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5 November, 2025

Pushing Pan F Plus: first stop, Santa Monica, second stop, Manhattan

By Scott Ferguson

5 November, 2025

/ Ilford Film, Ilford Pan F, /

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Sting of the Vespa – A One Shot Story

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Vespa, in Italian, is not only the name of the stingy and frightening wasp. The word also identifies one of the world’s most famous examples of industrial design, dating b...

6 March, 2025

5 Frames with a Rolleiflex 3.5F and Rollei Pan 25 in Tretower Castle

By Ibraar Hussain

I remember one day, I walked into a camera store near the British Museum and handled a Rolleiflex for the first time. It felt precious, a marvelous piece of mechanical engineeri...

5 March, 2025

5 frames with a Hasselblad SWC and Ilford XP2 super

By Michael Keppler

We rarely have snow here in southern Germany anymore, so whenever winter makes a brief visit, it’s time to grab a camera, go outside and capture the unique atmosphere and ...

5 March, 2025

Photography – my Friend for Life

By Tony Warren

Thoughts about photogrpahy.

4 March, 2025

London Calling – Traveling with a Canon AT-1

By Edgar Garcia

The Minolta SRT-102 did not speak to me. It was a very serviceable camera, and in looking at the photos that I shot with a better understanding of aperture and shutter speed, I ...

4 March, 2025

A Call for Lived Wisdom, Through the Lens of a Dented Nikon FM

By James Gates

At some point in life, everyone needs a “Jim.” A Jim is someone who comes along during that crucial time (generally your early-20s), when you start to believe you have everythin...

3 March, 2025

Film Camera Zen – Book Review

By Hamish Gill

A little while ago I was contacted by the company promoting Bellamy Hunt’s new book, Film Camera Zen, asking me if I would like to take a look at a copy for the benefit o...

3 March, 2025

Brightin Star 28mm f/2.8 XSlim Pro-M Review on a Leica M11

By Rollin Banderob

Oh 28mm how you have vexed me over the years. While using Sony mirrorless bodies back in 2014 I ventured into trying rangefinder lenses to make a smaller, lighter kit – on...

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Gary Smith on Pushing Pan F Plus: first stop, Santa Monica, second stop, Manhattan
I've been developing my film for the last two years (after having my own darkroom 50 years ago). As I…
RichardH on Original, Freewill, Artificial
That is some fine work, Raymond! The deep tones of your images capture the dense shade at the base of…
Scott Ferguson on Pushing Pan F Plus: first stop, Santa Monica, second stop, Manhattan
Hi Russ, Thanks so much! It's kind of hard to believe I was too shy to ask people for a…

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