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11 January, 2021

Loading 35mm into 120 Camera (Without Adapters) – By Andrea Bevacqua

By Andrea Bevacqua

I have been intrigued by the look of the sprocket holes with the actual photo, so I wanted to try to replicate it. It is a effect mostly used on colour images and it seems quite...

11 January, 2021

Pentax ME Super Review – Not for me, but a Great Camera Regardless

By Hamish Gill

My relationship with the Pentax ME Super has been quite short. I initially thought it might just about supplant the MX, but after finding it increasingly frustrating throughout ...

10 January, 2021

Found Photos: Rex’s War – A Hundred Years of Photography – By Graeme Tregay

By Graeme Tregay

I retired in 2012 and decided to turn up the wick on my lifelong interest in film photography. I wanted something to do in the indoor winter months and started to scan my archi...

9 January, 2021

5 Frames with Expired Portra 160 NC 220 in a Bronica ETRSi – By Robert Launder

By Robert LAUNDER

Sometime around the early 2000s, my grandpa purchased a Bronica ETRSi outfit. As he was already in his early sixties and in poor health, he never had much of a chance to use it....

8 January, 2021

Pergear 12mm f/2 lens in Fuji X Mount – Mini-Review – by Iurii Zvonar

By yukosteel

The Pergear 12mm f/2 lens is shipped inside very compact cardboard box, additionally wrapped in numerous layers of protective foam. The package included Pergear mini air blower ...

7 January, 2021

Toronto with an Orphan Camera – By Brian Nicholls

By MrSnappy

It was the end of our Christmas 2008 holiday in Canada. My wife and I along with our son and his family – a party of six had spent the time with our other son and his extended C...

7 January, 2021

5 frames with Fuji 800 Disposable Camera Film and a Canon EOS 650 – By Michael Boffey

By Michael Boffey

800 is a big number in film photography, at least if you’re using colour film. The most sensitive colour films currently available all top out at 800 ISO. Kodak Portra is beauti...

6 January, 2021

5 Frames with a Nikon EL2 & Ilford PanF in Old Town Kenai, Alaska – By Dan Smouse

By Dan Smouse

Photography has always been in my blood, though for many years I didn’t engage it. The family photo album is filled with old, mostly faded Polaroid’s my dad shot from the first ...

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Jeffery Luhn on Along the River – One (or two) Shot Story14/11/2026
Andrea, Those are two nice photos. I didn't recognize the river name so I looked it up. Italy. Seems very…
David Hume on Computational photography: M-Kamera and GrainWorks13/11/2026
Thanks Vyzzdor - this is the best explanation by far I have ever read on the topics you cover. Firstly…
RichardH on Computational photography: M-Kamera and GrainWorks13/11/2026
Hello Vzzdor! This is an informative and well-written article. You have reminded me of my lifelong fascination with optics; from…
Bob Janes on Minolta Dynax 700si review – On the button13/11/2026
Thank you Ibraar - I'm looking forward to hearing more of your 807si...
Tony Warren on Divine intervention – My favourite photo of the year13/11/2026
Excellent allegory Matthew and I can see why you were accused of using AI. But AI wouldn't have left those…

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