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“Shoot some cine film” that little voice in my head said.
“You know you want to”.
Well, I’ve shot a fair bit of Cinestill and enjoyed it.
“Remember that roll of Ferrania P30 in ...
27 July, 2021
Minolta Hi-Matic 7s and A Sentimental Journey Discovering True Optical Prints – by Shawn Granton
It was the first week of January 2020 and I was down for the count with a cold. "A perfect start to a new year", I thought to myself, not realizing what would be in store just a...
A little while ago Pergear offered to loan me some lenses to review. I declined at the time, but having recently been shooting with an old Sony NEX-5R I bought a as cheapo digit...
25 July, 2021
Caffenol for Breakfast – My First Experiments with Homemade Developer – By Steven Bleistein
I had never really pursued caffenol seriously because some of the first examples photos I had seen were less than impressive. Frankly, the "unpredictable flaws in film are cool...
I don’t know what I was doing or even where I first got my first glimpse of a Zeiss Ikon Contaflex SLR but I do remember in that moment I had to have one. I’m not sure how to de...
23 July, 2021
Ilford HP5+ at Adventurous ASAs – By Kieran Newman
Ilford’s HP5+ is one of the industry standards for black and white film – an inexpensive 400 ASA emulsion available almost everywhere and used by almost everyone at some point i...
I got my first camera in 1966, it was a plasticky grey Ilford Sprite. I took mostly terrible photos on this little camera, but some were quite good, capturing the look of the ti...
My better half was recently and suddenly admitted to hospital with a previously unsuspected medical condition. I'm glad to say that she responded to treatment and was discharged...
