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Food Van at a food festival

4 November, 2025

5 Frames with Royalty at a Food Festival

By Richard Becker

4 November, 2025

/ Zeiss Ikon Contessa 35 533/24, /

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I took a German/Italian Countess to a food festival the other week thinking it was the sort of outing she might enjoy, local artisan food producers along with some art and craft stalls. While we were there the light was very dull and flat so we fa...

Motorway bridge over the River Exe and Exeter Ship Canal

4 November, 2025

The Motorway Bridge – A One Shot Story

By Ed

4 November, 2025

/ Architectural Photography, /

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This photograph shows the underside of the motorway bridge that crosses the head of the Exe Estuary. I regularly cycle or walk under this bridge. It’s an impressive structure and a testament to our cultural preference for triumphant engineer...

Front view of Samsung L85

4 November, 2025

Samsung Digimax L85 (and How It Replaced a Sigma DP2s)

By Ed

4 November, 2025

/ Compact Digital, Samsung Digimax L85, Samsung Digital, /

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During the summer I bought a Foveon-based camera, the Sigma DP2s. The DP2s was released in 2010, a minor update to the DP2. I’d always wanted to try a Foveon camera and I thought I had a reasonable buy at just over £220. I knew the DP2s ate ...

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5 frames in Barcelona with the Voigtländer VM 35mm 1.2 III on Leica M6

By Bastian Kratzke

A huge benefit of the Leica M system is, that there are still new lenses being released for M-mount. Plenty actually. And this makes it really something special, as I am not awa...

18 January, 2025

Mir-20 20mm 3.5 on a Pentax K1-II – A Field Test of the

By Andrea Monti

Photographing with a 20mm lens is quite demanding on the eye, as the composition has to take into account many more objects than with a normal prime or telephoto lens. As a resu...

17 January, 2025

A Film Grain Comparison

By Tony Warren

Comparison of film grain.

17 January, 2025

Wollensak 5″ f/3.5 Projector Lens Adapting Journey (and Failure)

By Sebastian Shields

I ran into this lens during a trip to bop around the local thrift store with friends one afternoon. I picked it up off of a Revere 553 Projector, of which I have, surprisingly, ...

16 January, 2025

By Tony Warren

Using a late 20th century point and shoot. Considering how photography has transitioned from film to digital.

15 January, 2025

One Shot Story of a Bird From a Car

By Benjamin Amberg

If I was true to my hillbilly roots I would pull out a gun and shoot this fucking bird. But I’m not so I won’t. I abandoned those years ago for city life, a German automobile, a...

15 January, 2025

The Analog Side of the Biggest Photography Fair in Austria

By Markus Hofstätter

In recent years I have written articles about this event (Photo + Adventure). These articles were always about newest and brightest in the photography industry. What tiny camera...

14 January, 2025

A Fujifilm Professional GA645i and Ilford Pan F

By Ibraar Hussain

I’ve never written a 5 frames article before, usually because I can’t decide on which 5 frames I’d like to include, I’ve attempted it several times but it always ends in defeat ...

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