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15 June, 2019

Kodak Ektar 25 – Living in the Past, a Hasselblad, and Flooding in Mississippi – by Andrew Morang

By Kodachromeguy

Yes, I know, I am living in the past. I remember when I could buy a Shutterbug in the supermarket, read through page after page of small-text advertisements, and call (with my l...

10 June, 2019

Kodak Ektachrome E100 – First Rolls Review – Pt3 – Experiments with an Incident meter

By Hamish Gill

My forth roll of Kodak Ektachrome E100 has been, at least a little bit, about experimenting with an incident meter. Even in the few rolls I’ve shot - and despite the mistakes an...

7 June, 2019

Minolta 28mm f/2.8 M-Rokkor – Shooting and Repairing – by Victor Doroshenko

By vzzdor

Inertia of mind is sometimes mind boggling. I've started my serious photography life with Sony nex-5 camera which replaced a briefly owned Nikon D40 for the reason of compactnes...

4 June, 2019

Leica 35mm f/2 eight-element Summicron and Leica M240 – Candid Portraits – By Steven Bleistein

By Steven Bleistein

The first generation Leica Summicron 35mm f/2 eight-element lens with attached optics, often called goggles, were made for the Leica M3 to convert its .91x 50mm finder frame, th...

3 June, 2019

Kodak Portra 800 Review – and some Thoughts on Shooting it Within my Workflow

By Hamish Gill

Kodak Portra 800 is quite possibly my favourite colour negative film. I say that as someone who’s just committed to shooting only P3200 and Ektachrome E100 for at least 6 months...

2 June, 2019

Fujichrome Velvia – Expired & Developed in Rodinal – By Lee Griffith

By festgriff

The problem I have, and perhaps many other analog photographers, is that I have too many cameras. They are just too affordable and too enticing to someone who remembers how much...

31 May, 2019

Minolta Hi-Matic 7 Review – One Year Shooting Film – By Seb Copley

By sebcopley

Sometime last winter I started reading and taking an interest in online articles about a resurgence of analogue photography. I have long had an interest in photography which I a...

28 May, 2019

7Artisans 50mm f/1.1 & 28mm f/1.4 Reiview – Alternatives or Imposters? – By Jeremy Rata

By Jeremy Rata

I am a published documentary photographer. (www.jeremyrata.com) and have a lifestyle and product photographic business (www.hospitalityphotographic.com). For my business I use N...

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