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28 September, 2025

Hitting the “Zone” – Shot-by-Shot street shooting with a Hasselblad 500CM

By Scott Ferguson

28 September, 2025

/ Hasselblad 500C/M, Street & Urban Photography, /

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18 January, 2023

That Time I Built an “Air-Gap Meniscus” Lens – By Dave Powell

By Dave Powell

Long ago, I tried to shoot landscapes using a macro-close-up filter as a lens. I taped the filter to the front of two nested cardboard “focusing tubes” and attached them to my F...

17 January, 2023

The Digital Rangefinder: an Endangered Species? – by Ailbíona McLochlainn

By Ailbíona McLochlainn

It was just over a year ago, that I made my foray into the world of digital Leica M cameras. Admittedly, I was rather late to the party. But when it comes to photographic equipm...

16 January, 2023

Lomography Turquoise 35mm Film Review

By Molly Kate

3 cameras, one film. The Leica CL, Canon Rebel K2, and Diana Mini take on Lomography Turquoise in an attempt to get to the heart of this gloriously strange film and see what it ...

15 January, 2023

Travelling from Pittsburgh to West Hollywood : Canonet 28 roll #5

By Bob Janes

You can read about the Travelling Canonet project here. We have over 50 photographers on 4 continents waiting to take part. Two Canonets are involved, each travelling in a diffe...

14 January, 2023

5 frames with my Rollei 35B and Ilford HP5 in Paris – By Alessandro Bellafiore

By Alessandro Bellafiore

I am, if you want, an analogue native. And, for a number of lucky circumstances film photography never really went away. But being slightly lazy, my SLR would rarely follow me o...

13 January, 2023

Medium Format On A Budget – A Quick Comparison of Three, Low Priced, 120 format, 6cm x 6cm TLR Cameras – By James Hanes

By James Hanes

I am a Medium Format guy who can't afford a Hasselblad or a Rolleiflex, so I have several working TLRs which I use regularly. My favorites are a Yashica LM, similar to the Mat12...

12 January, 2023

A Rainy Day in Saltaire – By John Fontana

By John Fontana

I live in West Yorkshire and a mere half hour’s drive from the wonderful village of Saltaire with its glorious Victorian mill buildings and associated housing with railway, Rive...

11 January, 2023

NEWS: Analogue Wonderland’s New Lab Print Service Reduces Waste and Increases Quality

By Molly Kate

Analogue Wonderland has launched a new eco-friendly service that supports photographers with higher quality prints while eliminating waste at the same time. The new printing se...

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Roger on 5 Frames with a Mamiya 6 on expired Fujifilm Pro 400H
The colours are great and there are some nice shots. I'd be glad to get colour film to turn out…
Cdlinz on Hitting the “Zone” – Shot-by-Shot street shooting with a Hasselblad 500CM
Great shooting. WSP is probably my favorite photography destination in the whole world.
Peter Roberts on Crosby’s Blitz Beach with a Yashica D and Kodak Gold 200 – The Whole Roll
Straight to the nub of the matter Stefan. Unwittingly Blitz Beach is a powerful memorial and to my mind gets…

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