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27 October, 2024

5 Frames of Kodak 5219T film with Contax Aria for Cantonese Opera

By David Wu

When it comes to Contax, you can’t talk about the cameras without talking about the optical giant that is Zeiss, and almost all of the photographers who defected to the SL...

Two people, one holding a guitar. One kissing her cat which she is holding tightly on a bench.

23 October, 2024

5 Frames with a 1D MkII and a 35mm F1.4L

By Sebastian Shields

Slogging around the Canon 1D MkII is my favorite way to pretend I’m a photojournalist. It’s big, bulky, and gets uncomfortable on the neck after about ten minutes. Also, while i...

22 October, 2024

5 Frames from the Ultramax Challenge

By Timothy Hancock

There has been a lot written about why some photographers prefer film to digital, or at least use both. Whether it is the slowing down, more thoughtful approach, the look of neg...

20 October, 2024

5 Frames with a Canon G1 – a Little Known Classic

By John Andrews

I wonder how many of you photographers out there can remember your very first film camera? I can… A Petri TTL, purchased from Mr Cad, when he had his shop in West Croydon ...

16 October, 2024

5 Frames With a Nikon S3 — a Camera That Will Make Your Heart Flutter

By David Smith

“Collectors are happy people.” — Johann Wolfang von Goethe Old Nikon rangefinders are a like catnip for camera collectors. Even insufferable Leica snobs, like myself, can get of...

12 October, 2024

Fuji Eterna 250D – My first step into cine film stock

By Mrigank Shekhar

I’ll be honest, I have never shot any cine stocks like Kodak 250D or 500T which seem to be shot by most people. There’s been a couple of reasons for that. Cine film ...

12 October, 2024

5 frames with Petri 7s using Kodak Gold 200

By domrasini

Several months ago, I stumbled across Barry Carr’s article 5 Frames With the Petri 7s. It quickly led me down a rabbit hole, as I wasn’t overly familiar with the Petri line of g...

3 October, 2024

5 Frames with an IR Converted Nikon D300

By Robert Gulley

I became interested in Infrared (IR) photography several years ago and purchased a converted point-and-shoot camera from eBay, finding I really enjoyed the images. The one disad...

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