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1 May, 2025

Ensign Selfix 820 and a roll of FP4+ in Birmingham

By Roger

1 May, 2025

/ Ensign Selfix 820, Ilford Film, ilford FP4+, Medium Format Folder, /

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7 November, 2019

Why Are You Carrying The Camera? – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

“Why are you carrying the camera,” asked my colleague the curmudgeon. We were having lunch around the corner from the school. He in fact is much nicer than he pretends to be, an...

7 November, 2019

5 frames with 5 cameras and 5 films in one graveyard – by Rock

By Rock

The title is a reflection that I have (too) many cameras and that there remains a decent suite of emulsion available on the market. Now before you have visions of me lugging fiv...

6 November, 2019

5 frames with a Franka Solida IIE – by Michael Scott

By scottfotodotcom

According to Wikipedia Franka Kamerawerk produced cameras between 1909 and 1967 in Bayreuth, Germany. At its height the factory produced about 650,000 units in 1958. So I was su...

5 November, 2019

Canon Model 7 – A Journey To Find “My” Camera – By Gavin Bain

By GavinBain

It has often been said that a lot of the great photographers had “their” camera. Capa had his Contax 2, Cartier-Bresson his M3, John Free his Nikon F3 and so forth. That’s not t...

4 November, 2019

Mamiya 7 vs. Makina 67 – Spoiler: the Makina Wins

By Hamish Gill

Last summer I finally bought myself one of my dream cameras, the Plaubel Makina 67. You might be wondering what this fact has to do with the Mamiya 7? Well, it all comes down to...

3 November, 2019

5 Frames rediscovering film with a Nikon FE2 – By Shaz

By shazdirector

I haven’t used a 35mm film camera for about 15 years and what a mistake that was. Through my teens and then twenties it was my Nikon FM2 with a 50mm 1.4 that helped me become th...

2 November, 2019

5 Frames with Fomapan 400 “Action” (@ EI1600) – by Simon King

By Simon King

Fomapan is one of those films that I tried early on when I first started shooting film - a gateway option which allowed me to explore the process of a mechanical camera without ...

1 November, 2019

Meeting the Vintage Field Camera Man at the Golden Spike 150th Anniversary – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

The highlight of the sesquicentennial celebration of the transcontinental railroad for me was meeting an amateur photographer toting his vintage field camera. I was honored to b...

Geoff Chaplin on Central Coffee To Go – an Impromptu Gallery
Lovely portrait shots of someone at work, thanks Julian. Nice story too. Coffee shops doubling as galleries are quite common…
Julian Tanase on Central Coffee To Go – an Impromptu Gallery
Thank you, Gary, it was fun shooting those frames. She has a captivating personality too :)
Julian Tanase on Central Coffee To Go – an Impromptu Gallery
Jeffery, a smile is a must ingredient to start the day with, coffee steaming under one's nose. Thank you for…

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