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19 October, 2025

Assignment of Exposures using Ansel Adams’ Zone System

By Cristian Ionescu

19 October, 2025

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27 March, 2018

5 Frames with a Rolleicord IIA – by Tom O’Neill

By Tom O'Neill

At the beginning of this year I found myself in one of Japan's second hand camera shops. Wherein I fell in love with a Rolleicord II. It seemed as if it was meant to be for I ha...

25 March, 2018

‘Analogue Photography – Reference Manual for Shooting Film’ – a Strong Recommendation

By Hamish Gill

I don't write many book reviews on here - thank's to the allure of the dreaded internet, I'm no longer the book reader I used to be (short of the odd Thomas the Tank Engine et a...

24 March, 2018

Olympus 35 SP vs Olympus 35 RC Review – Twins – By Matt Parry

By Mparry1234

The 1980s Hollywood stars Danny Devito and Arnold Schwarzenegger are the unlikely match to play twin brothers in the aptly named 1988 film, Twins (stick with me on this one). As...

23 March, 2018

One Good Photo of Everybody – by Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

Now as never before I like looking at people. My obsession with taking photos has made me much more interested in other people. I have to be careful not to stare at strangers. B...

22 March, 2018

5 Frames with an Olympus Trip 35 – By Huy Le

By Huy Le

It's been 8 months since I made the decision to leave Australia and move to Osaka, Japan and it's been an incredible experience. One of the biggest challenges I had when packing...

21 March, 2018

5 Frames with a Canon AT-1 and a Roll of Redscale – by Toby Van de Velde

By TobyVPhoto

I have had my Canon AT-1 for 30 years this year, my first ‘proper’ camera when I first started to study photography in the 6th Form. I took it to Iceland with a 28mm f2.8 lens, ...

21 March, 2018

Kodak Ektra Mobile Phone Review – By JK Lockwood

By JK LOCKWOOD

When I first read about the Kodak Ektra smartphone, I was intrigued. A phone with an honest-to-goodness camera, designed by Kodak specifically for photographers! However, when i...

19 March, 2018

Shooting Film on Assignment: Can it Compete with Digital? – by Simon King

By Simon King

Shooting film for commissioned work is unfortunately becoming much rarer, despite the efforts of communities like this blog to keep the medium alive. For hobbyists and fine arti...

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Eagle Omomuro on Fuji X-Pro3 – 5 years on – Extended Thoughts and my Dream Lens
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