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8 July, 2025

VE Day – Victory in Europe Day with a Balda CA 35 and Polaroid High Definition 200

By Ibraar Hussain

8 July, 2025

/ Balda CA 35, Event Photography, Polaroid High Definition 200, /

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7 July, 2025

Rectaflex 1000 – A Review of a (very) Early Pentaprism VF SLR

By Jim Palmer

After I finally retired, my wife and I moved from the hectic, congested, expensive, etc. Washington D.C. area to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. It’s so much calmer, quiet, f...

6 July, 2025

Why its important wander aimlessly with your film camera

By Vincent Botton

To begin with what may seem like a cliché: in today’s world, avoiding screens has become nearly impossible. Sitting in front of a laptop monitor, sketching on a tablet, with a p...

5 July, 2025

Kentmere and I – Musings on recent film choices

By Paul Quellin

Firstly the cover shot. Having picked up on a comment recently, the cover shot was also on film. A Voigtlander Vito B and a roll of Kodak Gold that had just come out of two othe...

4 July, 2025

5 Dyptichs with an Olympus Pen EF

By Nicholas Johnson

For your consideration, an Olympus Pen EF. Released in 1981 this little camera makes me happy, let me tell you about its best qualities! The Pen EF has a nice little 28mm lens. ...

4 July, 2025

Leitz 50mm f3.5 and the 135mm f4 – A Brace of Elmars – Sublime to Ridiculous

By Geoff Chaplin

Specifically the Leitz 50mm f3.5 and the 135mm f4, both LTM and both are late coated versions. Tony Warren recently wrote an excellent review of the 90mm Elmar should you wish t...

3 July, 2025

Meet Me Mum – One-Shot Story

By Dave Powell

Of course, my mother isn’t a rubber frog! But this one may have been her second message to our family when she died. (More about the first one later.) It did not surprise us tha...

3 July, 2025

Sunday morning with the Industar 61 in a Fuji XT-1

By Rodrigo Castro

Walking through São Paulo with a camera is always a mix of some surprises and great urban scenery. In downtown and its surroundings, this microcosm of a city with about 20 milli...

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