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8 November, 2025

Autumn Stroll with a Rolleiflex 6008i – The whole Roll of Agfa Ultra 50

By Ibraar Hussain

8 November, 2025

/ Agfa Ultra 50, Rolleiflex 6008, /

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12 October, 2023

Sunset Story

By Geoff Chaplin

“When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.” Mahatma Gandhi As dusk approached I went to the local viewpoint...

12 October, 2023

5 Frames with the Leica Summicron 50 Dual Range at closest focus

By Nik Stanbridge

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11 October, 2023

Rollei RPX 100 and some comparisons to ADOX Silvermax.

By Geoff Chaplin

My goto film is FP4 for a variety of reasons – flexibility in exposure, contrast and tonal rendition, grain level, dries flat after development, and others. But in Japan where I...

10 October, 2023

Mamiya C220 – The TLR Itch

By Paul Quellin

More than a little while ago as a young photographer, I aspired to turn professional, even starting a sort of apprenticeship with a wedding photographer. I had graduated onto a ...

9 October, 2023

Nikon FM and How it Became my “Do Anything” Camera

By Noah von Hatten

I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of getting to understand one camera so well that it becomes an extension of oneself. Thus, some years ago, I set out to find this mythical...

8 October, 2023

My First Major Development Fail

By Ted Ayre

I was really excited to go for a studio day! I’d never used anything other than natural light for photos so far, and I was going to get to learn the effects of different basic l...

7 October, 2023

Falcon Dust-Off: An Unsung Hero of Film Photography

By Azriel Knight

I recently made an 11×14 print of a rural Alberta landscape, so… you know, lots of sky and prairie goodness, and there’s nothing more frustrating than thinking your print i...

6 October, 2023

Voigtlander Vitomatic ii: from paperweight to family heirloom

By Bradley Newman

Dad was a recent college graduate in 1958. He knew with Vietnam heating up, and with his college days behind him, he would either be drafted into the military and go God knows w...

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Ibraar Hussain on Vivitar EZ Motor Big View – A modern box?
This is a great review and one of the things which is great about this site Simple fixes focus camera…
Ibraar Hussain on Your photo of the year 2025 (and my photo of the year 2025)
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Ibraar Hussain on Lockdown 2025
Nice subtle photos Geoff Enjoyed the essay! I’m absolutely not a fan of telephone cameras though I must say ;)

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