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11 July, 2025

Leica Elmarit-M 90mm f2.8 and a History Photo Walk

By Geoff Chaplin

11 July, 2025

/ Leica 90mm Elmarit-M, /

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6 March, 2020

Shooting Star Trails with 120 Cinestill 800T – By Bill Thoo

By Bill Thoo

As you may recall, my initial attempts at star trails on film were with my Olympus OM1 and Fuji Natura 1600 in early 2019. The results with the 35mm film and camera were a littl...

5 March, 2020

Ilford announce talks on their stand at The Photography Show

By Hamish Gill

For a large part, this post is just a good excuse to remind you about the forthcoming Photography Show and all the awesome and interesting analogue stuff that’s going to be ther...

5 March, 2020

The Beauty of Basic: Life with One Lens – By Will Mordell

By Will Mordell

Before we jump in, I have a quote to share:Limiting options forces creativity. Fishing for a year with only the Pheasant Tail & Partridge has given me deep knowledge about what ...

4 March, 2020

Fomapan 400 & Kentmere 400 Review – Battle of the Budgets – by Simon King

By Simon King

This article started as a write up about my time shooting these two emulsions over a long bank holiday weekend, where I had similar lighting conditions and was able to shoot sim...

3 March, 2020

NOSSAFLEX – An organising tool for film photography – Launches on Kickstarter

By Hamish Gill

'NOSSAFLEX', another Kickstarter launched today, this time it’s a little more obscure in concept, but certainly interesting nonetheless. Josh and Maddie, a brother and sister d...

3 March, 2020

Fujifilm X-Pro3 Round Two: The X Files and a Meditation on Film and Digital – By David Hume

By David Hume

The X-Pro3 came at a good time for me. I’d returned from a six-week trip to Italy where the last two weeks were spent in Venice trying to make work for exhibitions. So I’d been ...

2 March, 2020

Reveni Labs Light Meter: Tiny Meter For Your Old Cameras – Launches on Kickstarter

By Hamish Gill

The Reveni Labs Light Meter launched on Kickstarter on Saturday evening, and within the day beat its ~£9.5k goal! As you can see above, the light meter itself is designed to be ...

2 March, 2020

That Time I Shot an 18-55mm APS-C Digital Lens on a 35mm Pentax Film Camera

By Hamish Gill

Those of you who follow my ramblings will be aware that I’ve recently been through a little bit of a phase of shooting Pentax SLRs. The thing I’m beginning to love about them is...

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