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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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2 April, 2025

Viltrox 50mm F2 Air – A Brand New and Very Impressive ‘nifty fifty’

By Matthew Bigwood

Lens manufacturer Viltrox has added an autofocus 50mm f2 to its Air Series of optics, described by the manufacturer as ‘compact, lightweight and versatile.’ It covers full-frame...

Hasselblad 503CW and Ilford SFX

2 April, 2025

5 frames with Ilford SFX

By Michael Keppler

I first came across infrared photography as a teenager in a photography magazine. Digital cameras and Photoshop were still a long way off and anything experimental and unusual w...

1 April, 2025

5 Blue Frames on Kodak Portra

By Alexander Seidler

This little story starts with my difficult relationship with Kodak Portra, but in the end, a set of photos like a lot. I never really liked this film that folks say is warm tone...

1 April, 2025

An F-mount to LTM lens adapter on a Canon 7

By Tony Warren

Using nikon F-mount lenses on a Canon 7 LTM body

31 March, 2025

Oxford Museums with a Leica M9 and an Omnar Birthday Present

By Hamish Gill

It was my 42nd birthday back in January, and for my birthday I was given a very limited edition (1 of 2) Omnar NK25-4. Chris had two Nikon 25mm f/4 lenses in less than great con...

Digital Film Photography with Raw Photo Processor 64 - Featured image

31 March, 2025

Raw Photo Processor 64 – Digital Film Photography

By Cristian Ionescu

Raw Photo Processor 64 is A Mac only application that can be used on all OSX 10.4 or newer. It is a software written by Andrey Tverdokhleb, a computer scientist and a photograph...

30 March, 2025

5 Frames Hiking the Lake District

By Ron Duda

I’ve visited the Lakes District in northern England on two occasions. Twenty years ago I completed about half of the 190 mile Coast to Coast Trail which runs across north...

Rider going over the Mountain at Cadwell Park

29 March, 2025

TLR Challenge – British Superbikes with a Rolleiflex 2.8f

By Graham Lloyd

Why not? Was the thought as I copied the Snetterton race schedule onto my phone. Let’s go and shoot the event with my Rolleiflex 2.8f. It can’t be too hard can it? A keen suppor...

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