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30 November, 2021

The Pentax MZ-M (ZX-M) Review – The Ultimate Beginner’s 35mm SLR? – By Iain Paterson

By Iain Paterson

Look at virtually any of the online guides recommending the best SLRs for newcomers to film photography and a shortlist soon becomes familiar: Pentax K1000, Canon AE-1, Olympus ...

28 November, 2021

Haystack Heroes: A Photographic Project – By Tommaso Carrara

By Tommaso Carrara

Since I started making photographs, a little over 2 years ago, I have always followed my instincts and shot whatever I liked to. Whether that was a nice landscape, a street scen...

27 November, 2021

Iceland on Mamiya RB67 – by Ľubomír Drápal

By Lubomir Drapal

Cold mornings. Sunrises. Night Sky. Mountains. Nature. Tired legs. Analog photos. Old cameras. B&W films. The smell of a freshly developed photos. Slide films… This is how I wou...

26 November, 2021

Nikon D2H – Bidding On an Old Pro – By Wes Hall

By Wes Hall

The ordeal of buying used via eBay is certainly one to cherish, feel the tension wrack the mind and nerves as you buy into the hype of the sellers monologue about condition and ...

25 November, 2021

“Scanning” Film with a Digital Camera and a Slide Copier – 5 Mins for a Whole Roll! – By Christof Bircher

By Christof Bircher

Scanning film in good quality can be a challenge: Good scanners are very expensive and scarce. When I re-entered analog photography, scanning films quickly and in great quality ...

24 November, 2021

The Film Community has a Math Problem. Not a Film Price or Kodak Problem – By Matt Wright

By Matthew Wright

On November 3, 2021, Kodak announced a film price increase of 9-15% and the film community let out a collective sigh of exhaustion citing a lack of support and commitment to the...

23 November, 2021

Photography Through The Pandemic – A Spotlight on the Artists: Pt 2

By Holly Gilman

Welcome to part two of our Spotlight on the Artists. In each article I'll be sharing five of our contributors with you, telling you a little bit about their work and where you c...

23 November, 2021

Ten Years Gone: The Ricoh GXR

By Anonymised

I have always been a film photographer: I grew up when there was only film and realised, pretty early in the digital age, that the tens of thousands of hours I had already spent...

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Scott Ferguson on A Journey into Darkness and Light, B&W Film Stocks, Part 3
Thanks Jens! I really like Kentmere and have to try the 200 film on 120 when I can. It's very…
Scott Ferguson on A Journey into Darkness and Light, B&W Film Stocks, Part 3
Hi Geoff, I send my film to a lab in Brooklyn called Photolife that is pretty consistent, turns things around…
JC on A Journey into Darkness and Light, B&W Film Stocks, Part 3
Hi, Scott ! Thanks for this review of B&W film material ! Among your shots i like the Kentmere 200…

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