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5 July, 2025

Kentmere and I – Musings on recent film choices

By Paul Quellin

5 July, 2025

/ Kentmere 100, Kentmere Film, /

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21 April, 2023

Hasselblad (Zeiss) Distagon 50mm f/4 Review

By Christian Schroeder

Hello there! The important thing I want to note right in the beginning: I haven't intended this article as a comprehensive, technical-focused review of the Zeiss Distagon 50mm f...

20 April, 2023

5 Frames with an Olympus OM1, a roll of HP5 and a Bridge

By Tim Wainwright

I have a few film cameras that all mean something emotional to me (my Olympus XA2 I won in a photographic competition aged 12, my OM1 was my only camera for about 20 years until...

20 April, 2023

Making Flash Work for my Photography

By Simon King

I do not like flash photography. I do not enjoy the feeling of light cutting through the darkness directly towards whomever or whatever I am photographing. However, sometimes t...

19 April, 2023

Confessions of a “Windmill Hog” (a One-Shot Story)

By Dave Powell

Yes, I confess. I’m a “Windmill Hog.” I learned this sad truth when Kate and I took a tour of the Rhine and Mosel Rivers in August, ‎2005. One of our first stops was the windmil...

19 April, 2023

So you want to get into Minox photography?

By Julian Tanase

Would it be a good move for you? I honestly don’t know. Would it? It all depends, I guess, on why you just bought one (am I right?). Perhaps you found one in an old box of stuf...

18 April, 2023

Heavens Above

By Geoff Chaplin

The City of London has many beautiful churches, and a few ruins. ‘The Friends of the City Churches’ is an architectural heritage charity helping to open the churches for visito...

18 April, 2023

That time I “half-framed” a cute Kodak Flash Bantam camera (Part 3 of 3)

By Dave Powell

When Part 2 of this three-part series went online, reader Stephen Meese made a comment that said it all: "Wait, you experimented with a different film format, AND shot without...

17 April, 2023

NEWS: Film Photography Project Releases Low ISO Color Film in 35mm and 16mm

By Molly Kate

The Film Photography Project has released a new low-ISO color film in 35mm still form, 16mm motion picture format, and even a 16mm magazine option! Appropriately named SUN Color...

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