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18 September, 2025

Nicéphores window – A One Shot Story

By thorsten

18 September, 2025

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14 November, 2023

Confessions of a Failed Camera Flipper

By Kary Schumpert

For the longest time, I owned only one camera. When I bought a new camera, I just donated or gave my old camera away, and I usually hung on to a camera for years. In fact, I was...

14 November, 2023

5 Frames with Foma Fomapan Retro 200 Black and White, Pentax 645N and FA 75mm f/2.8

By Eric

I will start with something about Foma Fomapan Retro 200 Black & White that I said in a blog post about another film. What is that you say? Lower price and acceptable result...

13 November, 2023

NEWS: I’m Back Partners with Yashica on Digital Back Kickstarter for Film Cameras

By Molly Kate

On November 3, I’m Back and Yashica announced a new partnership in an enthusiastic Instagram video where papers were signed and smiles were abundant. The new partnership is rela...

13 November, 2023

Kodak-Anastigmat Ektar 5cm f/3.5 – Retina Lens Mini Review

By Agata Urbaniak

The proliferation of mirrorless cameras paved the way for a rapid increase in vintage lens usage on digital. An average camera nowadays can, without much hassle, support practic...

12 November, 2023

5 Frames of trains with an Olympus Pen FV

By Tristan Colgate-McFarlane

For many of us film photography comes with many advantages. The disconnect from the world digital technology. The enforced rituals and meditations. The total mental and physical...

11 November, 2023

5 Frames of X-Ray Damaged Kodak Vision 3 200T

By Lauren Dado

In my 6 months of casual film photography, I’ve learned that airport security can be generous about hand-checking analog film. Many will do it if you ask nicely. Once, a s...

10 November, 2023

Kodak Star, 60 and S30 – One City, One Film, Three 110 Cameras

By Michael Zwicky-Ross

I was given my first camera when I was seven. My grandfather’s Box Brownie. Ever since then, and I’m seventy now, I’ve collected Kodak cameras. The second one, which I bou...

9 November, 2023

Camera Manuals, Coffee, and a Big Duh Moment

By Kary Schumpert

I have a confession. I rarely read the camera manual. Yeah, I know. Pretty dumb. That’s why I confessed. Recently, though, I have reformed. I dug out all my camera manuals...

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Ibraar Hussain on Nicéphores window – A One Shot Story
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Avy Ferguson on Konica Minolta Dimage X1 – It’ll put you off Photography for life
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