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b&w photo of an angel on a mausoleum at Portimao cemetery.

9 November, 2025

The Story of the Chinese Farmer

By Steven-John Tait

9 November, 2025

/ Finding Film Photography, Olympus 35rc, Reflecting on the past, /

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25 March, 2016

An evening of abusing the Leica M8 in low light

By Hamish Gill

If you follow this blog, you might recognise Tom (in the foreground above). He’s one of the unfortunate people I know who frequently has me pointing a camera in his face. ...

22 March, 2016

Fuji Pro 400H & Kodak Portra 400 – Quest For Colour – By Aukje

By Aukje

My first year of shooting film Part 8 (Read Part 7 here) Since I started exploring film photography in the fall I have found myself on two more or less parallel paths: one is bl...

21 March, 2016

My day at the Photography Show 2016

By Hamish Gill

I visited the photography show today, I go every year though when I get there I’m never quite sure I’ve done the right thing. I’m not really the biggest fan of...

19 March, 2016

Zeiss Ikon ZM Review – The Ultimate AE M-mount Rangefinder…?

By Hamish Gill

It's an interesting camera the Zeiss Ikon ZM. They seem to garner a level of approval that's often vocalised in broad sweeping terms such as "better than a Leica". Yet despite t...

18 March, 2016

Svema former USSR Bulk Film – by Eric ‘kAAs’ Sluis

By Eric 'Kaas' Sluis

For me, the secret is film from the former USSR, you need to find them of course, that’s half the battle, and you can find them, duh, in the former USSR and most interesting are...

17 March, 2016

Experiences with 35mm Ilford SFX – by Rob MacKillop

By Rob MacKillop

Ilford SFX is an extended red sensitivity black and white film, which I had used once before through a medium-format camera. I liked it very much, though it proved expensive for...

13 March, 2016

First (digital) colour photos from the MS-optics converted Nikon L35 35mm f/2.8 Sonnar

By Hamish Gill

A very quick follow up post to todays early post containing my first colour shots from my MS-Optical converted Nikon L35 35mm f/2.8 Sonnar. After I posted those shots, I was ask...

13 March, 2016

First colour photos from the MS-optics converted Nikon L35 35mm f/2.8 Sonnar

By Hamish Gill

In the last part of this story I introduced you to my MS-Optical Nikon L35 35mm f/2.8 Sonnar (I really need to find this thing a shorter name). Since then I’ve shot a roll...

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