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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 ...

9 September, 2023

You VS FOMO – when to leave a film format behind

By Azriel Knight

As I write this article I have packed up my Pentax 6×7 and all three lenses, I am selling it off and my Speed Graphic isn’t far behind. I am done with medium format. Seems ...

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 ...

22 August, 2023

A Point of Shoot Camera, and an old Roll of Film, Ties Together Canine Companions

By Richard Angeloni

This is a story of three dogs, a man, and a camera that’s not even his. First, the background about the camera. I am a Nikon boy through and through, having first shot with a Ni...

20 August, 2023

Punch Up Your Decor with Photographic LP Album Art!

By Dave Powell

In my basement photo gallery/office, I don’t rotate my prints as often as I should. To lessen my guilt a bit, I keep the gallery “fresher” with a rotating exhibit of...

17 August, 2023

My First Time using Kodak Motion Picture Film – ENC-2 vs. C41.

By Armando Caballero

Nowadays, I use analogue photography for 90% of my Street Photography, with the only exception being when it’s raining outside and I don’t want to get my analogue ca...

8 August, 2023

Running With Cameras

By Kary Schumpert

I love photography and I love running. I am just now getting back into shape after a longer-than-I-thought break from running. Most of the time, because I am covering very short...

1 August, 2023

Progress, Progress and more Regress? Analogue Photography and the Digital World.

By Tony Warren

In the beginning were the Knoll brothers. It is a built in aspect of the human condition that we never seem to stand still. Whatever innovation man’s ingenuity devises there is ...

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