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18 September, 2024

Chinon Auto 3501 – Ugly, Noisy and Quite Capable

By Keith Drysdale

A Lucky Find in a Antiques Shop It is rare for us to be able to get away for a few days break, but we managed to escape to Moffat in South West Scotland and to record the occasi...

17 September, 2024

The Director – A One Shot Story

By John Greene

Back in 1988 I was trying out my new Mamiya C330s TLR camera loaded with Ilford XP1 film at the Pier Head in Liverpool. I stumbled across a film crew on the roof terrace of a bu...

16 September, 2024

Jagglé – Introducing my Daylight Enlarger

By Wicher van Lambalgen

First, let me introduce myself; I am a mechanical design engineer and amateur photographer living in Potsdam, Germany. I’m 32 years old and have grown up around cameras, as both...

16 September, 2024

Nikon 500mm Mirror Lens – The short fat cheap deal!

By Jeffery Luhn

I bought a used 500mm mirror lens in 1975 when I was shooting for United Press International. It was the longest focal length in the smallest form factor available at the time. ...

15 September, 2024

5 Frames with A Few Minolta X-300s

By Cameron Scott

A gift for my twenty-first birthday, my old Praktica SLR had been hiding up in the attic for many years. I would occasionally fire the shutter a few times just to hear that reas...

2 boys in winter jackets standing by a pond in the snow.

14 September, 2024

5 Digital Frames Transferred to Film (An Experiment)

By Asher Curri

This camera shoots unlimited film photos! Has become a popular click bait title in the YouTube photography space. These creators are attempting to capitalize on a widespread des...

13 September, 2024

Weegee Returns – A photographic tribute to a legendary cult photographer!

By Jeffery Luhn

Once upon a time in a wild and dangerous city, there lived a bold and fearless photographer. He roamed the inky black night of America’s most populated and crime-ridden city, ai...

13 September, 2024

Minolta 7000 – Finding an eBay Bargain

By John Greene

Over the years I have become a little more savvy at buying and selling on eBay and I recently managed to bag, what to me, is a super bargain. Rewinding back to around 1986 our h...

Geoff Chaplin on Original, Freewill, Artificial
Excellent to see pinhole images and someone being thoughtful and creative in the use of the medium. 6x9 or 6x7…
Geoff Chaplin on Pushing Pan F Plus: first stop, Santa Monica, second stop, Manhattan
Thanks Scott, interesting read and results and many excellent images. For me a one stop push is acceptable, but two…
Geoff Chaplin on Lockdown 2025
Thanks Tony. Not my favourite camera for seversl reasons, primarily ergonomics, second the zoom and wide angle start.

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