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27 September, 2024

5 Macro Frames with a Canon EOS 30 & MP-E 65mm

By Matthew Becker

I do macro photography. I have an Canon MP-E 65mm EF 1-5x macro lens. I have a Canon EOS 30 film camera with EF mount. There was only one way this was going to end. I loaded up ...

26 September, 2024

5 Frames with Pentacon F and Agfa APX 100

By Jens

The Pentacon F camera was produced by the East German company VEB Pentacon Zeiss Ikon between September 1956 and June 1961 in Dresden. I lived in Dresden for two years in the 20...

25 September, 2024

5 frames with a Canon R6 Mk II and its RF 50/1,2 L USM

By Andrea Monti

I was recently given a Canon R6 Mk II and a set of lenses, including the RF 50/1.2, to test them in a specific environment, so to familiarise myself with the kit I spent a few h...

21 September, 2024

5 Frames with a Kodak Retina Ib (Model 19) and a roll of Kodak ColorPlus 200

By Neil Ó Muirgheasa

Long story short: I got my first digital camera this year after many decades of shooting film. I don’t get into the respective merits of each form; I see and I, hopefully,...

20 September, 2024

5 frames with a Canon EOS IX7 APS camera

By Flashknappen

I am happy to be able to share these rather timeless colour photos. The subject matter is close to my heart because of family history and early memories from sailing with my fam...

18 September, 2024

5 Frames with a Retinette 1B and Lomochrome Metropolis – Patina at Lullingstone Castle

By Peter Roberts

Situated in the Darenth Valley in north-west Kent Lullingstone Castle is a rare survivor, a manor house and grounds that have remained in the same family for centuries, since 14...

17 September, 2024

The Director – A One Shot Story

By John Greene

Back in 1988 I was trying out my new Mamiya C330s TLR camera loaded with Ilford XP1 film at the Pier Head in Liverpool. I stumbled across a film crew on the roof terrace of a bu...

15 September, 2024

5 Frames with A Few Minolta X-300s

By Cameron Scott

A gift for my twenty-first birthday, my old Praktica SLR had been hiding up in the attic for many years. I would occasionally fire the shutter a few times just to hear that reas...

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