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The author's Minolta HiMatic9 Rangefinder

30 September, 2025

5 Frames with my Minolta HiMatic 9

By Daimon Tilley

30 September, 2025

/ Kentmere 100, Kentmere Film, Minolta Hi-Matic 9, /

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Recently I posted a 5 Frames featuring my Minox 35GT, a lovely and tiny 35mm camera which gave me pleasing results. Well, this post is about my recent experience with the latest addition to the fold, the Minolta HiMatic 9. First introduced in 1966...

30 September, 2025

Photographing An Iconic Location – A One Shot Story

By Floyd K. Takeuchi

30 September, 2025

/ Landscape Photography, /

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My first camera, a birthday gift from my parents, was a Kodak Brownie Fiesta. All plastic, a simple viewfinder, and it used 127 film. Keep the sun over your shoulder, the Kodak film instruction sheet advised, and you would be fine. No one was fuss...

30 September, 2025

Following The Mighty Indus – From Nanga Parbat down the Karakoram Highway

By Ibraar Hussain

30 September, 2025

/ Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D, travel photography, /

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The man sat back and brooded, his eyes gazing upon the rolling mountains, which held his glance with their austere beauty; sheer and grand, with hues of blue and purple, their ridges rising up as if crafted by the hands of a Titan in some long for...

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18 May, 2023

NEWS: Introducing Reto Project’s New 35mm Colour Films – GLOW and AQUA

By Molly Kate

Reto Project announces the latest 35mm colour film stocks to hit the block, RETOCOLOR GLOW and AQUA. Featuring low contrast in both films, what differentiates these two are thei...

18 May, 2023

The Flour Battle

By Paulo Monteiro

Santa Cruz das Ribeiras is located in Pico Island, archipelago of the Azores. Every year, during Shrove Monday afternoon, a group of inhabitants, mainly young people, get togeth...

18 May, 2023

Creating Trichrome Color Photos with Ilford HP5+ – My Experiences and Mistakes

By Yuchen Wang

When I have nothing else to do, I like to browse the reddit r/analog section, and one day I suddenly saw an image with a very special color, which was amazing. At the same time,...

17 May, 2023

Don’t Sleep with Yellow Lenses, Darlin’

By Dave Powell

Photographers who remember the Petula Clark 1967 hit single that’s paraphrased in the title will also probably know what it's talking about! Regardless of how much one might lov...

17 May, 2023

Is my Old Light Meter Reliable? A Little Test and the Results

By Tony Warren

The seperate exposure meter was an indispensable accessory in the time before built-in and through the lens meters became the norm. Nowadays, when the attractions of old, all me...

16 May, 2023

NEWS: Pentax’s New Compact Fixed-Lens Film Camera Embraces Tradition with Mechanical Film Advance Lever

By Molly Kate

Pentax’s second update on its new film camera project is here! Published in the form of a Youtube video, Takeo Suzuki talks to the photography community about the project’s prog...

16 May, 2023

Shooting my first roll of expired film

By Khürt Williams

One of the first rolls of film I exposed from the box of expired 35mm film I received last year is a 36-exposure cartridge of Fujichrome PROVIA 400F Professional [RHP III]. Fuji...

16 May, 2023

5 frames of cheap cheap cheap in the Far East. An Argus C3, caffenol and Kentmere Pan 100.

By Hans

"Wow." the merchant let out a subtle gasp as I pulled out an Argus C3 to test another camera's shutter in Namdaemun camera market, Seoul. I am not sure an Argus is used to heari...

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Tony Warren on Following The Mighty Indus – From Nanga Parbat down the Karakoram Highway
Thank you for such stunning images and such eloquence Ibraar. I am in awe of both. Superb.
Tony Warren on Twin Lens Reflex – My Experiences and Thoughts on this Camera Type – Show and Tell
Thanks Geoff. Yes the Mamiya is a heavy lump I agree but its flexibility and interchangeable lenses made up for…
David Hume on Following The Mighty Indus – From Nanga Parbat down the Karakoram Highway
Great photo essay Ibraar! I love in particular the blues in the mountain shadows against the colours of the skies,…

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