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29 September, 2021

My Search for the Right Developing Tank – By Ciela Guenne

By la_photografille

Working as a professional photographer for about seven years now, I think it’s quite normal that there came a time when I got sick of taking photos. I felt like I am in autopilo...

28 September, 2021

Leica IIf Red Dial: Nostalgia, or Tool for Serious Storytelling? – By Exphotog

By exphotog

After years of working as a concert photographer, I decided to move to analog full-time last year. The transition wasn’t easy—I had to reconcile the comfort of shooting 900 fram...

27 September, 2021

Nikon (Nippon Kogaku) W-Nikkor.C 3.5cm f/2.5 LTM – Nikon’s Tiny Gems, pt 1 – By Agata Urbaniak

By Agata Urbaniak

Over the lockdown period I moved away from shooting concerts towards a more casual kind of photography, scoping out locations in the neighbourhood, using photography as a pretex...

21 September, 2021

The Leica IIIF RD – My First Impressions – By Alyssa Chiarello

By Alyssa Chiarello

When I first saw the Leica IIIF, it was in a video someone posted on Instagram that demonstrated how to load film into the camera. I’d heard about these rangefinders being a rea...

17 September, 2021

Lomography Purple and Metropolis Films: Goin’ Weird – by Christian Schroeder

By Christian Schroeder

Lomography Purple and Metropolis are two special films made to spice up our film photographer’s lives. The first one, Purple, can offer bizarre false color representations, some...

13 September, 2021

Tiffen Black Pro Mist Filter & Turning the 50mm ZM Sonnar “Atmosphere” up to 11

By Hamish Gill

Once in a while, someone asks me what my favourite lens is. For a long time now the answer has remained the same - it’s the Zeiss 50mm ZM Sonnar. This is a lens that has loads o...

11 September, 2021

The Birth of The NoColorStudio Experimental No.5 High Contrast Film – By Arnas Špaka

By Arnas Špaka

Greetings, I am Arnas Špaka, creator of NoColorStudio - an experimental initiative. My interest in photography started when I was a teenager and found my grandfather's old Zeni...

10 September, 2021

Minolta TC-1 – On Loan and in Love – By Robert

By Robert_

A little while ago during the summer I organised a Beers and Cameras Photowalk through the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford. It was a really nice walk with a beautiful ...

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