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7 August, 2025

A Broken Nikon F55 – Just shoot me…

By Christopher Deere

7 August, 2025

/ Nikon F55, Photography Philosophy, /

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Going Analog on Okinawa – Part I – The Decision

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Up until about nine months ago, I was exclusively a DSLR shooter – my photographic journey started with a consumer Nikon APS-C (D5100 in 2010) and topped out at a D750, which I ...

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There’s a Shadow in My Shoes! – A One-Shot Story

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As I write this, London’s Tate Modern is hosting a major retrospective of Yoko Ono’s prolific, wildly varied art. Honestly, her work never much resonated. But something I just r...

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McKeown’s Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras – Catalogues, Histories and Price Guides

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5 Frames with a Nikon F3 HP and Portra 400

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Konica Minolta Dimage X1 – It’ll put you off Photography for life

By Ibraar Hussain

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My Return to Film – More than Nostalgia

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My return to film has become more than a nostalgia trip. Having grown up with film, learning how to develop and print at school in the 1970s, film filled my formative years. Lik...

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Ibraar Hussain on Five by Two: Two Photographers Look at Five Frames
hehe! It is magical and believe it or not, I used that word in the title! I threw caution to…
Christopher Welch on A Broken Nikon F55 – Just shoot me…
Thanks for the article and great point on how being limited with a broken camera set you free.
Russ Rosener on A Broken Nikon F55 – Just shoot me…
I like your "Cheap as Chips" photo aesthetic. Lately I've been buying inexpensive zoom lenses-GASP!- from the 1980s and even…

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