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19 December, 2020

Experiments Pushing & Pulling Ilford HP5 – By Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

This is not groundbreaking stuff. I’m not the first to experiment with pushing and pulling Ilford HP5 but it’s my first time experimenting with it. I make no secret of the fact ...

18 December, 2020

38 Frames / A Whole Roll of Rollei Retro 400S – #FullRollFriday – by Simon King

By Simon King

I recently decided to add something different to my regular film-stock replenishment order, and went for a selection of Rollei branded films - not something I've ever shot befor...

18 December, 2020

Polaroid Spectra / Frustrating Beauty – By Bill Thoo

By Bill Thoo

If you are an instant photography veteran my revelations may not be for you, but I confess that I am a late comer to instant photography. I never photographed with Polaroid when...

17 December, 2020

5 Frames with a Canonet 28 and Fuji C200 – By Andrew Bogard

By Andrew Bogard

The classic scene: an advert for a bunch of random film cameras that showed no hint of what the cameras actually were. I met with the seller and she showed me a dilapidated box ...

16 December, 2020

Why the Nikon F6 died (and What the Prospects of a Replacement are) – By Nik Stanbridge

By Nik Stanbridge

There have been a few articles recently musing on the demise of the Nikon F6 35mm film camera to mark the fact that Nikon has withdrawn it from sale after a 16-year run. In writ...

16 December, 2020

Connected – A Wet Plate Project about the Bonds of Friendship – By Markus Hofstätter

By Markus Hofstätter

These lockdown days can be frustrating. I remember being at home for 10 rainy days. I even didn't go in the garden because of the weather. My wet plate studio being empty and me...

15 December, 2020

Voigtlander Superb – My New Favorite TLR – By Dan Cuny

By Dan Cuny

Being in photography for more than 50 years, I've had the pleasure of using many cameras. For years, whenever I wanted to shoot with a twin-lens reflex camera, my camera of choi...

14 December, 2020

Stand development Follow Up – My First Steps into Analogue – Part 8 – By Andrea Bevacqua

By Andrea Bevacqua

I have been studying a bit since my last post on the subject of stand development and have put in place some comment I received. As such, here a follow-up on my experiences with...

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