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14 November, 2025

The Rise And Fall of Pizzeria Liceo – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

14 November, 2025

/ Kodak Film, Kodak Portra 160, pentax z-20, /

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For decades, it was established in 1963, not only the students of the Liceo Classico on the other side of Via Venezia, but almost all the inhabitants of my hometown, paid a visit to Pizzeria Liceo (aptly named after the aforementioned school). Tru...

Stone igloo

14 November, 2025

A Stone Igloo – My favourite photo of 2025

By Mark Ellerby

14 November, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, /

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This photo was taken whilst on a hike with my local walking group, the Sheffield 40s/50s ramblers group, with my Rollei 35T that often comes with me on daywalks, because of its compact size and quality Tessar lens, and which I wrote about on this ...

14 November, 2025

Olympus Pen F 40mm G.Zuiko f1.4 and Rollei Retro 400s – My experience with this iconic camera

By Ibraar Hussain

14 November, 2025

/ Half Frame Camera, Olympus Pen F, Olympus SLR, SLR Camera, /

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This post was one of my first few on 35mmc, that’s after lurking for a few years before I plucked up enough courage and audacity to get some of my photos and writing published. I have to thank Hamish for allowing me to express myself here. I...

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12 November, 2022

5 Frames with Kodak Ektar 100 at RHS Gardens Bridgewater, Salford – By Ted Ayre

By Ted Ayre

Some of you may have seen ‘The Great Northern Garden Build’ on the BBC, charting the on-site creation of the newest Royal Horticultural Society public gardens in Salford - if yo...

11 November, 2022

Rollei Infrared Film – An Introduction – By Tony Warren

By Tony Warren

Rollei Infrared is a high speed, panchromatic, monochrome film with sensitivity to visible light which extends into the near infrared (IR). FP4+ film, for example covers from 35...

10 November, 2022

My First Shots with the Pan-Holga 360 – by Sonny Rosenberg

By sonny rosenberg

The Pan-Holga was created by the inventor Richard McCaleb around 2003, at least that's when he sent it to Cory Armantrout who I just bought it from. I was compulsively perusing ...

9 November, 2022

Fixing an Ailing Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super B SLR – By Dave Powell

By Dave Powell

About a year ago, some Austrian friends handed me a Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super that they brought with them to America after World War II. They said it no longer worked, and if I...

8 November, 2022

Baby’s in Black – Swapping Body Plates on the Autoreflex T3 – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

The first camera I owned and used extensively was a Konica Autoreflex T3; a real brick of a camera. I was always a big advocate for the T3, and used it extensively for 20 years....

7 November, 2022

Pentax 645N and Pentax 645D – From Analog to Digital – By Eric L. Woods

By Eric

In this article I am going to talk about the Pentax 645N and Pentax 645D. The use of 'and' in the title rather than 'vs' is intentional. The use of 'and' in the title rather tha...

6 November, 2022

Travelling from Conneticut to Georgia: The Travelling Canonet 28 roll #4

By Bob Janes

You can read about the Travelling Canonet project here. We have over 50 photographers on 4 continents waiting to take part. Two Canonets are involved, each travelling in a diffe...

5 November, 2022

5 frames with Kodak Portra 160 and an Olympus XA – By Ted Ayre

By Ted Ayre

If you know the North West of England you will know that sunshine can be a rare thing! So when the sun came out for the bank holiday weekend I decided that it was time to use my...

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