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1 October, 2022

Voigtländer Vito CL – The Dad Cam – By Hans Gastafsson

By Hans Gustafsson

I can't recall any family vacation, outing, gettoghether when I was young that my dad didn't have his Voigtländer with him. It almost seemed an integral part of him. Not that he...

30 September, 2022

Holga Week Event and Competition Starts October 1st

By Molly Kate

Holga Week is here! The annual worldwide celebration of the humble Holga camera begins this Saturday, October 1, 2022. The main event is organized by Mr. Holga and features an e...

30 September, 2022

Minolta Hi-Matic 7s – My Gateway Drug into the World of Camera Collecting – By Markus Hainz

By Markus Hainz

As with most photographers over a certain age, I began my photography shooting film back in the late 1980s. By the mid 2000s I was shooting only digital for work and decided to ...

29 September, 2022

New Caffenol Printing Workshop by Darkroom London

By Molly Kate

Darkroom London announced a new offering in their workshop repertoire, Caffenol Printing! The first workshop took place on September 18th, but they are planning a second one for...

29 September, 2022

For Quick Film Scans, Try an Olympus C-8080WZ!

By Dave Powell

An old friend recently asked if I could digitize some 35mm slides of a coastal Maine motel her family once owned. She’d researched the commercial cost of scanning, and before bi...

28 September, 2022

Limited Edition Release: Gold & Titanium TTArtisan M-mount 28mm f5.6 and Titanium 50mm f0.95

By Molly Kate

TTArtisan is releasing their 28mm f5.6 and 50mm f0.95 ASPH M-mount lenses in the luxurious colors of gold and titanium. As they would say in Wales, how lush! The company has cre...

28 September, 2022

Revisiting Glimpses and Opening a Door – By John Pemberton

By John Pemberton

Several months ago, one of my first posts on this site was titled “Glimpses at the Conservatory.” It documented the development and near completion of a photography project I h...

27 September, 2022

Successful Kickstarter for Jollylook’s DIY Pinhole Instant Film Camera: Pre-order Available Now

By Molly Kate

The Jollylook Pinhole crowdfunding campaign, which kicked off early August, has now been successfully funded and the Instant Film Camera DIY Kits will start shipping to backers ...

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Michael Jardine on Print, Hold, Spend: Making a £175 Consumer Photobook and What It Taught Me
Really interesting, and this post has made me think deeply about the nature of a group project distilled into a…
Michael Jardine on Ilford HP5+ in Rodinal – A One Shot Story
That looks great. I have a bit of advice that I try to keep bouncing around my thick skull: spend…
Michael Jardine on Kowa SW – Risk and Reward on Cát Bà Island
Win-win-win-win-win! This is a brilliant story, as are the photos- you could probably get it working a bit better but…

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