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7 July, 2025

Rectaflex 1000 – A Review of a (very) Early Pentaprism VF SLR

By Jim Palmer

7 July, 2025

/ Rectaflex 1000, Rectaflex SLR, SLR Camera, /

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23 March, 2023

More California History with the Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta – By Eric Norris

By Eric Norris

Today's post is part of my continuing effort to show my British 35mmc colleagues that California is not all freeways and rapidly built neighborhoods. There are pockets of histor...

22 March, 2023

The Girl in the Picture-Frame Window (A One-Shot Story) – By Dave Powell

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She was a living painting hanging above a gloomy stone staircase. A bit of sexual theater. This anonymous sex worker, erotic dancer, or model earned her daily bread quietly c...

22 March, 2023

Help! I like Dirty Pictures! – By Alex Kreisman

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21 March, 2023

NEWS: VALOI Launches IndieGoGo Campaign for “easy35” Making Quality 35mm Scanning Effortless and Compact

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21 March, 2023

A Commuter’s Travelogue – by Leah de la Cruz

By LJ de la Cruz

During my daily commute, I realised that I know nothing about the many stations that I pass and don’t alight at. Are the takeaway shops nicer than at my station? Which has a caf...

21 March, 2023

“Understanding Life Backwards” in Two Old Photographs – By Dave Powell

By Dave Powell

Memories are weird. Some fly out of one's head and into oblivion as quickly as they form. Some stay longer, but frequently morph with the years. Others remain burned-in for a li...

20 March, 2023

Solargraphy Cans – Going Homemade after Learning with Solarcan – By Antoine Carolus

By Antoine Carolus

When I became aware of the existence of the Solarcan™ (the cheap and easy yet effective famous solargraphy pinhole camera), I immediately ordered one and, lucky me, recei...

19 March, 2023

Ilford XP2 – High Street Superhero – Film Review – By Ted Ayre

By Ted Ayre

I like knowing how things work. This is partly why I took up film photography in the first place, because I wanted to understand how pictures could be made. However, I’m not in ...

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