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25 May, 2025

Photographing the Acropolis with an Antique Roll of Film

By David Pauley

25 May, 2025

/ Expired Film, Orwo Film, Orwo NP22, /

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darktable Mini-Review – A Quick look at my Favorite Software

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darktable is open source image workflow software. Open source means it’s free, both in terms of cost (in this case and many others, but not all), and in terms of what you ...

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5 Frames with the Kodak Retina 1a & Very Expired Ilford FP4

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Word is, Folding Kodak Retinas are a lovely piece of kit, provided your winding mechanism isn't broken. I had a beautiful Retina iia with a dodgy winder. F2 Schneider lens, nice...

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By Geoff Chaplin

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Fuji 100mm F3.5 AE Lens (6X9) adapted to Pentax (35mm)

By Daniel Martínez Barber

It is a lens designed for medium format cameras (6x7 and 6x9) of the Fuji brand, which began to be marketed in 1974. It has a classic Tessar optical design, that is, 4 elements ...

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Venice into Dreams – a Pinhole Photo Essay

By Geoff Chaplin

Many of my images or photo series are concept based, a photographic interpretation of an idea. This series – meant to be viewed in the order shown – was inspired by the way I so...

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Fujica GL690 with Fujinon S 100mm F3.5 & Fujinon SW 65mm F5.6

By Simon Foale

I’ve been using medium format film cameras for over thirty years – initially a (too brief) period with a Rolleiflex in the early 90s and since 2002 a Mamiya 6MF which I still en...

12 April, 2023

NEWS: The Lomo School Opens in Celebration of Film Photography Day!

By Molly Kate

The Lomo School is now in session! Lomography has launched a new section of its website dedicated to learning about analogue photography in celebration of Film Photography Day. ...

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The Eyes of Venice (a One-Shot Mystery Story)

By Dave Powell

Few people, I think, would doubt Venice’s beauty. But when Kate and I visited just before Covid closed Italy in 2019, I also noticed a bit of the city’s darker side. As we st...

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Scott Gitlin on The Aesthetic Qualities of BW Film Images – by Marco Dughera
Great presentation and food for thought! A friend belongs to a camera club and their critiques of member submissions makes…
Gary Smith on Photographing the Acropolis with an Antique Roll of Film
David, it seems that you did well with your gifted film. I particularly like the shot entitled: "Caryatids on the…
Scott Ferguson on The Aesthetic Qualities of BW Film Images – by Marco Dughera
Hi Marco, Great post and I love the quotes that mirror/enhance some of my instinctive ideas about why I like…

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