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16 March, 2025

First Men on the Moon: A hand made, hand bound photobook

By Nik Stanbridge

I’ve created and published quite a few photobooks in the past but I’ve always wanted to make the process easier, cheaper, quicker and much more predictable and repeatable. All t...

15 March, 2025

One Shot Story of Three Guys in a Field, Somewhere in Scotland

By Benjamin Amberg

I have no idea who these guys are… and I spent a week with them in Scotland on a brand trip sponsored by Hendrick’s Gin during the summer of 2019. A “brand trip” like this is in...

14 March, 2025

Pinhole Photography – Another Challenge!!

By Geoff Chaplin

I got started with a spare body cap; drill hole in centre; tape a laser drilled pinhole over the hole (cost about 10$/£/€). Simple. Any idiot can do it – even me. If you are usi...

The LD Meter mounted of the cold shoe of a Leica M4-P, viewed from the behind, and above with the screen illuminated.

14 March, 2025

L.D. Meter from CHI Review – A shoe mount light meter with a useful little laser.

By James Greenoff-Cairns

First, I shall set the scene: My name is James and I can’t zone focus. It feels good to get that off my chest. I been a photographer for a while now, I take it pretty seriously ...

13 March, 2025

One Negroni, One Shot, One Story

By Benjamin Amberg

Oregon, fall 2020. A fiery sunset in the distance caused by west coast wildfires. A global pandemic still running rampant. Lockdowns and a curfew in full effect. The sun making ...

13 March, 2025

Leica iiig, Elmar, Summar and Retropan Soft 320 in PMK Pyro

By Geoff Chaplin

Let me begin with my miserable excuses: (1) the weather was sh.., (2) the film was another ‘back of the fridge’ discovery, expired nearly 4 years ago, (3) probably b...

12 March, 2025

5 (random) frames of Bruxelles with a MIR-1B, a Pentax ME Super and a Kodak TMax400

By Andrea Monti

The late hours of a day are dangerous times, because this is when the mind, lacking tasks, begins to look for a way to keep itself busy. To make a long story short, this is why,...

Musician 'The Japanese House' performing on her 2024 tour in Birmingham, UK.

12 March, 2025

Standing still while the music moves – Shooting musicians with point & shoot film cameras

By Sanna Ehsan

Understanding point and shoot film photography has and always will be a labour of love. You can watch hundreds of videos on the right settings, the ‘best’ camera, the ‘perfect’ ...

Geoff Chaplin on Zorki 6 & Caffenol – Finding, fixing and developing – a new old experience
I bought a Fed some years ago: the shell and internal block were so badly twisted it was impossible to…
Mark S on Leica iiig – a Filmfurbish Edition / Rose Tinted Review
Jeremy does great work. I bought a beautifully refurbished Rollei 35T from him last year and it's like a brand…
Mark S on Wider Isn’t Always Better
I'm not quite sure what you mean by "A similar trend seems to be true for Cosina, the maker of…

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