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24 October, 2019

Ilford FP4+ – My First Roll Review – By Gavin Bain

By GavinBain

Options. One of the many things that I really love in regards to film photography is the options. You have a plethora of different cameras and lenses to choose from, different f...

21 October, 2019

Pentax MX – doing the “one camera” thing to aid a lack of inspiration

By Hamish Gill

The Pentax MX has come to me at a strange time in my photography journey. It’s come to me when I’m at an all time low ebb both in terms of my inspiration to shoot and my inspira...

16 October, 2019

Fuji lens lost in wilderness for 4 months – found, and still works! – By Steve Boykin

By Steve Boykin

I've just found a 23mm f/2 Fuji lens that I lost in the wilderness in June. I just happened to be looking down and it was sitting on the ground a few inches from my foot. I had ...

14 October, 2019

Kodak Ektachrome E100 – Shooting my First Rolls – Part 5 – The Journey So Far

By Hamish Gill

Reading back through my posts about Kodak Ektachrome E100 so far, and indeed the comments on them, I do feel a little like I have somehow led people to believe that I'm not sati...

11 October, 2019

Cosina CT-1 and its Lengthy Legacy – By Ben O’Keeffe

By Ben O'Keeffe

On an undisclosed date in September, 1979, Cosina released the CT-1 to little fanfare. After all, it was hardly a game changer. The CT-1 is a 35mm SLR with a Copal Square shutte...

30 September, 2019

Fuji X-Pro 3 – A digital camera design philosophy I can get on board with!

By Hamish Gill

The Fuji X-Pro 3 is the first digital camera that’s genuinely piqued my interest in a long time - and it’s not even been officially released yet. Fuji did some sort of pre-annou...

28 September, 2019

Kodak ColorPlus 200 on Nikomat FTN – Colour Negative Photography on the Cheap – By Tom Sheppard

By Tom Sheppard

Kodak ColorPlus 200 must be one of the cheapest colour negative films available at the present time, and the Nikomat/Nikkormat FTN one of the cheapest of the used SLR market off...

27 September, 2019

Nikonos V Review – Cycling with and shooting on Dry Land – Steven Bleistein

By Steven Bleistein

If nothing else, Japan where I make my home, is wet. The rainy season lasts from mid-June to the end of July, typhoons regularly lash the archipelago from August to October, and...

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