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6 November, 2025

Kodak Tri-X 400 or Ilford HP5+ 400 who? when? where?

By Giacomo Cecot

6 November, 2025

/ Ilford Film, ilford HP5+, Kodak Film, Kodak Tri-X, /

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There were several options for black and white films back in the day. There has been a period a few years ago when suddenly the options were limited and the films sometimes hard to come by, especially for analog-camera-enthusiasts living outside m...

7Artisans 35mm 1.8 AF

6 November, 2025

7Artisans 35mm 1.8 AF (Z Mount) Review

By Hamish Gill

6 November, 2025

/ 35mm Lens, 7Artisans 35mm 1.8 AF, Mirrorless Lens, Wide-Angle Lens, /

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As part of my transition from Sony to Nikon for my primary digital camera I am going to be testing a few more lenses from the budget end of the market. The next one the list is this, the surprisingly interesting 7Artisans 35mm 1.8 AF. I have menti...

Lockdown 2025

6 November, 2025

By Geoff Chaplin

6 November, 2025

/ Landscape Photography, SmartPhone Camera, /

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We got back in the afternoon having spent several days in Osaka – for the centre of Hokkaido it was a reasonable temperature, around 9 degrees (48 in old money), but in the evening the weather was horrible, heavy rain and a storm. The house was co...

Minolta X700 SLR with two lenses and old camera bag.

6 November, 2025

5 Frames at Penmon Point

By Nic

6 November, 2025

/ Ilford Film, ilford FP4+, Minolta X-700, /

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A trip to north Wales provided a long overdue opportunity for some ‘proper’ photography. To me that means picking up my camera and going out with the sole purpose of creating photographic images, as distinct from a walk or a visit with the camera...

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18 August, 2024

5 Frames of Kodak VISON3 5219T on a Leica M6 with Nokton 35mm F1.5 in Cantonese Opera Backstage

By David Wu

35mm is my favorite main focal length, the angle of view is not too big or too small for humanistic shots. The shots here were taken with the new 35mm f/1.5 large aperture lens ...

TLR Challenge Rolleicord Vb

17 August, 2024

The beginning of a TLR Challenge

By Geoff Chaplin

Like many other photographers it seems, I have problems with TLRs. It’s not that the format is new – I used to use a Hasselblad regularly for 5 years or so – and it’s not ...

Le Clic Fun Shooter panoramic conversion -front view.

16 August, 2024

5 Frames With A Le Clic Fun Shooter Panoramic Conversion

By TobyVPhoto

I often peruse my local market for analogue cameras. I don’t always have the luck that others claim to enjoy, but when I spotted this basic 1990’s model I chucked the whole £1.0...

16 August, 2024

Nikkor 16mm Fisheye – Three Ways to Make use of Such a Lens

By Andrea Monti

For me, a fisheye is the most challenging lens to use. Unlike other ‘normal’ focal lengths, a fisheye has an inherent deformation of reality. As a result, it is ofte...

16 August, 2024

PPP Cameras Leatherette For Pentax 17 Review.

By Eric

I bought the PPP Cameras Pentax 17 leatherette, was so pleased that I sent the first images to Hamish, and he asked that I write a review here. Gladly. I had already written a r...

15 August, 2024

Bilbao in November rain (A One-Shot Story)

By Jens

We flew from Munich to Bilbao in mid-November 2022. Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, not far from the French border and located on the Atlantic Ocean. The city is known for i...

15 August, 2024

Shooting Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA)-like Events

By Andrea Monti

Historical reenactments are everywhere, and the volunteers who keep alive the memory of our past deserve our highest praise. Along with pure re-enactments, where the fate of the...

14 August, 2024

How Hercule Poirot Helped Me to Find a 6×6, or is the Voigländer Perkeo the Moka Pot of Cameras – A One Shot Story

By Jukka Reimola

My wife is an ardent fan of Hercule Poirot stories. Especially the TV-series kind, starred by Sir David Suchet. Some time ago she was wondering, whether the Poirot series could ...

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Walter Reumkens on Pushing Pan F Plus: first stop, Santa Monica, second stop, Manhattan
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Walter Reumkens on Pushing Pan F Plus: first stop, Santa Monica, second stop, Manhattan
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Matthew Bigwood on Kodak Tri-X 400 or Ilford HP5+ 400 who? when? where?
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