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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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4 February, 2018

Leica Monochrom (M9M) review – for the love of black and white

By Hamish Gill

The Leica Monochrom is a camera that provides something rarely found in digital cameras - it provides a completely unique shooting experience. I’ve been fascinated by the idea o...

3 February, 2018

Yashica T2 Review: A Noisy Companion – by John Lee

By John Lee

In my pursuit of a point and shoot film camera, I found myself drawn to the Yashica T series because of (A) the high-quality Zeiss lenses and (B) Contax Ts are way out of my bud...

2 February, 2018

The Sunbeams Analogue Photography News – Architecture & Adventures

By Sunny 16 Podcast

And just like that we hit February! Apparently by the end of this week, 80% of New Year resolutions will have fallen to the wayside so if your intentions were to start (or stop)...

1 February, 2018

5 Frames with Bell & Howell Fixed Focus Camera – By Howard Dale

By Howard Dale

When I retired in 2012 I was cleaning out my desk and came across a small, plastic camera with the name “Bell and Howell” on the front. I have no idea where it came fr...

31 January, 2018

5 Frames with a Samsung AF Slim

By Hamish Gill

Another 5 frames post looking back at a past review this time the Samsung AF Slim. It’s funny dredging up this old content, especially looking at shots taken with point &a...

30 January, 2018

5 Frames with a Pentax Spotmatic – By Wesley Fortin

By Wesley Fortin

This past summer I did a road trip to visit my parents in southern Alberta. My insatiable desire for adventure prompted me to convince my folks to visit the provincial park Head...

28 January, 2018

‘Unremarkable Architecture’ – Kicking of a photo project (with Kodak 400 TMAX)

By Hamish Gill

I've decided to start a photography project. I’ve had some sort of ill-founded fear of such things for quite some time now, but thanks to a few inspiring words from Rob Knight o...

26 January, 2018

The Short Life of Tri-X Man – by Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

I am not the person I thought I was. When I got back into film photography, shooting a Contax G2, I envisioned myself loading it with roll upon roll of Kodak Tri-X black and whi...

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