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12 November, 2025

Made in Hong Kong

By Raymond Wong

12 November, 2025

/ Diana, Lomography Film, Lomography LomoChrome Color '92, /

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I was made in Hong Kong. I was born in Hong Kong in 1994, when the Union Jack was still on the Hong Kong flag. My mum is from Taiwan and my dad is a native HongKonger. Three years after I was born, China took Hong Kong back, and I was told that I ...

12 November, 2025

A Barn at the End of my Road – My Photo of the year 2025

By Neal Wellons

12 November, 2025

/ Landscape Photography, photo of the year 2025, /

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I decided to submit this photo after culling to about 25, then a dozen, then 8 and finally two favorites for 2025. I decided to write up a little story on each and then made my final cut. It was hard but this is my final choice. This one is of ...

12 November, 2025

Lomography Instant – Uncontrollable, Unpredictable, and Somehow Worth a Few Shots

By Eagle Omomuro

12 November, 2025

/ Instant Camera, Lomography Instant, /

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I mentioned the Lomography Instant briefly in my earlier article about the Polaroid Go, and I think it deserves its own short story. The Lomo Instant was my first instant camera. It became my everyday companion for capturing small moments of my wi...

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3 April, 2019

5 frames with a Fuji Discovery 90 – by Gandhi Cabañas

By Gandhi Cabanas

I bought this Fuji Discovery 90 in a photography store in Mexico City. It was brand new and really cheap, even for a plastic point and shoot camera from the mid 90s. It came in ...

2 April, 2019

5 Frames With a Canon Sure Shot Sleek – By Charlie Thom

By charliethom_

The Canon Sure Shot Sleek is a 35mm point & shoot from 1996. It has a 32mm f/3.5 lens, which is surprisingly pretty sharp in the centre, and does the job for general shooting. I...

1 April, 2019

Zeiss 35mm 1.4 ZM Distagon Review – Optically Awesome!

By Hamish Gill

There’s quite a few lenses I’ve been asked to review by readers of this website over the years, but there aren’t many that I’ve been asked about as much as the Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 ...

31 March, 2019

My Dark Side: Night Photography with CineStill 800T Film – By Christian Schroeder

By Christian Schroeder

I always found myself drawn to the rather mystical photographs captured at night. Not only that these images are kinda cool, it's also very practical during the winter season: s...

30 March, 2019

Olympus Mju ii & Kodak T-MAX 400: Lessons from The Forgotten Ones – by Jon YK Lee

By Jon YK Lee

"Why did I let her go?", a voice whispered in my mind when I received my film scans on an unusually quiet Friday night. I watched as the images slowly populated my screen, produ...

29 March, 2019

Nikon L35AF – a mini review – by Giacomo Zema

By giacomozema

I started shooting film at the beginning of last year when I picked up a mint Canon Eos 620 that I intended to use with my EF lenses (which were tired of my aps-c digital camera...

28 March, 2019

Ricoh GR10 Review – A Diamond Wrapped in Coal – By Edward Chang

By edwardchang

The Ricoh GR: this series of cameras has had a cult following since its introduction in 1997 in the form of the debut model, simply called the GR1. I didn’t even know Ricoh made...

27 March, 2019

5 frames with Fuji HD-M and Cinestill 800t – By Linda Terstad

By Linda Terstad

Together with my previous 5 frames with... I guess this will make a niche-y little sequence of 80s/90s underwater cameras. But rather than a review of the Fuji HD-M, I intend th...

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