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8 May, 2025

An unforgettable photo of passing through the divine light in the temple-A One-shot story

By David Wu

8 May, 2025

/ Kodak Film, Kodak UltraMax 400, Minolta TC-1, /

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It is a small temple tucked away in a village near the bustling city of Guangzhou, and because of its proximity to an expressway, it is densely populated and surrounded by high buildings. But after all, this is an old building with some history, a...

8 May, 2025

Kentmere 200 – My First Couple of Rolls with this Brand New 200 Speed B&W Film

By Hamish Gill

8 May, 2025

/ Kentmere 200, Kentmere Film, Kentmere news, /

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Back in late March, Michelle from Harman got in touch with news of yet another forthcoming film launch for 2025 – this time Kentmere 200. Kentmere films are manufactured by Harman in the UK, the same people (in case you didn’t knowR...

8 May, 2025

A Journey into Darkness and Light – In Search of a “Go To” Black & White film stock

By Scott Ferguson

8 May, 2025

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Since picking up film still cameras again in July, 2024 I’ve sampled a range of film stocks with wildly varying results, particularly in black & white. My earliest forays were plagued by technical problems with the cameras I was using, ...

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25 May, 2021

Rollei A110 – The 110: a Review – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

I’d heard other people refer to the Rollei A110 as the best 110 camera ever produced, but I was expecting a certain amount of that to be hyperbole. Then I got hold of one. It is...

24 May, 2021

Minolta Autocord TLR: First Impressions – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

I shot a roll with a twin-lens reflex camera (TLR) for the first time this month. But long before I used a TLR in real life, I loved the idea of it – so much so that I thought t...

23 May, 2021

Lights in the Darkness – My Low Light Film Photography 1957-2002 – By Jordi Fradera

By Jordi Fradera

I find the night and the darkness are magical to photograph. When I've taken analogue photos in lower light, I have always been doubtful about the result, but that adds emotion ...

22 May, 2021

Appreciating San Francisco and its Trees in Quarantine – by AJ O’Connell

By Alexander James O'Connell

Well, it’s been a long twelve months. I often think about how some of the most brilliant observers are also the greatest explorers. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”,...

21 May, 2021

5 Frames with a Olympus Trip 35 & Argenti Vario Scale-X – By Carlos Viejo

By Carlos Viejo

End of May 2020, after three months of confinement the first weekend of freedom was coming. My buddies and I were thirsty for a bike trip and so we started planning. We couldn't...

20 May, 2021

5 frames during the Pandemic with Fujifilm Provia 100F and a Contax NX – By Eric Jones

By Eric Charles Jones

The plan was simple, spend a year in Japan photographing the Olympics, the events, and the famous Japanese festivals, but something happened along the way... The world got sick....

20 May, 2021

Making Dreamscapes by Developing Film at 30 Degrees – By Tyrell McBride

By Tyrell McBride

Let me just start off by saying that there is no real instruction manual on how to do this, and if you do try this method, on your own head be it... Since I started my journey ...

19 May, 2021

5 Frames with a Kiev 4M & a Helios-103 lens on Fuji C200 – by Chill_Grain

By Chill_grain

Starting out on film photography in eastern Europe is interesting, here you can find an absolute abundance of cheap old soviet cameras for sale. The soviets famously copied almo...

Gus on A Journey into Darkness and Light – In Search of a “Go To” Black & White film stock
The Darkroom is well regarded and well used, I'd hesitate to blame their processing as "not good" based on the…
Erik Brammer on An unforgettable photo of passing through the divine light in the temple-A One-shot story
The decisive moment - very well done! Congratulations!
Gerard on A Journey into Darkness and Light – In Search of a “Go To” Black & White film stock
Hi Scott, some real nice photo's you showed us. I share Ibraar's opinion: nothing wrong with your gear (on the…

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