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18 July, 2023

5 frames in Portland with an Olympus XA4 and Portra 400

By Gus

We travelled to Oregon for a week in May. We were greeted by a heat wave in Portland after four chilly nights camping in Bend. I brought my trusty Olympus XA4, which is easy to ...

15 July, 2023

5 Frames in the Grand Canyon with an Nikon FE, T-Max 400, and an Orange Filter

By Sam Forrest

I consider myself pretty lucky to live within a 4-hour drive of one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the world. As an avid backpacker and photographer, it troubled me when I real...

9 July, 2023

5 Frames from a Canon A35F – The Best Rangefinder

By Robert Johnson

So you’ve read the title and now I need to convince you to put down your Leica… OK… Maybe once you have a Leica, this isn’t for you. But for those of yo...

8 July, 2023

5 Frames with a Houghton Ensign Box 2¼B

By Ralph Turner

It’s funny what catches your eye when you’re casually roaming around the ‘Bay. The words “rapid rectilinear” caught my eye, a lens type well respected in it’s day. After a littl...

1 July, 2023

5 Frames with Kodak Retina Ia crossing the wild Carpathians

By Julian Tanase

Winter of 2005 in Romania. Very cold, but not much snow, in fact less than expected. I was travelling on business, to some destination in the heart of Transylvania, W. of Romani...

29 June, 2023

5 Frames With Zenit-E On Ilford HP5

By Andrew Hutchinson

I have been allured by the grain & grit that is captured by the Soviet Union made brick since I first laid my eyes upon the weapon on the sunny summer day in the Croatian fr...

27 June, 2023

5 Frames with Contax RX and some old Detroit Iron – Regrets on one that got away!

By John Orr

I have many film cameras and I’m lucky to have a very understanding partner, who has always supported me with my ‘quirky film camera and photography habit’, her words not mine. ...

26 June, 2023

5 Tri-X 400 test roll Frames, in an Olympus OM2n / my return to REAL photography

By Jukka Reimola

I used to be an avid (amateur) photographer back in those times when you either shot film, or drew/painted, to create images. Simple happy times those were… Then, around the tur...

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