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23 April, 2026

5 Frames with a Rolleicord VB II

By Ron Duda

23 April, 2026

/ Kodak Film, Kodak T-Max 400, Rolleicord VB II, /

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4 March, 2023

Analog Adventure at Space-X’s Starbase – By Jim Hofman

By Jim Hofman

The secret to surviving the brutal winters in Minnesota is to leave - by taking a warm weather trip to thaw out. This year my high-school-age son and I flew to Houston and then...

3 March, 2023

Ensign All Distance – A Box Camera from 1927 – By Tony Warren

By Tony Warren

When an Ensign All Distance camera from 1927 came up on the local auction site, a wave of nostalgia saw me thinking about revisiting my first, very basic, box camera. Having own...

2 March, 2023

52 x 36 – A Whole Year of Film – Part One – By Jake Yorath

By Jake Yorath

Over the course of 2023, I’ve decided I’m going to shoot a roll of film every week. 52 films sounds both like not very much, and yet also an absolutely enormous number. 52 weeks...

2 March, 2023

The Ones that Got Away

By Dave Powell

Like the hearty souls who hunt and fish, most photographers can probably tell a story or two about “the ones that got away.” Loss can happen for any number of reasons: Not ha...

1 March, 2023

Mesopotamia, Ohio (A One-Shot Story)

By Dave Powell

Though I grew up in Ohio, I’d never heard of the town of Mesopotamia. It’s on state routes 87 and 534, near Ohio’s “Mosquito Creek Wilderness” (which I also hadn’t heard of). No...

1 March, 2023

Diffraction and its Impact on Sharpness – By Tony Warren

By Tony Warren

I recently had some disappointing results while trying out a colour negative film in a Retina IIc. I was shooting the urban art (and some graffiti) that has been created here in...

28 February, 2023

Anecdotes from the Analogue World Ep. 4 – By Nandakumar

By Nandakumar N

Things took a rather grim turn in my last post when I shared this story about mental health and how crippling it can be in preventing humans from pursuing their passion or even ...

28 February, 2023

5 frames with the Flea Market Find Yashica T2 – By Nico Hilbert

By Nico Hilbert

Going through my local flea market, one camera instantly caught my attention. The Yashica T2. With no battery, I wasn't sure if it was working. However, I negotiated the price d...

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Neil Purling on Lucky SHD400 – My Experiences
Thank you for posting this review I had bought some Lucky. Mostly 120, but a few rolls of the 400…
Erik Brammer on 5 Frames with a Rolleicord VB II
Hi Ron, very well done! I like images 1 and 3 in particular, since they show such nice subject separation.…
Jens on LeRouge 612 MK2 – Portable Panoramic Pinhole – Why Barnack would have approved of it
Hi Tony, thanks for your remarks. There are quite a number of formulae available on the web that calculate the…

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