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29 March, 2018

5 Frames With An Olympus Trip 35 – By Julian Higgs

By julianhiggs

The Olympus Trip 35 is a much vaunted little camera and has many admirers, me included. I feel like I came to the party late on this one. Having shot film pre-digital (there was...

27 March, 2018

5 Frames with a Rolleicord IIA – by Tom O’Neill

By Tom O'Neill

At the beginning of this year I found myself in one of Japan's second hand camera shops. Wherein I fell in love with a Rolleicord II. It seemed as if it was meant to be for I ha...

22 March, 2018

5 Frames with an Olympus Trip 35 – By Huy Le

By Huy Le

It's been 8 months since I made the decision to leave Australia and move to Osaka, Japan and it's been an incredible experience. One of the biggest challenges I had when packing...

21 March, 2018

5 Frames with a Canon AT-1 and a Roll of Redscale – by Toby Van de Velde

By TobyVPhoto

I have had my Canon AT-1 for 30 years this year, my first ‘proper’ camera when I first started to study photography in the 6th Form. I took it to Iceland with a 28mm f2.8 lens, ...

15 March, 2018

5 Frames with an Olympus OM-2N – by Shameer Yaqin

By Shameer Yaqin

I live in Singapore now, and the one thing that really bugs me here is the fact you never really get a clear view of the sky. Everything is built upwards, and it’s so dense that...

14 March, 2018

5 (6) frames with a Hasselblad in Mississippi – by Andrew Morang

By Kodachromeguy

Dear Readers, I still have a few rolls of Ektar 25 in 120 size in my freezer. My rolls expired in 1995, but fortunately they seem to be responding correctly without obvious colo...

13 March, 2018

5 Frames with a Vivitar 35ES – By Howard Dale

By Howard Dale

Internet reviews of the Vivitar 35ES seem to agree that it’s a well built camera with a great lens, but which is otherwise uninspired. So why did I get get it?

11 March, 2018

5 Frames with a Nikon F80

By Hamish Gill

My Nikon F75 project came to an end when I recently “upgraded” to the F80. The Nikon F80 felt almost instantaneously like it was a better choice for me. As I talk about in the l...

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Geoff Chaplin on Olympus XA2 and Cosina CX-2 – In the Zone
Ditto Gary's comment on the B17. I didn't spot what emulsion/development you used. Nice images and especially compositions all the…
Tony Warren on 5 Frames from a cheap and simple camera – and a very rare one too
Nice story Chris and right up my street. I am always impressed by the performance of these very simple cameras…
Leon Winnert on My (Brief) Life as a Documentary Photographer
What an amazing ride. Thouroghly enjoyable and wonerdful piccys. Thanks for sharing

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