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15 September, 2025

5 Frames to Overcome My Fear of Flying (With Film)

By Gordon Ownby

15 September, 2025

/ Kodak Film, Kodak T-max 100, /

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28 July, 2025

SmartConvert – Inverting negatives smartly

By Marco Andrés

There are many methods to scan and convert film negatives into positives. One common method is to scan into a raw file with a scanner or, more commonly, a digital camera. The pr...

28 July, 2025

Zeiss Ikon S 310 – The Last Contessa – Urban shooting in Norwich London and Cambridge in Black and White

By Ibraar Hussain

I bought myself this Zeiss Ikon S 310 recently and have been hooked on it, it’s a little gem. I bought it on a knee jerk; after using my Balda CA 35 and with Hamish kindly...

27 July, 2025

‘One Third Keepers’ with Kentmere Pan 200 and a Konica AutoReflex T3

By Bob Janes

In the relatively early days of digital I was involved in online discussions about whether the fact that our short-to-shot cost with digital cameras was tempting us to ‘spray an...

27 July, 2025

In a Paris Sculpture Garden (with an IR-converted Nikon CoolPix 990)

By Dave Powell

Antoine Bourdelle isn’t a household name in the U.S. But he’s nearly legendary in France. His life stood squarely at the crossroads of European art’s transition from Beaux-Arts ...

26 July, 2025

5 Frames of Kodak Technical Pan developed with C41 developer

By Simon Foale

I’ve been experimenting with high resolution films of various kinds since returning to analogue photography and one of the more interesting products in this category is Kodak Te...

26 July, 2025

Rainy day play with some gifted gear – Playing with Medium and Large Format

By Art Meripol

Twice in the last few years I’ve been fortunate to haveva friend gift me some wonderful gear. A former co-worker, mentor and dear friend in his 80’s gave me his Horseman 980, a ...

Digital infrared photo of artichokes past their prime in Paris

25 July, 2025

Autumn Artichokes – An Ekphrastic* Poem (One Shot Story)

By Dave Powell

Past their prime in a Paris garden. Abandoned artichokes. Wrapped in brown against autumn winds. Forgotten. Inedible. Suitable now for fall arrangements. Or compost. Grieving al...

25 July, 2025

Leica IIIa and 50mm Elmar – The Pleasures and Challenges of a Barnack Leica

By Curtis Heikkinen

I’ve posted a number of pieces on this site, all but one featuring images from my Leica M3 with a Zeiss 50 mm F2 lens. That set up has been my primary one for film photography....

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