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14 November, 2025

The Rise And Fall of Pizzeria Liceo – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

14 November, 2025

/ Kodak Film, Kodak Portra 160, pentax z-20, /

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For decades, it was established in 1963, not only the students of the Liceo Classico on the other side of Via Venezia, but almost all the inhabitants of my hometown, paid a visit to Pizzeria Liceo (aptly named after the aforementioned school). Tru...

Stone igloo

14 November, 2025

A Stone Igloo – My favourite photo of 2025

By Mark Ellerby

14 November, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, /

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This photo was taken whilst on a hike with my local walking group, the Sheffield 40s/50s ramblers group, with my Rollei 35T that often comes with me on daywalks, because of its compact size and quality Tessar lens, and which I wrote about on this ...

14 November, 2025

Olympus Pen F 40mm G.Zuiko f1.4 and Rollei Retro 400s – My experience with this iconic camera

By Ibraar Hussain

14 November, 2025

/ Half Frame Camera, Olympus Pen F, Olympus SLR, SLR Camera, /

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This post was one of my first few on 35mmc, that’s after lurking for a few years before I plucked up enough courage and audacity to get some of my photos and writing published. I have to thank Hamish for allowing me to express myself here. I...

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27 December, 2022

Nikon F801 (N8008) Review – A Numbers Game – By Tony Warren

By Tony Warren

I sold my last film SLR in the late 1990s before my flirtation with digital, which quite quickly lost its appeal and I drifted back to film, continuing with digital mainly as a ...

23 December, 2022

Kodak Six-16 Camera – A Gifted Camera Experience – By Kevin Montanaro

By Kevin Montanaro

I was at work one day when a friend/client came in with something in a weathered leather case. At the end of our service he handed me the case with "and this is for you." This i...

22 December, 2022

5 frames with an Olympus XA and Agent Shadow Film – By Shaun Edwards

By Shaun Edwards

I fell out of photography a number of years ago with work and family life getting in the way. I used to be a professional photographer and I found that what sells wasn’t always ...

21 December, 2022

Cinestill 400D vs Kodak Portra 400 – Film Review – By Ted Ayre

By Ted Ayre

Let’s face it, Kodak Portra 400 is the predominant colour negative film of the decade. When Fujifilm inexplicably pulled Pro400H off the market, it left Kodak to dominate the me...

20 December, 2022

Ricoh Imaging Ltd. Begins R&D for New Pentax Film Camera Series

By Molly Kate

Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd. has announced a new project to research and develop a modern Pentax-brand film camera series. Responding to the resurgence of film photography, the T...

20 December, 2022

NEWS: Belfast Exposed 2023 Exhibition – She / Her / Hers / Herself by Anthony Luvera

By Molly Kate

Belfast Exposed is presenting a new exhibition from London-based artist Anthony Luvera called She / Her / Hers / Herself. The show is launching on February 2, 2023, and explores...

20 December, 2022

Scan and Destroy – My blasphemous quest to be free of my negatives – By Max Cooper

By Max Cooper

The issue of SHOTS magazine current at the time of this writing contains images central to my thesis: Recovered slides from my grandfather’s collection. On the off-chance you mi...

19 December, 2022

Nikon (Nippon Kogaku) W-Nikkor 3.5cm f/1.8 LTM Review – a GAS killer – By Agata Urbaniak

By Agata Urbaniak

Nowadays, f/1.8 seems synonymous with entry-level. It's often a compromise between speed, size/weight, and affordability draped in plastic and aimed at budding photographers loo...

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