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11 July, 2025

Leica Elmarit-M 90mm f2.8 and a History Photo Walk

By Geoff Chaplin

11 July, 2025

/ Leica 90mm Elmarit-M, /

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17 July, 2024

How to Make Tea… PC-TEA that is

By Sam Hesford

I have been developing my own film for a few years now and am slightly addicted to the process. There is just something magic about loading your film into the spools adding the ...

16 July, 2024

5 Frames of Sunsets in Black and White

By Geoff Chaplin

Aren’t sunsets about colour? Black and white is pattern and texture of course but more than that, for me at least, it captures the soul or atmosphere of the scene. I find black ...

16 July, 2024

Controlling the shutter on an automatic Polaroid pack camera

By Jim Skelton

Polaroid pack film cameras are very cool. Sitting somewhere between medium and large format (3″x4″), these cameras took instant peel-apart pictures that looked and f...

15 July, 2024

Chinon CE-4 and Pentax SMC 50mm f1.7 – Think Different

By Ibraar Hussain

This is a review of the Chinon CE4, but first a little background. After Pentax revealed their plan to design and manufacture new Film cameras I had a sudden urge to use a Penta...

14 July, 2024

A Second Outing with the Pentax Auto 110 with Fomapan 400.

By Tony Warren

Encouraged by my recent first experience with the Pentax Auto 110 I tried a second film. This was Fomapan 400 downrated to ISO 100 in Rodinal at 1:50 because the camera has only...

Mamiya C330 with a box of Rollei Infrared film

13 July, 2024

5 Frames with a Mamiya C330 and Rollei Infrared film

By James Billings

It’s only over the past 12 months or so that I’ve rediscovered film photography. Back when I was in college, it was the only option – I’m old enough to pre-date digital &#...

12 July, 2024

Rockmount Ranch Wear – an American Legend

By Joseph Irvin

First of all, a helpful reminder: if you’re wearing cowboy clothing you technically are ranch dressing. Having lived in the yee-haw state of Colorado for the last 15 years...

12 July, 2024

Sony R1 – the Original from 2005 revisited – Sony and APS-C part 1 of 3

By Bob Janes

This is the first of three reviews I’m preparing, looking at Sony’s APS-C camera range spanning 6 years and showing the three separate approaches they took in that time. Two yea...

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Richard Becker on 5 (plus one or three) Frames of Raglan Castle – A Return to Velvia with the Best Camera Ever Made.
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Richard Becker on 5 (plus one or three) Frames of Raglan Castle – A Return to Velvia with the Best Camera Ever Made.
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