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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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18 March, 2023

5 Frames (and a Warning) with FPP’s ISO 6 Yeti film in a Nikon SLR – by Clifton Dowell

By Clifton Dowell

I bought a 35mm roll of Yeti on the advice of a friend on Flickr but never had a clear idea of how I would use a film rated at ISO 6. I knew it wouldn’t be shot on the fly, of c...

17 March, 2023

NEWS: A Kickstarter Campaign for The Rocketgirl Chronicles Brings Backyard Space Travel to Print

By Molly Kate

3…2…1…blast-off! Backyard Space Travel missions, a photography project started by Andrew Rovenko under Covid-19 lockdowns, is now coming to print under the name, The Rocketgirl ...

17 March, 2023

How do I put myself ‘out there’? – The next steps for an introverted photographer – By Tim Wainwright

By Tim Wainwright

Each year I refuse to participate in the game of sharing new year's resolutions. Every year I refuse to make resolutions. I understand however, that for many people they are an ...

16 March, 2023

5 frames with Zenza Bronica SQ-A in Northern Zealand, Denmark – By Miłosz Cordes

By Miłosz Cordes

I was born in January in a small town which back then was still communist Poland. The transition to market economy began a year and a half later. It brought a new opening albeit...

16 March, 2023

The Polymer Photogravure Process – By Nik Stanbridge

By Nik Stanbridge

I’ve written before about how important it is to me to see and experience my photographs in a printed form of some sort. Whether it's a darkroom or giclee print, in a photobook ...

15 March, 2023

The Jumping Bird (A One-Shot Story) – By Dave Powell

By Dave Powell

In May 2020, word went out that gangs of Baltimore Orioles had invaded Massachusetts. Fresh citrus is one of the birds’ favorite treats, and as you see, I strung a chunk of mand...

15 March, 2023

Photography Words in Other Languages

By Sroyon

I guess we all know about bokeh, originally a Japanese word but now very much part of the English-speaking photographer's vocabulary. I’m into both photography and language-lear...

14 March, 2023

5(+5) Digital-IR Frames from a Roving CoolPix 990 in Paris

By Dave Powell

Before Kate and I went to Paris in 2010, a good friend visited one of my digital-infrared exhibits and-- the following Christmas-- gave me a Nikon CoolPix 990 that he’d converte...

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