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30 June, 2025

Wanderer Above the Peaks – A One-Shot Story

By Nathan Sherwood

30 June, 2025

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10 September, 2018

Green Man Festival 2018 on Ten Rolls of Film, a Leica M4, and a Contax G1 – by Simon King

By Simon King

Recently I photographed an assignment which represents a personal milestone in my film photography story. It was the first time I had ever left London with nothing besides film ...

9 September, 2018

Sharpness? Overrated, and very rarely part of the definition of a good photo!

By Hamish Gill

I’m not going to overdo this particular sentiment, it’s been articulated a million times. That being said, I do want to chuck a few thoughts into the mix about sharpness not bei...

8 September, 2018

Canon 5D Classic Review – By Ray Goodwin

By raygoodwinphotos

In this world of hundreds of auto focus points, phase detection, high ISO performance, burst rate nonsense; is less really more? Is it possible that the Canon 5D Classic, a deca...

7 September, 2018

5 Frames with a Yashica Half Frame 17 Rapid – by Denis Savinov

By denissavinov

I'd been looking for a half-frame camera for a long time. Less film, more frames - a traveler's dream. One day on ebay I found this legendary Yashica; 1965, excellent condition,...

6 September, 2018

Scanning from the emulsion; getting the most out of a flatbed scanner – By David Narbecki

By David Narbecki

I was asked recently my opinions around what I think is the best way to scan a large collection of slides? I replied by suggesting that they should have a lab scan it and not to...

5 September, 2018

5 frames with a Yashica Samurai X3.0 and Fuji Superia 400 – By Dan Marinelli

By Dan Marinelli

The Yashica Samurai X3.0 camera came out of left field to me. I have run the #halfframeclub for almost 2 years, but this camera never fit my idea of what a half frame camera sho...

3 September, 2018

Olympus AF10 Twin Review – Two Lenses For The Price Of One – By Rick Davy

By rd

What does £3 of your hard earned cash get you these days? Well, if you look hard enough you might be able to grab yourself a Olympus AF10 Twin. Car boot sale and charity shops a...

2 September, 2018

Kodak Pro Image 100 – First Roll Review

By Hamish Gill

On the last day of a recent jolly to North Wales with the family, we all went for a little bike ride into the countryside. Knowing I was going to be pulling Norah in a little tr...

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