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Food Van at a food festival

4 November, 2025

5 Frames with Royalty at a Food Festival

By Richard Becker

4 November, 2025

/ Zeiss Ikon Contessa 35 533/24, /

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I took a German/Italian Countess to a food festival the other week thinking it was the sort of outing she might enjoy, local artisan food producers along with some art and craft stalls. While we were there the light was very dull and flat so we fa...

Motorway bridge over the River Exe and Exeter Ship Canal

4 November, 2025

The Motorway Bridge – A One Shot Story

By Ed

4 November, 2025

/ Architectural Photography, /

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This photograph shows the underside of the motorway bridge that crosses the head of the Exe Estuary. I regularly cycle or walk under this bridge. It’s an impressive structure and a testament to our cultural preference for triumphant engineer...

Front view of Samsung L85

4 November, 2025

Samsung Digimax L85 (and How It Replaced a Sigma DP2s)

By Ed

4 November, 2025

/ Compact Digital, Samsung Digimax L85, Samsung Digital, /

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During the summer I bought a Foveon-based camera, the Sigma DP2s. The DP2s was released in 2010, a minor update to the DP2. I’d always wanted to try a Foveon camera and I thought I had a reasonable buy at just over £220. I knew the DP2s ate ...

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By Tony Warren

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Projection of light from a modified 50mm lens

12 June, 2024

Converting a 50mm lens meant for 35mm film to large format

By Jim Skelton

I’ve often observed from afar large format photographers esoterically divining their cameras and producing photos that my 35mm camera could only dream about. But I was lar...

Canon 50mm f/1.2 LTM lens

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Cleaning a Classic Canon f/1.2 LTM Lens

By Dave Powell

A while back, I snagged a beautiful Canon VI-T rangefinder camera for small bucks at a yard sale. It’s probably as close as I’ll ever come to owning a classic Leica. But it had ...

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What does it take to be a Photographer?

By Tony Warren

In photography’s infancy, the mark of a photographer was black fingers from contact with the chemicals used (and probably a pale complexion). In the later 20th century, a kind o...

Nikon FM2

10 June, 2024

5 frames with a Nikon FM2 & Kentmere 400 pushed to 3200

By Máté Krausz

I am definitively a newcomer when it comes to film photography. Apart from a few rolls taken with point-and-shoot cameras as a child, I was shooting only digital until I picked ...

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Ed on Samsung Digimax L85 (and How It Replaced a Sigma DP2s)
Hi Gary - batteries can be quite a trouble. I've always had reasonable success with Nikon original batteries, but perhaps…
Richard Becker on 5 Frames with Royalty at a Food Festival
Bad light and my favourite cheese producer not being there dampened my mood somewhat, otherwise I might have been a…
Richard Becker on 5 Frames with Royalty at a Food Festival
I know what it says! Three words in 3 different languages, but together what do they mean? Or perhaps they…

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