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26 November, 2024

5 Frames rock hunting in the Keweenaw with a Minolta SR-7

By Steve Kotajarvi

My wife, the pups, and I like going to Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula several times a year to relax on the beach, visit family, and do light work on our house there. I alwa...

25 November, 2024

5 Frames with a Vivitar 70-210 f/3.5

By Sebastian Shields

Cheap zoom lenses have never had a great reputation. Especially in the Digital age, some budget zooms are considered a bit of a plague. Cheap, plasticky, and very poor optically...

24 November, 2024

Lesson Learned Again – A One Shot Story

By Floyd K. Takeuchi

Those of us who travel with film kits live on the knife edge of disaster every time we head out for a day of shooting. Most of our gear is likely 20 to 40 years old, very possib...

23 November, 2024

The great Agfa Scala 200x disaster

By nzcarl

This is a tale of discovery, disappointment, joy and finally utter, utter confusion. I have always admired Agfa Scala. The idea of a black and white slide film was absolutely bo...

22 November, 2024

A Castle You Say?

By Ron Duda

Karen, our excellent travel agent, asked if we wanted to stay a while in a castle. My wife was quicker than I when she responded; sure! We were planning a trip to the UK. We ...

20 November, 2024

The Whole Roll: Harman Phoenix 120 in Minolta Autocord MX

By Zheng Li

This will be a short post, but catering to a long list of 35mmc traditions. It is one of the responses to the “TLR Challenge” by Geoff Chaplin; a follow-up review of...

19 November, 2024

Tripcock Ness – A One Shot Story

By Peter Roberts

Looks mundane doesn’t it? No matter how I tried to dress it up – choosing a day of dramatic clouds and hanging a fortuitously discarded lifebouy on the railings – there...

19 November, 2024

5 Frames of Kodak Tri-X @3200

By Robin Mascall

Chances are, if you’re into film photography, you’ve at least heard the terms ‘pushing’ and ‘pulling’ film. In a nutshell, pushing or pulling...

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