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19 December, 2020

Experiments Pushing & Pulling Ilford HP5 – By Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

This is not groundbreaking stuff. I’m not the first to experiment with pushing and pulling Ilford HP5 but it’s my first time experimenting with it. I make no secret of the fact ...

18 December, 2020

Polaroid Spectra / Frustrating Beauty – By Bill Thoo

By Bill Thoo

If you are an instant photography veteran my revelations may not be for you, but I confess that I am a late comer to instant photography. I never photographed with Polaroid when...

15 December, 2020

Voigtlander Superb – My New Favorite TLR – By Dan Cuny

By Dan Cuny

Being in photography for more than 50 years, I've had the pleasure of using many cameras. For years, whenever I wanted to shoot with a twin-lens reflex camera, my camera of choi...

14 December, 2020

Pentax Espio 170SL – A One Roll Review

By Hamish Gill

I bought this Pentax Espio 170SL from my local London Camera Exchange. They always have a couple of point & shoot film cameras these days, so I often check for ones that look to...

11 December, 2020

Kodak S1100XL Review – Chinon 3001 in Kodak Clothing – By Thang Nguyen

By Thang Nguyen

This review is about the Kodak S1100XL, a Chinon 3001 with a different badge. If you are a point & shoot enthusiast, you will likely know that rebranding was been a common t...

9 December, 2020

Olympus XA and Fujicolor Pro 400H – A Favorite Camera/Film Combo – By Phil Calvit

By Phil Calvit

I came of age in the ’70’s and ’80’s shooting film like the vast majority of other people did: you picked up your yellow box of Kodak 200 or 400 speed film at Walgreens, shot a ...

9 December, 2020

Beauty in Photography by Robert Adams – Book Review – By Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

As someone who is an avid reader and collector of books, I am pretty time-poor. I have a job, two young children and a multitude of hobbies which I try to fit in too. Because of...

8 December, 2020

Yashica Rapide Half Frame Camera – History and Review – By Dan Cuny

By Dan Cuny

The Yashica Rapide is a camera I've had for a few years. Looking around on the internet, I don't see a lot of information on it. I'm excited to bring this camera to the forefron...

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Omar Tibi on Towers – My favorite shot of 2025
Walter, my apologies for replying so late - been busy with a lot of family matters! I really appreciate your…
Omar Tibi on 5 Frames with an APS film camera – the Fujifilm 1000ix Tiara
Splendid shots Walther! Nice to see how well these photos turned out, despite the much smaller film size versus 35mm.…
Jonathan Murray on Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025
Beautiful shot. Cliche or not, you captured a very nice balance of tonality for this IR shot.

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