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14 July, 2025

Confronting Nonsense – One Shot Story

By Eagle Omomuro

14 July, 2025

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12 October, 2023

5 Frames with the Leica Summicron 50 Dual Range at closest focus

By Nik Stanbridge

When I first looked into getting a film Leica, one of the factors that would influence my yes/no decision was whether I could get a 50mm lens that would focus as close (or as ne...

11 October, 2023

Rollei RPX 100 and some comparisons to ADOX Silvermax.

By Geoff Chaplin

My goto film is FP4 for a variety of reasons – flexibility in exposure, contrast and tonal rendition, grain level, dries flat after development, and others. But in Japan where I...

10 October, 2023

Mamiya C220 – The TLR Itch

By Paul Quellin

More than a little while ago as a young photographer, I aspired to turn professional, even starting a sort of apprenticeship with a wedding photographer. I had graduated onto a ...

9 October, 2023

Nikon FM and How it Became my “Do Anything” Camera

By Noah von Hatten

I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of getting to understand one camera so well that it becomes an extension of oneself. Thus, some years ago, I set out to find this mythical...

8 October, 2023

My First Major Development Fail

By Ted Ayre

I was really excited to go for a studio day! I’d never used anything other than natural light for photos so far, and I was going to get to learn the effects of different basic l...

7 October, 2023

Falcon Dust-Off: An Unsung Hero of Film Photography

By Azriel Knight

I recently made an 11×14 print of a rural Alberta landscape, so… you know, lots of sky and prairie goodness, and there’s nothing more frustrating than thinking your print i...

6 October, 2023

Voigtlander Vitomatic ii: from paperweight to family heirloom

By Bradley Newman

Dad was a recent college graduate in 1958. He knew with Vietnam heating up, and with his college days behind him, he would either be drafted into the military and go God knows w...

5 October, 2023

EVENT: Filmstock 2023 – A New Analogue Photography Event Heads to Atlanta, GA This Weekend

By Molly Kate

A new film photography event is happening this weekend in Atlanta, Georgia, USA hosted by KEH Camera, The Darkroom Lab, and Beers and Cameras. They have dubbed the weekend event...

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thorsten on Travel Photography Tips – With a Contax G2 Kodak Ektachrome E100VS Fujichrome Astia 100 Kodak TRI-X 400 and Adox Silvermax
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Ibraar Hussain on Travel Photography Tips – With a Contax G2 Kodak Ektachrome E100VS Fujichrome Astia 100 Kodak TRI-X 400 and Adox Silvermax
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Dave Powell on Meet Me Mum – One-Shot Story
You are welcome, my friend... A lot to both digest and summarize!!

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