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29 September, 2025

One Keeper on the Roll – A One Shot Story

By Stephen Hanka

29 September, 2025

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In May of 2021, when we were still under Covid-19 restrictions I, noticed a ripening cone at about eye level in peeking dawn sunlight on a young evergreen in my yard. I had a Nikon F3HP my wife gave me in 1985 and a roll of Velvia 100 in the refr...

29 September, 2025

EVENT: The LCE Worcester Film Photography Collective – 25th October 2025

By Derek Hope

29 September, 2025

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As part of my work at London Camera Exchange, I have always been keen on making the Worcestershire area a photographic hub, an imaging oasis, a haven for those of us in habit of carting our cameras to every BBQ and baby shower. The especially maso...

29 September, 2025

Twin Lens Reflex – My Experiences and Thoughts on this Camera Type – Show and Tell

By Tony Warren

29 September, 2025

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History, design and examples from a number of TLR cameras.

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3 April, 2023

35mmc Website Issues (We Are Working On It)

By Sroyon

A quick note to say that unfortunately we are experiencing some serious issues with the website, which we are working overtime to resolve. If all else fails, we might have to re...

3 April, 2023

Lomography Spinner 360° review – Analogue Panorama Shots on the Cheap

By Bob Janes

Dedicated panoramic cameras tend to be a bit pricey. This Lomography Spinner 360° is refreshingly affordable. It retails new for £89 on the Lomography website. I bought a shop-s...

2 April, 2023

Searching for light in the Lister foundry – By Matthew Bigwood

By Matthew Bigwood

Lister Petter, a manufacturer of diesel engines, was based in Dursley, Gloucestershire, on a site more than a mile in length and at its height employing thousands of people. The...

1 April, 2023

Economies of Film

By Simon King

After seeing some online discussions about the price of film rising I thought I'd revisit and follow up on a piece of writing I previously wrote about darkroom prints, and how I...

31 March, 2023

Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D – Nostalgic liaison with an old flame

By Ibraar Hussain

Ah nostalgia, it’s a strange thing and forms a part of every one’s life and the older one gets the more the past seems so rose tinted. My first Digital SLR was a Konica Minolta ...

30 March, 2023

From the Archives: Kodachromes from Athens, Greece, 1951

By Kodachromeguy

My father moved to Athens, Greece, in February 1951. He had just returned to USA from an overseas position in the Pacific. After about two weeks job-hunting in New York City, a...

30 March, 2023

Focus Adjustment and Other Considerations when Shooting Infrared

By Tony Warren

From very early in my photography I have been fascinated by the unique look and simply luscious tones infrared images can produce. Ansel on steroids. I have only been able to pr...

29 March, 2023

Fourteen Years in the Making! (A One-Shot Story)

By Dave Powell

Between 1998 and 2012, Kate and I visited Rome four times. And one of her priorities was always to see the inside of the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone on the Piazza Navona. ...

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Stefan Wilde on Twin Lens Reflex – My Experiences and Thoughts on this Camera Type – Show and Tell
Hi Tony, an interesting in depth look at your TLR journey with great images to go along with it! I…
Ciarán Utting on 5 Frames with a Mamiya 6 on expired Fujifilm Pro 400H
That's great! Glad to hear I'm not alone. As for black & white, yes, that stuff is essentially witchcraft.
Gary Smith on Twin Lens Reflex – My Experiences and Thoughts on this Camera Type – Show and Tell
Like Thomas, my collecting is more like buying and shooting. Then, based on how the camera ends up feeling to…

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