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13 May, 2026

Even Venice Is Powerless Against A Smartphone – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

13 May, 2026

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Taking meaningful photos in Venice is quite challenging because the strong déjà vu effect can blind you to the city’s beauty. I’m not talking about the myriad selfie-taking tourists who want to take home — or publish on their social me...

13 May, 2026

My LX100 and why the new Panasonic L10 doesn’t appeal

By Hamish Gill

13 May, 2026

/ Camera News, digital camera, Panasonic L10, Panasonic LX100, /

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I’m not usually interested in commenting on new camera releases, but the new Panasonic L10 has inspired some thoughts as I walked the dog in the woods this morning. I always take a camera with me, and today I took my decade-and-a-bit old LX100 wit...

13 May, 2026

Leica 50mm Lenses – The “Goldilocks Leica Lens Challenge” Day Two – Summicron vs. Summitar…

By Scott Ferguson

13 May, 2026

/ 50mm Lens, Leica 50mm Summicron, Leica 50mm summitar, Lens Theory, normal lens, Rangefinder Lens, /

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For me, a good photo outing starts before I pick up a camera or leave the house. Of course, I’d never go out shooting without a loaded camera, and depending on how ambitious I’m feeling, maybe some extra lenses & accessories or ev...

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9 May, 2026

Ulanzi WLF – A Waist‑Level Experiment With a Broken Nikon D80

By Max Tiraquon

I should start of by saying I ran my first draft through some AI to make it a little more readable, I just scrapped through my English exams in school. Anyway originally it was ...

8 May, 2026

ΔStop – The Darkroom Timer I Had to Build Because the Right One Didn’t Exist

By John Jones

You’ve been here before: it’s late, you’ve got a negative with a gorgeous composition loaded up in your enlarger, the grain is hitting just right, but you cann...

digital camera scanning a 110 film negative

8 May, 2026

Valoi easy35 – How this film negative scanning system improves your workflow, and in anticipation of the v.2 …

By Andrew Long

I’m a big fan of the easy35 system from Finnish company Valoi which has really improved my film negative scanning workflow. It is a very simple but capable system which fits ont...

7 May, 2026

Skyview Aerial Camera – 35mmc started the quest

By Neal Wellons

I’m a long term reader of 35mmc and recently read an interesting article, The Miniature Camera Monthly by Art Meripol, 27 February 2026. Art gave readers a look at the August, 1...

7 May, 2026

Shooting Pano on a Hasselblad

By Scott Ferguson

There have been more than a few interesting posts over the last couple of months exploring various approaches to shooting in a panoramic format, including Simon Foale’s pi...

Pellica film roll tracker app for analog photographers

6 May, 2026

Pellica – Why I Built an App to Track My Film Rolls

By Imad Djebarni

Last November I sent three rolls to my lab and more or less forgot about them. When the envelope came back three weeks later I spread the negatives on my desk and tried to work ...

6 May, 2026

NEWS: Reveni Labs Spot Meter MK3 Available Now

By Hamish Gill

Matt Bechberger of Reveni Labs has just announced his new Spot Meter 3 – I am going to see if I can fit in a review of it a little bit later on in the year, but for now he...

6 May, 2026

Strolling Around Seokchon Lake, Seoul with Kodak Pro Image 100

By Ilham Kusuma

There’s something about shooting film that always brings me back to the past. I still remember my father capturing our family moments with his beloved Pentax K2. Ever since then...

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Khürt Williams on Even Venice Is Powerless Against A Smartphone – One Shot Story
One other thing: when I sit down to dine, you will probably see me consulting my smartphone. That is not…
Khürt Williams on Even Venice Is Powerless Against A Smartphone – One Shot Story
Interesting perspective. I’ve never been to Venice, so I can’t really comment on that specific experience, but I do relate…
John Bennett on Even Venice Is Powerless Against A Smartphone – One Shot Story
An artist I know did a poster depicting a mobile phone. The caption: “A cell is hell.” I try not…

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