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10 September, 2023

Olympus OM – 42 years, Full Circle Back to Where I Started

By Steve Phillips

Back in January 1981, I was in my final year at university, and after a Christmas holiday spent doing an incredibly boring job, I had more than the usual student grant money in ...

7 September, 2023

TTArtisan Lightmeter II Review – Gradual Improvements

By Frankie Bina

Last year I reviewed the first light meter from the Chinese company TTArtisan. Even though it had some shortcomings, I kept it as a core part of my camera kit and I still consid...

4 September, 2023

Fujifilm Velvia and My Shallow and Shameless Dumping of Kodachrome

By Simon Foale

I tried out my first ever 35mm roll of Fuji Velvia 50 (‘RVP’) in mid 1990, not very long after it became available in Australia. It totally blew my mind and I was instantly hook...

3 September, 2023

The Negative Space – a Portrait of a Local Film Lab

By Joseph Irvin

The last decade and a half have been a rough time for people shooting film, watching Kodak in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, the discontinuation of favorite film stocks, rising prices, ...

2 September, 2023

Fujifilm Neopan SS – My Last Rolls & When Not to Shoot Expired Film

By Azriel Knight

A few years ago, I was gifted a lot of film for a project I was working on which involved shooting a roll a day for two weeks and vlogging my journey. I was mailed so much that ...

1 September, 2023

SmallRig Free Blazer Review – A decent video tripod for under £400?

By Will Middleton

Hi! Will here, video production manager at F8 Creates (Hamish’s creative agency). SmallRig kindly sent us the full FreeBlazer Heavy-Duty Tripod Kit for us to review and we...

28 August, 2023

Nikon FM2 Review – Its significance and modern appeal since 1984

By John Feole

I was hired once to take some portraits of a young woman. I asked her to give me a few portrait examples that she liked. To my surprise, she said that she liked “The Afghan Girl...

25 August, 2023

Brumberger – A fun camera with a Funny Name

By Andrew

I have always had a fascination with things that are uncommon or unusual. So the Brumberger 35mm camera fits nicely into both of those themes. Brumberger’s are an uncommon bra...

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Jonathan Leavitt on Personal Musing On Monochrome Digital Cameras
I faced the same question several years ago and came to the opposite conclusion. The difference is at least two…
Geoff Chaplin on Personal Musing On Monochrome Digital Cameras
Re-reading I've just noticed your sentence "the values are a starting point, and must be adapted to the specific photo".
Geoff Chaplin on Personal Musing On Monochrome Digital Cameras
I guess this is something most of us who shoot B&W have wondered about. The closest I have come so…

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