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16 October, 2025

The Rover returns – A one shot story

By Paul Quellin

16 October, 2025

/ automotive photography, Ilford Film, Ilford Ortho Plus, Mamiya C220, /

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As an impressionable thirteen year old, the new Rover P6 3500 S driven by Dave, one of my snorkelling instructors, had me transfixed. The smart Rover ferried a few of us to a location in North Wales for our open water test. Dave had surreptitiousl...

16 October, 2025

Cinevilla in Black and White: Shooting the Nikon FE2, 28mm f/2.8 AIS, and Kodak 400TX in Latvia’s open-air film studio

By Felix Flores Rodriguez

16 October, 2025

/ Kodak Film, Kodak Tri-X, Nikon FE2, /

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Photography as an art form has been around since 1826 or 1827. Nicephore Niépce used heliography with a pewter plate coated in bitumen. The development process took around 8 hours to complete. The daguerreotype was introduced in 1839 by Louis Dagu...

16 October, 2025

5 Frames with Kentmere 400 along Portugal’s coastline

By Vincent Botton

16 October, 2025

/ Kentmere 400, Kentmere Film, Voigtlander Bessa R4a, /

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There was definitely a time where I thought I needed the right camera to make photographs at my highest potential. Piggybacking off my last ‘5 frames’ article, where I suggested going for an aimless stroll can help increase the calmness in your m...

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24 August, 2018

5 Frames with the Pentax 67 – By Louis Sousa

By LASousa

The Pentax 67 is out of character for 35mmc being big and hardly pocketable. My mirror lockup model was sourced from Jeremy at Japan Camera Hunter. Since obtaining the camera I'...

23 August, 2018

5 Frames with a Nikon F4S and Nikkor 35mm f/2.8 AI and Adox CMS II – By Toni Skokovic

By Toni Skokovic

Earlier this year (2018), I finally woke up to the reality of Nikon being the most natural camera platform for me. The Nikon grip felt right and various Nikon cameras were the o...

22 August, 2018

5 Frames with a Konica Hexar AF – By James Nguyen

By hoangtu1998

My name is James Nguyen and I’m a 20 year old Vietnamese hospitality student, photography hobbyist, studying in Switzerland. I have now sold my Konica Hexar AF, but to be hones...

21 August, 2018

5 Frames with the Summishica – By Andy Karlson

By Andy Karlson

I've returned to film photography fairly recently, having impulsively bought a Yashica TL-Super (plus three lenses and a parts body) for $30 at a garage sale last September. Sin...

20 August, 2018

5 Frames with an Olympus mju-i – By Gregoire Huret

By Gregoire Huret

As everyone knows, France won the 2018 football world cup. As a number one fan of our football team, of course I followed this world cup with a lot of madness and zero objectivi...

19 August, 2018

Plaubel Makina 67 Review – the Beginning and end of my Journey into Medium Format

By Hamish Gill

The Plaubel Makina 67 is a camera that I’ve long struggled to justify, but that simultaneously has on multiple occasions, given me the worst cases of gear acquisition syndrome I...

18 August, 2018

Kodak No 2A folding pocket Brownie camera – An Historic Compact – By Dale Willetts

By Dale Willetts

Compact cameras - or pocket cameras, call them what you will - we all know what that means. We all know what they are, and to a degree what we expect them to look like. Of cours...

17 August, 2018

Hanging Out With Photographers? For a Price?

By frankhwu

As a photographer, but not a professional, I would like to be able to hang out with others who share the hobby. It is enjoyable to talk shop. Yet if we want to do that, at least...

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