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16 July, 2025

Potty Pareidolia – One-Shot Story

By Dave Powell

16 July, 2025

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Doesn’t every photographer hope to find an undiscovered niche? Something still un-tapped? I may have just: In what I dub “Potty Pareidolia”! Specifically, clean toilet paper that forms a likeness of something else when tossed in the bowl. Sort of ...

16 July, 2025

Harman Phoenix II – My first roll and some brief thoughts on the development of this new film

By Hamish Gill

16 July, 2025

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Harman have just announced the release of their second colour film, Phoenix II. As per the last few releases out of the factories in Mobberly, I have been lucky enough to have received a few rolls to shoot and write about in the run up to the offi...

16 July, 2025

A Journey into Darkness and Light, B&W Film Stocks, Part 3

By Scott Ferguson

16 July, 2025

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In Part 1 of this series, I was exploring the different black & white stocks I had in my Lightroom Library, looking at things I had already shot to try to see the impact that a film stock has on the quality of the photos. In Part 2 I was clea...

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28 November, 2023

Making a No-Sew Belt Pouch from an Old Denim Jacket

By Dave Powell

I’ve always wanted a slim-profile belt pouch for carrying compact cameras. Most manufactured belt pouches have been too small or thickly padded for my cameras and taste. They cr...

28 November, 2023

NEWS: Kickstarter Launched for the Jollylook Eye – A Mechanical Instax Mini Film Photo Printer

By Molly Kate

Jollylook is launching its 5th Kickstarter campaign today for a new Instax film photo printer! The new Jollylook EYE has much of the same design elements as their other Instax f...

28 November, 2023

5 Frames of the Granite Coast on Delta 100 in Rodinal

By Nik Stanbridge

On a trip last year around the coast of France and along the Spanish foothills of the Pyrenees, I wanted to take along some film that had a slightly different character to my us...

27 November, 2023

NEWS: Viltrox Releases Compact Affordable Full-Frame 20mm F2.8 Lens for Sony E Users

By Molly Kate

Viltrox has a new compact full-frame wide-angle prime lens for Sony E users, an autofocus 20mm F2.8 option with an STM motor for quiet shooting. The lens is also coming to Nikon...

27 November, 2023

Mr.Ding Noxlux 50mm f1.1 review – by Vincent Bihler

By vincentbihler

Fast 50mm lenses offering for Leica M mount has flourished these recent years with the appearing of Chinese lens manufacturers. A lot of them have proven to be very nicely made ...

26 November, 2023

NEWS: Bi-weekly Round-Up – November 26, 2023

By Molly Kate

Today we have a long-overdue news round-up for you! This post and video bring together all of the latest news stories we have shared from the last few weeks. If you want to read...

26 November, 2023

Some Cool Books for 35mmc Readers (Part 1)

By Dave Powell

Over the decades, my “photography-book GAS” filled a floor-to-ceiling bookcase. But I’ve gradually weeded it back to just one 35-inch shelf of my favorite volumes. They are my m...

25 November, 2023

Development Tests: Rodinal 200:1 and re-used 400:1

By Geoff Chaplin

How cheaply can you develop a film? Ten cents a roll? One cent??? I usually develop film in Adox Rodinal (now five years old) diluted 100:1 in water at 15-24 degrees and stand d...

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