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29 September, 2022

For Quick Film Scans, Try an Olympus C-8080WZ!

By Dave Powell

An old friend recently asked if I could digitize some 35mm slides of a coastal Maine motel her family once owned. She’d researched the commercial cost of scanning, and before bi...

26 September, 2022

Nikon F2AS Review – The Camera That Filled The Void – By Chris Barrett

By Chris Barrett

On a sticky early morning lines of cars crawling up the small highway give way to vendors for miles on either side of the small country highway. It’s the first weekend of August...

23 September, 2022

Hasselblad H1 – An Accidental Journey into Phase One P Series Digital Backs – By Bill Thoo

By Bill Thoo

I bought a Hasselblad H1 by accident. Like it’s older cousin, the Hasselblad V, the H series is modular. It has options for batteries, viewfinders, and camera backs, in addition...

20 September, 2022

Chroma Cameras Double Lens 24mm f/11 Prototype Sneak-Peek Preview and Interview

By Hamish Gill

As many readers will already know, I like a simple lens. The Chroma Double Lens 24mm f/11 is certainly a simple lens, and I definitely liked the idea of it when Steve first wave...

16 September, 2022

Hasselblad XPan and its Fabulous 30mm f/5.6 Lens in Mississippi – by Andrew Morang

By Kodachromeguy

A few months ago, I spent some time reprocessing panoramas that I took years ago. These were the standard panoramas based on standing in one place and rotating the camera with o...

13 September, 2022

Argenti Noa Noa B&W Traffic Surveillance Film Review – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

Argenti is a European film consortium which makes rare and unusual films available at affordable prices. My first encounter with Argenti film was in the bookshop of the Photogra...

12 September, 2022

Keks KM02 Shoe Mount Light Meter Review

By Hamish Gill

Keks have recently released a new light meter, the Keks KM02. This new meter has whole load of new features compared to the previous Keks EM01 (reviewed here). It’s also smaller...

8 September, 2022

5 Frames with the Zorki 2C (S) & Retropan 320 Soft – By David Hoult

By David Hoult

I have been using film cameras since the late 70’s but became serious when I started my wedding photography company in the late 80’s into the 90’s using 35mm and medium format c...

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Danai on Street Photography in Old Delhi with Double-X, Tri-X, and Ultramax
Glad you like the shots. I agree your sentiment that Double X is a splendid tourist film with cinematic feel.…
Danai on Street Photography in Old Delhi with Double-X, Tri-X, and Ultramax
This was the first time I tried pushing Ultramax and have since only accidentally tried it another time by forgetting…
Michael Jardine on Street Photography in Old Delhi with Double-X, Tri-X, and Ultramax
These are great- Double-X is splendid 'tourist film' I have found: it seems to catch the action in an, erm,…

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