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Keks M-Meter

24 December, 2025

Keks M-Meter – A Leica-Dedicated Shoe Mount Meter

By Hamish Gill

24 December, 2025

/ Keks Light Meter, Keks M-Meter, Shoe Mount Light Meter, /

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I’m going to kick off this review by saying that I think the Keks M-Meter is definitely the best shoe mount meter I have used on my Leica M4-P or anything other meter-less Leica M camera for that matter. Donald (the chap that runs Keks) told me ab...

24 December, 2025

Portraits From Nagoro, the Scarecrows’ Village

By Andrea Monti

24 December, 2025

/ Documentary Photography, travel photography, /

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In the heart of Iya Valley, in Tokushima Prefeture, lies Nagoro, the Scarecrow Village. Half a ghost-town, half a still inhabited place, Nagoro’s main population is composed by about 300 scarecrows spread all around the village. When Ayano T...

24 December, 2025

Oh, hey – My Favorite(d) Photo of 2025

By John Bennett

24 December, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, Portrait Photography, /

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I don’t know if this is my favorite photo of 2025, but it certainly received the most “likes” on Flickr, which — for me, at least — are harder to come by than those on Instagram. One of the things I appreciate about the Olympus XA2, in addition to...

24 December, 2025

5 Frames From The “Uncanny Valley” Training Town in Gravesend – by Simon King

By Simon King

24 December, 2025

/ Documentary Photography, Ilford FP4 Type 517 Cine, /

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The Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Centre (MPSTC) in Gravesend is a surreal space. It’s a ghost town built as a backdrop for organised chaos, a stage set for practicing scenarios for protest, riots, and even crowd control at sports events...

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10 September, 2020

5 Frames, Scale Focusing and a Voigtländer Vito C – By Marcus Harris

By Marcus Harris

Does anyone really need to read another article who's main frame of reference is lockdown, pandemic and global economic chaos. Well, me neither, but this is all we have to talk ...

10 September, 2020

Sony 135mm STF ‘Smooth Trans Focus’ – A Bit of Lens GAS Come Good – By Vincent Ferrier

By vincent ferrier

I am an amateur photographer, shooting family and friends and also doing outdoor / travel photography. I don't think I suffer from GAS but I like to test gear, so I suppose I ma...

10 September, 2020

NEWS: dubblefilm launch ‘SHOW’ – A 35mm analogue camera

By Josh Foster

Barcelona based dubblefilm have been making specialist films with effects for those looking for some creative fun within analogue photography. Now they've taken things a step fu...

9 September, 2020

5 (7) frames in New York on Kodak Gold – By Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

In Autumn 2015 I travelled to America to see my best friend, who had moved to Pitsburgh about 6 months earlier. My husband and I are absolutely not city people but decided that ...

9 September, 2020

Brooks-Plaubel Veriwide 100 Mini-Review – By Dan Cuny

By Dan Cuny

Being the very visual person I am, I'm generally drawn to cameras more by the visual appearance and quality of the camera than the technical aspects. The Brook-Plaubel Veriwide ...

8 September, 2020

5 Frames with a Yachica-Mat – by Phil Harrison

By Phil Harrison

I have a personal interest in the Yashica-Mat. Having set off in 1972 to West Bromwich Photographic College with only a Zenith B and realising something better was required, I p...

7 September, 2020

How to Get Started Developing Black & White Film for £25 (or Less) – by Sroyon Mukherjee

By Sroyon

If you're thinking of dipping your toe into black-and-white film development but feel put off because it seems too expensive or too complicated, this post is for you. If you're ...

7 September, 2020

Rollei Prego 125 Review – Shooting a Should-be-Cheap Camera Expensively

By Hamish Gill

When I look at the Rollei Prego 125, I have a horrible feeling that it might have temporarily ruined autofocus point & shoot cameras for me. It’s pretty much as dull as they com...

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