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10 December, 2024

Rangefinder with glasses? A mod made from necessity

By Christie Harkness

Anyone who is a glasses wearer and rangefinder enthusiast then this issue will be familiar with you. A quick google search for ‘rangefinder camera with glasses’ will expose you ...

23 November, 2024

Two cameras with a common shortcoming

By John Furlong

LOMO LC-A I’ve owned a LOMO LC-A for some years and enjoyed its inherent ‘quirkiness’ – both in the image quality and operation: – the easy to miss focus indicator in the ...

Horizon S3 Pro. Swing-lens panoramic film camera

21 November, 2024

The Wider View – learning to create panoramic images

By Dave Whenham

Over the last few years my photography has definitely moved away from landscape to urban subjects. Of course, restrictions due to the pandemic were the catalyst for this shift ...

7 November, 2024

Approaching Reportage Photography

By Rollin Banderob

I’ll soon be self-publishing these images in my first photobook and with the closing of this project I was thinking back on what I have learned over the years on approaching rep...

5 November, 2024

My Square Story – Making my own 24×24 35mm Cameras

By Alexander Seidler

It is a long story. Longer than I expected. Yes – I didn’t expect anything but learning to frame and playing with a different aspect ratio. It is also story of Gear – DIY ...

30 October, 2024

Don’t be afraid to experiment and test before tossing stuff out

By Daniel Keating

I am a denizen of thrift stores here in the USA. I believe the British refer to them as 2nd hand or charity shops across the pond. I was a bit surprised to see old photo chemica...

15 October, 2024

Can a Polaroid pack camera shoot 4×5?

By Jim Skelton

The short answer: sort of… A Polaroid pack camera comes with a 114mm lens and basically covers a 3×4″ image. I was curious as to whether it could shoot 4×5...

4 October, 2024

From Negative to Positive in Colour – My Experience & Workflow

By Tony Warren

A method for inverting colour negatives in software.

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Charles Young on A third of a roll with a Pentax Spotmatic F and Kentmere Pan 200
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Ibraar Hussain on Ansco Titan – A Stylish 6×6 120 Folder
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