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29 June, 2025

Kentmere Pan 200 and a Contax 137 MA Quartz/ZEISS 50mm f/1.7

By Eric

29 June, 2025

/ Kentmere 200, Kentmere Film, /

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28 July, 2018

In Pursuit of Elegance (if Not a “Good” Photo – Whatever that Means) in the Highlands – By David Allen

By David Allen

My field of study was mathematics. And, in mathematics, there is a high value placed on the elegance of a solution, rather than on the time or energy spent on one. I love this p...

27 July, 2018

Hitchcock’s Rear Window – Watching the Watcher – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

Rear Window is a great movie, and taking photographs is the main character’s essential trait. Francois Truffaut, whose book turned director Alfred Hitchcock the man into one-nam...

26 July, 2018

5 Frames with a Ricoh 500G – by Martin Connolly

By theoldsmithy

Since getting back into film about 18 months ago, I’ve tried many different cameras and never really gelled with any of them. But when I read about the 500G I knew I needed one....

25 July, 2018

5 Frames with An Olympus 35SP Rangefinder – By Julian Higgs

By julianhiggs

You know that feeling you get when you have just acquired a new camera and wonder if the other one you'd been considering have been a better option? Yeah... that. I had not long...

24 July, 2018

Sunbeams News: The Kodak Alaris / Analogue Wonderland Summer Holidays Competition!

By The Sunbeams

One word definitely isn't enough, so here's more of what you need. On this weeks show we were joined by Paul Mckay from the online film store Analogue Wonderland, and Andy Churc...

23 July, 2018

Modding a Halina Anastigmat f/3.5 45mm – by Tobias Eriksson

By Flashknappen

I am rather new to the technical side of photography. That is - the choice of multiple camera bodies, changeable lenses with all kinds of filters and whatnot, tripods, monopods,...

22 July, 2018

My Leica M3 Titan Reverse Panda & Leica M4-P Super-Rat – CameraWorks-UK Custom Cameras

By Hamish Gill

Something I’ve been thinking about for a long time is modifying – or indeed having modified – a Leica rangefinder. Earlier this year I took the plunge and sent my Le...

21 July, 2018

The Necessity of Bad Photos – by Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

I need to take more bad photos. What I mean is I ought to shoot more, period. But I know that I learn more from the bad photos than the good ones.

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