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21 October, 2020

Zero 2000 Pinhole Camera, a Camel and an Elephant – By Scott Gitlin

By Scott Gitlin

One day back in 2011, I was walking along the shore at Rockaway Beach, New York, capturing scenes with a Fuji S3 Pro digital camera. I noticed an area of beach sand with about a...

20 October, 2020

Canon AE-1 Review – The Hater’s Guide – By Rich Stroffolino

By Rich Stroffolino

It is perhaps underappreciated that because new 35mm cameras aren’t being made (or at least not produced in volume), we have changed how we evaluate these cameras as a community...

19 October, 2020

Goodman Scura 35mm 3D Printed Panoramic Pinhole Camera Review

By Hamish Gill

I recently built and shot a Goodman Scura 35mm 3D printed pinhole camera. Despite myself, the build went ok, was quite enjoyable, and I actually got a fair bit of pleasure out o...

13 October, 2020

Rolleiflex 2.8C Review – Making Friends with a Legend – By Phil Calvit

By Phil Calvit

Like many of you, I’m in the habit of scanning Facebook Marketplace for interesting old cameras, with an eye towards a lose list I keep in my head. On this day, I saw one of tho...

12 October, 2020

CAMERADACTYL Mongoose – Automation for you 35mm Digitisation Workflow

By Hamish Gill

A couple of weeks ago, the CAMERADACTYL Mongoose was launched on Kickstarter - it is a product designed to automate and speed up the process of digitisation of 35mm film with a ...

9 October, 2020

Olympus mju-V Metal Review – Not So Famous Last Words – By Octavia Vans

By Octavia Vans

I’m going to own up to it now, to pre-emptively caveat this Olympus mju-V review. I am one of the dreaded Millenials (or even Generation Z, depending where you draw the line) th...

7 October, 2020

Hedeco Lime One Compact Light Meter Review and Launch on Kickstarter

By Hamish Gill

The Hedeco Lime One compact shoe mount light meter has just launched on Kickstarter - I have been playing with a beta version for the last week, so thought I would share my a li...

7 October, 2020

MiNT SLR670-S Review – a Timeless Time Machine – by Andrea Armando

By AndreArma

Ahh, Polaroid film. Flawed, unpredictable, pricey, and yet – deeply satisfying on so many levels. An anachronistic pleasure that every film enthusiast should at least once exper...

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Gary Smith on Harman Phoenix II – My first roll and some brief thoughts on the development of this new film
I plan to shoot the lot. I wonder what shipping would cost?
Gary Smith on 10 Frames – A Whole Pack of Polaroid SX70 – Venice 1995 #FullRollFriday by David Hume
From a color standpoint, how do these 30-year-old examples hold up to your memory of the original colors as they…
Gary Smith on Analogue Photography: A Personal Journey – part 1 – Black & White, The Dictates of the Time
Quite a few memories for you in your article Martin. I usually look at your blog site at least twice…

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