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Passengers waiting for a subway train

4 December, 2025

Harman Red in New York

By James Billings

4 December, 2025

/ Harman Film, Harman Red, /

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I’ve recently returned home from my latest sabbatical – I’m lucky enough that my day-job employer gives me an extra 6 week break every 5 years! While I was in Austria, I stumbled across a couple of camera shops (I was actually lo...

Sunset light grazing a church roof, steeple, clouds and then reflecting off the moon

4 December, 2025

A Vast Illumination – My photograph of the year 2025

By Dave Powell

4 December, 2025

/ Architectural Photography, photo of the year 2025, /

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Just a glance at this vast illumination showed me how hard light has to hustle to deliver our personal realities. Blasting along at 186,282 miles a second, rays from the sun setting behind me averaged just 8 minutes 22.6 seconds to cross the 93,47...

4 December, 2025

Horseman 980 – A Seasonal Essay

By Jon Bosak

4 December, 2025

/ Horseman 980, Ilford Film, ilford FP4+, /

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Most people coming into film photography start with the camera and then try to figure out how to scan the results. I went the other way. I shot film for 30 years, finally switching to digital around 2000. A few years ago, I decided to digitize all...

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Front view of a Minolta Talkman camera surrounded by 35mm film cassettes

6 October, 2025

5 Frames with a Trichroming Minolta AF-S Talkman

By Benjamin Chan

If you read my earlier piece about the Minolta AF-S V&D, also known as “The Talker”, then you’ll know it checks a lot of boxes for what I want from a compact point-and...

Papershoot

6 October, 2025

Papershoot – A “Real” Photographer’s Review

By Hamish Gill

As a “real” photographer – a pro even; certainly an expert – I feel like the Papershoot is not really targeted at me. It’s a microscopically small sensor, point and ...

5 October, 2025

Make Sense (or: Meaning is in the Eye of the Beholder)

By Andrea Monti

I am a big fan of Jim Hall. A god of the Jazz Olympus, he was an amazing guitar player and played (i.e. lived) according to a simple but effective maxim: make musical sense. He ...

Lumix DMC-FS41

5 October, 2025

A Phone camera vs 15 year old point-and-shoot

By Daimon Tilley

I am really enjoying getting back into film photography, and contributing, in a small way, to this site. But I also enjoy digital, for me the two are complimentary. This summer ...

JOBO SilverBase in operation

4 October, 2025

JOBO SilverBase – A brief look at the compact rotary processor – Shake it or stir it?

By Jens Kotlenga

As far as film processing is concerned, recently switching to JOBO’s SilverBase rotary processor means I have come full circle on my pilgrimage on the path of film developing. I...

Skateboarder

4 October, 2025

The Kiwanis Jam Skateboarding Competition on Film

By David Smith

“The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.” — Tony Hawk In 1988, when I was in grade 3, my father bought me a copy of Thrasher Magazine. It became my chil...

3 October, 2025

Zeiss ZK Planar T* 50mm F/1.4 – Test Shots and an Unpleasant Incident

By Andrea Monti

I am a huge fan of Zeiss lenses, and I have made sure to own at least one of them for each camera system I have used over the years. To be honest, my only regret when switching ...

3 October, 2025

“Half Framing” Practically Any Film Camera (Part 1 of 2)

By Dave Powell

I love creativity of all kinds. But it has taken me down some strange rabbit holes (like here, here, here and here). This article is another. I hope you find it interesting and ...

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