on 5 (ish) Frames with a Pentax 17 – The Much-Maligned Camera that might just be my Favorite
One thing I found funny when it comes the 17 - is most of the social media that criticized the…
Russ Rosener on 5 (ish) Frames with a Pentax 17 – The Much-Maligned Camera that might just be my Favorite
Great to see people working in the darkroom making prints! The '17 is a cool little camera. I had one…
Ibraar Hussain on Pakistan – 33 Years exploring – With the Olympus E1 and E3 DSLR’s and Steve – Part 1 in The Punjab
Ah thanks David ! As always. Some people may find the photos to be boring - or uninteresting as it’s…

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