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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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25 September, 2019

5 Frames in My Garden with a Minolta XD-11 and Ilford HP5 ISO 400 – by Kate Johnson

By Kate Johnson

This series of B&W flowers helped me to discover the beauty of Ilford HP5. Everyone raved about it, but I seemed to be missing the point. However, recently I was ‘forced’ to use...

25 September, 2019

5 Frames with a Wondering Mind and a Leica M3 – By Ong Sien Hong

By Sien Hong

My interest in photography has always been people. So naturally, when I take a camera out into the street, I look out for faces around me. I imagine most of us street photograph...

24 September, 2019

TTArtisan 35mm f/1.4 ASPH review – by Vincent Bihler

By vincentbihler

TTArtisan is a new Chinese brand that are apparently planning on producing several high quality Leica M mount lenses, with the first one being this, the TTArtisan 35mm f/1.4 AS...

23 September, 2019

Voigtlander 50mm f/1.2 Nokton Aspherical Review

By Hamish Gill

I’ve owned the Voigtlander 50mm f/1.2 Nokton Aspherical for nearly a year now, and I feel that I have to open this review by saying that I think it’s an absolutely fantastic len...

22 September, 2019

5 Frames with Kodak Portra 400 on a Zorki 4. Or: Down a Rabbit Hole – By Lawrie Conole

By Lawrie Conole

There are times when you think you know where this is heading; the comfort of being in familiar territory. That's where I thought I was going too, but before I knew it, I was of...

21 September, 2019

5 Frames with Vivitar V3000s: A more-than-expected Result – By Ris Sukarma

By Ris Sukarma

I got a camera, Vivitar V3000s, from a friend who almost threw it to trash, and I picked it up. It had problem with film winder and I intended to have it repaired. I thought thi...

20 September, 2019

Nikon F-301 (N2000) – In Defence of Nikon’s Ugly Duckling – By Brian J. Grossman

By Brian Grossman

We’ve all experienced that instant of hesitation, the moment of self-doubt, just before clicking the “submit order” button. “There’s no logical reason for this, no need for anot...

19 September, 2019

5 frames with a Kodak Tele-Instamatic 608 – By Will Hopkins

By willhopkins

The Kodak Tele-Instamatic 608 is an odd bird. To begin with, it uses 110 cassettes, most commonly associated with toy cameras. It looks like a spy camera, as compact as possible...

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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