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16 June, 2026

The Science Behind the [BOXX] Black & White Reversal Process

By Dave Faulkner

16 June, 2026

/ Alfie [BOXX], Alternative Process, black and white reversal, /

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After Hamish’s review of our new [BOXX] camera, there was a lot of interest in the Black and White reversal process we are using. With only a few days to go before the [BOXX] Kickstarter closes, I wanted to do a deep dive about why we chose the pr...

16 June, 2026

Home away from home

By Julian Tanase

16 June, 2026

/ Documentary Photography, /

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Ubi bene Ibi patria. This old Latin saying is stating a truth, universally known, applicable in ancient and modern times alike: wherever you find a better life, that’s where your home is. Indeed, it is true, for so many humans who, for various rea...

16 June, 2026

Three Films, One Orchestra, One Weekend

By Ian Myers

16 June, 2026

/ ae-1, Documentary Photography, Foma Film, Fomapan 100, Ilford Film, ilford HP5+, Nikon FE, Pentax ME Super, /

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Orchestras run on two things. Music and food. Most documentation skips the food. Concert halls, polished instruments, formal attire — that’s what ends up in the frame. But I wanted to start in the car park outside the community centre, durin...

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22 April, 2019

Peak Design Range Pouch (Small) Review

By Hamish Gill

It’s been a while since I pretty much entirely ditched all other strap and bag brands and fully bought into the Peak Design system. Despite this, whilst looking for a little bag...

21 April, 2019

5 Frames with a Contax G1 – by Mitchel Gordon Brauns

By mitchelgordonbrauns

The Contax G1 is the best point & shoot camera! Okay, so technically it’s not a point & shoot per se, it’s more like a rangefinder camera. Though, even then it’s not your typica...

20 April, 2019

5 Frames With Olympus AF10 (aka Infinity Jr) and the roll of film it came with – By Matt Krajewski

By Pure.amateur

I keep buying and buying film cameras, not all of them that I come across. But an Olympus? With a film inside? For £3? That would be a sin not to. The Olympus AF10 Super or Infi...

19 April, 2019

Zenit-E: A Love Letter To The Unloved – By Dan Fernandez

By Dan Fernandez

Your kilo of soviet metal, your light meter which stopped working decades ago, your dark, murky viewfinder designed to just miss focus, your rewind mechanism engineered to give ...

18 April, 2019

5 Frames with a Mamiya C220 and Portra 160 NC – By Trenton Trammell

By Trenton Trammell

Buying a new camera is always a hard choice, but it's even harder when you have to relinquish a current piece of gear to do it. After about 3 months of deciding whether or not I...

17 April, 2019

5 Frames with an Olympus XA2 – By Filipa Leite Rosa

By filipaleiterosa

About ten years ago my boyfriend offered me a very weird looking camera, an Olympus Xa2. At that time, I had been shooting digital for about three years and was a super-amateur ...

16 April, 2019

NEWS: New Intrepid LF film Cameras & LIT Bluetooth Xenon Flash for your mobile

By Hamish Gill

A couple of little bits of news today from the opposite ends of the world of photography. The first is a new product from Marko Pirc; the chap who brought us the Lumu light mete...

16 April, 2019

5 Frames with My Thrift Store Olympus XA – by Tiffany Perez

By Tiffany Perez

Hello everyone! My name is Tiffany Perez and this is my first post to this site! I am so excited. I am from Southern California, born and raised. This past year has been an adve...

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