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15 November, 2023

5 Frames with a Rollei B35 and expired Orwo NP27

By Peter Kay

Everyone loves the Olympus XA for its pocketability but there is one little camera that beats it for size and capability, The Rollei B35. The rollei is tiny, smaller than a pack...

14 November, 2023

5 Frames with Foma Fomapan Retro 200 Black and White, Pentax 645N and FA 75mm f/2.8

By Eric

I will start with something about Foma Fomapan Retro 200 Black & White that I said in a blog post about another film. What is that you say? Lower price and acceptable result...

12 November, 2023

5 Frames of trains with an Olympus Pen FV

By Tristan Colgate-McFarlane

For many of us film photography comes with many advantages. The disconnect from the world digital technology. The enforced rituals and meditations. The total mental and physical...

11 November, 2023

5 Frames of X-Ray Damaged Kodak Vision 3 200T

By Lauren Dado

In my 6 months of casual film photography, I’ve learned that airport security can be generous about hand-checking analog film. Many will do it if you ask nicely. Once, a s...

7 November, 2023

5 Frames of Cinestill 800t with a Minolta x-300 and the MD 50mm f/1.7

By Robert Kapp

For me, the special thing in film photography is the almost endless possibilities of combinations of camera, lens, film and situation or purpose in which I can use them. There i...

5 November, 2023

5 Frames with CatLABS X FILM 100 Color, Pentax 645N and FA 75mm f/2.8

By Eric

This roll of CatLABS X Film 100 Color film was a part of my Father’s Day/Birthday film haul a while ago. From that post: Who is to blame? 35mmc. I ordered it so fast that I had ...

4 November, 2023

5 Frames with the Minolta X-370 in Las Vegas

By Connor Martin

After reading and following the site for years, I’ve finally gotten around to writing my first “5 Frames with…” on my daily SLR camera, the Minolta X-370. It’s incre...

29 October, 2023

5 Frames with FPP Low ISO 1.6, Pentax *ist and 50mm f/1.4

By Eric

I had to learn that it is good to trust the camera sometimes. especially if it is a camera that has rarely let you down. I tried my first roll of this film in a prior post on my...

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