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2 December, 2018

Are All My Photographs Failures? – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

My photos fail to tell a story. I was talking to an NYU professor of photography, among other subjects, who is expert in teaching his students to tell a story. He allows them ei...

1 December, 2018

5 Frames With A Yashica T5 and Ektachrome E100

By photodude03

One day in October, 2018, I stopped by my local camera store and saw the vibrant blue and yellow Ektachrome E100 35mm film boxes in the large film stock refrigerator. I was like...

30 November, 2018

Fujica ST-901 Review – Back to the future – by Chris Pattison

By Chris Pattison

You may find it odd that I am starting an article about a Fujica ST-901 SLR by writing about an Asahi Pentax SV instead, but please bear with me.

29 November, 2018

Long exposures with the Minolta Dynax 5 and a roll of Kodak ColorPlus 200 – By Robert

By Robert_

I've had the Minolta Dynax 5 for a few months now and seeing that it was capable of a shutter speed up to 30 seconds I was intrigued by what could be achieved. So I loaded a rol...

28 November, 2018

5 Frames with Minolta CLE and Rokkor 40mm f/2 – by Florent Pinsault

By milpin

Rangefinders camera have been a part of my personal mythology because the of many great photographers who have shot with them. But Leica's camera are so expensive… So when I fin...

27 November, 2018

Adding Manual Shutter Speeds to the Yashica Electro 35 Series Cameras – by BY CAMERADACTYL (Ethan)

By cameradactyl

I have been filling my kickstarter orders for the last month for the CAMERADACTYL 4x5 Field Camera, which has imprisoned me in my own house, a victim of my own mild success, bab...

26 November, 2018

Minolta – Four 35mm, 1960’s Compacts – by Tobias Eriksson

By Flashknappen

I have a crush on these compact Minolta cameras manufactured in the 1960s. If one only looked at the price tag of these models they could be just crap. But actually they are com...

25 November, 2018

5 Frames with the Canon Rebel G and 50mm f/1.8 – by Wyatt Ryan

By Wyatt Ryan

The Canon Rebel G is not a sought-after film camera, but it’s what I was gifted for a film photography class I accidentally took in college. It was my moms’, and is eit...

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