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4 August, 2020

5 Frames with the Fujifilm X100V – By Thorsten Wulff

By thorsten

The fifth Fujifilm camera in the X100 series got a facelift, and a new lens. Hamish posted an excellent analysis about all the menu functions and buttons you can assign them to ...

1 August, 2020

5 Frames with a Minolta Alpha Sweet – By Ian

By Ian

Starting the year right with shooting film gave my energy the right positive boost. A week before the Taal volcano erupted we went on a quick break to Tagaytay. It is a tourist ...

1 August, 2020

5 Frames with Halina Pocket 2000 ‘Auto-Kameraset’ – By Jordi Fradera

By Jordi Fradera

Many years ago this rarity was given to my brother-in-law from Holland - he gave it to me due to my fondness for photography and strange things. I never used it and it has been ...

30 July, 2020

5 Frames from a Night Shift Medic on Tri-X at 1600 in a Canon New F1 – By Cody Thompson

By Cody Thompson

I'm an emergency paramedic on the night shift in a very busy system. For a while, the inherent darkness of my shift kept me from bringing a camera to work at all. Then I toyed a...

29 July, 2020

5 frames with a Minolta Hi-Matic 7S & Ilford HP5+ – By Steve Phillips

By Steve Phillips

Don’t believe everything you read on the internet. How often have you heard those words? And how often have you ploughed on anyway and assumed something must be right, because ...

28 July, 2020

5 frames with Pentax MZ-3 and Voigtlander 20mm in Panorama Mode – By Aivaras

By Aivaras

First of all – they made me do it! After reading recent Rob Jamieson and Hamish Gill posts about panoramic function of Pentax MZ series bodies, I remembered what I have to hand...

26 July, 2020

5 Frames in Porto with 1927 Leica 1A & Kodak Tri-X – By Ian Patton

By ian patton

A touch of cabin fever, or perhaps just frustration, I wander through some images of last year and pause to recollect a short break in Porto. It was an opportunity for a cheap f...

25 July, 2020

5 Frames with Outdated Film and an Olympus XA From the Junk Drawer – By Vicky Ballas

By Vicky Ballas

Last summer I cleaned out my son's camera stash from his high school photography days and found an Olympus XA 35mm, along with an outdated roll of Kodak Gold 200. My photography...

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Bill Thoo on Minolta Dynax 700si review – On the button09/11/2026
Lovely review, Bob! This was my camera through most of the 90s and early 2000s. I could remember wondering why…
Martin on 5 (-ish) Frames of CCD Magic with an Olympus X-25009/11/2026
Thank you Gary for taking the time to comment. I'm also not sure if the CCD look exists but I…
Martin on Minolta Dynax 700si review – On the button09/11/2026
Great review, Bob and such great pics to go with it. Thank you for this excellent article!
Ibraar Hussain on Amongst the ruins of Greyfriars in haunted Dunwich – My Favourite Photo of 202609/11/2026
Just for the benefit of readers, the ID11 or rather D76 I use comes in 1 bottle, pre-mixed - just…
Ibraar Hussain on Once upon a Spring – Black and White with a Contax RTS II, M42 lenses and Rollei Retro 80s.09/11/2026
Luckily, my ID11 was from the same company as Bellini Duo Step and comes in liquid form - in one…

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