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Keks M-Meter

24 December, 2025

Keks M-Meter – A Leica-Dedicated Shoe Mount Meter

By Hamish Gill

24 December, 2025

/ Keks Light Meter, Keks M-Meter, Shoe Mount Light Meter, /

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I’m going to kick off this review by saying that I think the Keks M-Meter is definitely the best shoe mount meter I have used on my Leica M4-P or anything other meter-less Leica M camera for that matter. Donald (the chap that runs Keks) told me ab...

24 December, 2025

Portraits From Nagoro, the Scarecrows’ Village

By Andrea Monti

24 December, 2025

/ Documentary Photography, travel photography, /

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In the heart of Iya Valley, in Tokushima Prefeture, lies Nagoro, the Scarecrow Village. Half a ghost-town, half a still inhabited place, Nagoro’s main population is composed by about 300 scarecrows spread all around the village. When Ayano T...

24 December, 2025

Oh, hey – My Favorite(d) Photo of 2025

By John Bennett

24 December, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, Portrait Photography, /

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I don’t know if this is my favorite photo of 2025, but it certainly received the most “likes” on Flickr, which — for me, at least — are harder to come by than those on Instagram. One of the things I appreciate about the Olympus XA2, in addition to...

24 December, 2025

5 Frames From The “Uncanny Valley” Training Town in Gravesend – by Simon King

By Simon King

24 December, 2025

/ Documentary Photography, Ilford FP4 Type 517 Cine, /

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The Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Centre (MPSTC) in Gravesend is a surreal space. It’s a ghost town built as a backdrop for organised chaos, a stage set for practicing scenarios for protest, riots, and even crowd control at sports events...

Latest Posts

11 November, 2017

Experiments in Developing Colour Film At Home: The Chemicals Dilemma – by Aukje

By Aukje

My second year of shooting film – Part 16 (Read Part 15 here) For about nine months now I have been developing colour film at home, so I thought it was time to share some ...

9 November, 2017

5 Frames with a Ricoh ZF – By James Cockroft

By James Cockroft

The Ricoh 35 ZF is a fixed lens, zone focus compact from the mid 1960s. I’m not sure where mine came from: maybe my step dad, or Grandfather, or an aunt. It doesn’t ...

8 November, 2017

Stop bloody moaning and support the Film Photography industry!

By Hamish Gill

The last few weeks I’ve seen a great deal of moaning about two new film photography products that have been launched on the crowdfunding platforms. Those product being Silberra ...

7 November, 2017

5 Frames with a Minolta CLE & M-Rokkor 40mm – By Dan Diaz

By Dan Diaz

I love 35mmc. It’s celebrates 35mm compact cameras which I preferred as I shoot mainly life/street photography. Before I had the Minolta as my daily camera I have been usi...

5 November, 2017

Leica M-Mount Modified Yashica Electro 45mm f/1.7 lens

By Hamish Gill

Regular readers of this website will be aware of my interest in modified and modifying lenses to work on Leica cameras. I guess this is why Ellis, or f1.420 as he goes by on Ins...

4 November, 2017

Snapshots of a Commute – by Greg May

By Greg May

It is dark. Cold. Wet. Normal really. Spring in the Calderdale Valley is not a time to rejoice for the green shoots of a new year, but a time to wait for the sun to finally cres...

2 November, 2017

5 Frames with a Nikon F301 – by Ed Worthington

By Ed Worthington

Hello again, I have returned with another 5 frames from another camera in my arsenal, this time I introduce you to the Nikon F301. Probably the most amateur of the SLR’s Nikon r...

31 October, 2017

5 frames with a Contax T – By Gavin Maxwell

By Gavin Maxwell

I think I’ve found my perfect 35mm camera! Pocket-sized, fantastic quality, and a joy to use: the Contax T. In fact it’s so good I bought it twice! I had a silver one, but in a ...

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John Eaton on High Surf, Thick Fog — My favorite photography of the year 2025
Stephen, thank you for the very kind words :)
John Eaton on High Surf, Thick Fog — My favorite photography of the year 2025
Hi Gary. yes, the storms in Jan 2023 wiped out several chunks of West Cliff drive and as a results…
Erik Brammer on High Surf, Thick Fog — My favorite photography of the year 2025
Simply stunning, John! Another picture of the year that should be printed and exhibited. Looking forward to your next article…

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