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20 September, 2025

Underground 3: retakes on HP5+

By Geoff Chaplin

20 September, 2025

/ Documentary Photography, /

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11 August, 2023

NEWS: NONS Camera Releases Instant Back for Hasselblad using Fujifilm Instax Square Film

By Molly Kate

New from NONS Camera is an Instant Back that fits on Hasselblad 500, 501, and 503 series cameras. The Instant Back takes Fujifilm Instax Square film and allows you to shoot the ...

11 August, 2023

Everyday Abstracts – From Italy’s Lake Region

By Dave Powell

Many photographers love abstract photography. And why not? Subjects are everywhere and almost demand capture. In fact, you may well have your own favorite subjects that you can’...

10 August, 2023

NEWS: “Most Viewed” Photograph Taken On Fujifilm With A Mamiya RZ67

By Molly Kate

Did you know the photograph reported to be the “most viewed ever” was taken on film using a Mamiya RZ67? If you ever had a Windows PC with the XP operating system installed, you...

10 August, 2023

One of the Last Technicians in Stockholm – a reportage by Daniel Morales

By Daniel Morales

It was last year while I was on holidays that my trusty old camera stopped working, the journey continued but I was forced to store the camera away and had to wait until I was b...

9 August, 2023

NEWS: Pergear Releases Second Generation 60mm F2.8 Ultra-Macro Lens

By Molly Kate

New lens releases are flying out this way and that, so today we have Pergear with an upgraded 60mm F2.8 II Ultra-Macro Lens which allows you to get within 19.1cm of subjects. Th...

9 August, 2023

Ilford Ortho 80 Plus for Documentary Photography: A Review

By Simon King

Any film still in production today must have something going for it – almost a survivorship bias in effect. I don’t think there are any “bad” films, only...

8 August, 2023

NEWS: TTArtisan Releases Bubble Bokeh 100mm F2.8 M42 Mount Lens

By Molly Kate

M42 mount shooters who love a bit of bubbly bokeh will be delighted to hear that TTartisan has released a new lens featuring what they call “soap bubble bokeh”. The manual focus...

8 August, 2023

Dad’s Voigtlander Vitomatic II

By Graham Spinks

It is the mid-1960s. Dad is coming through the door – home from work at last. Hanging from his neck he has two cameras – a Rolleiflex for people pictures and his trusty Voigtl...

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