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31 October, 2025

A Haunted House for Halloween!

By Dave Powell

31 October, 2025

/ Found Photos, /

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14 August, 2025

Zeiss Ikon Contessa S310 with Agfa Photo APX 100 – Developed in Bellinifoto DF2 Duo Step Diafine

By Ibraar Hussain

I recently reviewed my Zeiss Ikon Contessa S310 Here. It’s a gorgeous camera, so simple to operate and a pleasure to handle and to use. The cherry on the cake is the fact ...

13 August, 2025

5 Frames with Minolta Alpha 7D – Dating My First Love Again

By Eagle Omomuro

Shortly after I started photography with a Sony Alpha 100, issued by the news agency I worked for in 2006, I began dreaming about the Minolta Alpha 7D. Back then, its price was ...

13 August, 2025

In Search of Darkness and Light, B&W Film Stocks, Part 4

By Scott Ferguson

If you are still reading this deep in my informal and unscientific survey of black and white film stocks, I salute your endurance in following what has evolved from a mild curio...

12 August, 2025

BW x CT x (0,1,2,3)

By Geoff Chaplin

Film photographers are smart and thoughtful so you have probably already worked out what the title means, but for those who’ve just joined from planet digital this is a test of ...

12 August, 2025

MS-Optics 50mm F1.0 ISM – The Magic Lens that Refuses to Take a Bad Picture

By Jonathan Leavitt

(Depending on what you think makes a good picture) The elusive Mr. Miyazaki Sadayasu Miyazaki started a small business in Japan in 2007 that produces new lenses based on re-imag...

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11 August, 2025

Lucky SHD400 – My Experiences

By Yuval Peleg

I started shooting film in 2019. Back then, film was quite affordable (especially by today’s standards). My first B&W roll was the venerable Ilford HP5, and I was amazed at ...

11 August, 2025

Light Lens Lab 50mm f2 rigid review

By vincentbihler

Light Lens Lab is now a pretty established player in the third party Leica lens manufacturer, specialized in the “replica” genre. They successfully released beautifu...

10 August, 2025

Harman Phoenix 200 (first gen) – Well Underexposed

By Eagle Omomuro

The moment I received the scans from my first roll of Harman Phoenix 200, the older version with the orange packaging, I knew something was off. Every frame was underexposed by ...

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