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12 July, 2025

A Birthday Weekend in Exeter, New Hampshire

By Dave Powell

12 July, 2025

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Pentax LX – Shooting My Wife’s Camera

By Geoff Chaplin

The camera had been lying around in a cupboard for a long long time so, since it wasn’t being used, I sold it. “You gave me that camera as an engagement present!!!” said my wife...

13 July, 2023

A Whole Month/Whole Roll – The Olympus 35RC and Ilford HP5+

By Anders Lewis

There’s something magical about the first roll developed in a new camera. The cathartic release of weeks (in this case, a month) of anxiety is almost unmatched (I don’t have kid...

12 July, 2023

The “Blue Hour” from On High (a One-Shot Story)

By Dave Powell

This article’s title is, I think, appropriate. I shot the photo as our Lufthansa Airbus 340 winged its way from Boston to Italy (via Frankfurt) last May. Jetting east like that ...

12 July, 2023

The End of the Dream – Installing dystopian billboards throughout California

By Thomas Broening

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11 July, 2023

AI: The Beginning of The End of Photography

By Eric Charles Jones

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11 July, 2023

Fujifilm 400 (made in the USA) vs. Kodak Ultramax 400 – The Same, or Different…?

By Dave Palumbo

With color films often in short supply and prices continuing to increase, it was sad news when Fuji “paused” Superia X-TRA 400 in April of this year. It’s reasonable to se...

10 July, 2023

NEWS: MiNT Innovates With An All-in-One SLR670 (Type i) Camera

By Molly Kate

MiNT’s innovation continues to serve the Polaroid instant film community, this time by making an all-in-one SLR670 camera that takes SX-70, 600, and now i-Type films. While the ...

10 July, 2023

Rollei 35S “Art Machine” – My Early Experiences

By John Feole

The Rollei 35 may be the best secret of all. Introduced in 1966, this miniature 35mm film viewfinder camera is more than the sum of its beautifully engineered parts. With a litt...

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David Pauley on A Birthday Weekend in Exeter, New Hampshire
Fascinating article, Dave! I've been aware of Louis Kahn for many years, having met his son once or twice when…
Geoff Chaplin on Leica Elmarit-M 90mm f2.8 and a History Photo Walk
Thanks Ibraar. Photo walks tick so many boxes, not just using camera and film, practicing composition and metering, but observing…
Geoff Chaplin on 5 (plus one or three) Frames of Raglan Castle – A Return to Velvia with the Best Camera Ever Made.
I had a love / hate relationship with Velvia. In my youth (40s) I loved it, now I generally dislike…

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