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11 July, 2025

Jumping from the Canopy – One Shot Story

By Kohtli

11 July, 2025

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7 May, 2025

Zhiyun Cinepeer Crane 4E Gimbal Review – A Photographer’s Intro to Video and Gimbals

By Sroyon

When Zhiyun asked me if I would like to test and write about one of their gimbals, I wasn’t sure if this was the right website for it. It’s true that 35mmc has stead...

6 May, 2025

Uncle Jack’s Last Shots

By Chris Giles

There’s something a bit poignant about looking at some images and realizing they were the last photographs ever taken by a person who had an enthusiasm for photography most of t...

Semi Leotax R Folding Medium Format Camera

6 May, 2025

5 Frames from Vintage Medium Format 645 Folder from Japan

By Scott Bassett

My return to photography progressed to the point of curiosity about medium format film and cameras. To satisfy that itch, I purchased from Jeff Gurthrie at Japan Vintage Camera ...

5 May, 2025

Rolleiflex SL35 – A Review of a West German made 35mm SLR

By Ibraar Hussain

This is a review of a camera (or cameras) I once had. As with most of what I had I sold on a knee jerk and regret it ever since. The Rolleiflex SL35 was Franke & Heidecke fi...

4 May, 2025

Spring into Summer – Bluebells and Poppies on Film (Fujifilm NPH400 Fujichrome Velvia 50 Agfachrome RSX II 200)

By Ibraar Hussain

Spring is here at last, after the wash out last year, this 2025 in East Anglia has been quite nice, lovely sunshine though there’s still a chill in the air. I haven’...

3 May, 2025

On Grief and Capturing Memories

By Darren Nelson

Photographs are the closest thing we have to permanent memories. Alternatively, photographs capture a the details of light that can’t change due to age, context or existen...

2 May, 2025

Fast Box One Shutter Speed Checker Review

By Dan Cuny

Being a camera collector for more than 50 years, I’d like to see the accuracy of the shutter speeds on the cameras I’ve purchased. Many of the shutter speed testers ...

1 May, 2025

Ensign Selfix 820 and a roll of FP4+ in Birmingham

By Roger

I have long been interested in trying a camera with larger negatives, but because the Fuji GW690 is rather expensive for something that might turn out to be of no more than nove...

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