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25 June, 2025

The 21mm Focal Length (or Thereabouts) for Documentary Photography

By Simon King

25 June, 2025

/ 21mm Lens, Lens Theory, /

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18 July, 2019

Point and Shoot Shootout on a Budget – By Dan Marinelli

By Dan Marinelli

Summertime is the best time for cheap point-and-shoot cameras for me. Stuff em with some color film, throw em in a pocket, go on vacation, take pictures, have fun. I don't want ...

17 July, 2019

Finding a style not a camera – By Taylor Ervin

By tervin1121

Of course we are all here because we love cameras. But after over a year and a half of shooting film seriously, I’ve come to the conclusion that the camera doesn’t matter. Ok it...

16 July, 2019

Lomography Launch LomoChrome Metropolis on Kickstarter

By Hamish Gill

Lomography have just launched a new film, "LomoChrome Metropolis" on Kickstarter. A colour negative film with a very distinctive look, this is the first film they have released ...

16 July, 2019

Ricoh GR Mini Review – On The Road – Morocco by Motorcycle – by Nick Holt

By Nick

I bring my motorbike to a halt by a crooked road sign where the rest of the group are waiting. A Moroccan man leans against a pillar with a bag at his feet - the symmetry appeal...

15 July, 2019

No, your Pentax Spotmatic F is not better than my Leica M6! / Don’t be like Frank

By Hamish Gill

I often get accused of writing click bait titles. I’m really not sure what people think the purpose of an article title is if it’s not designed to get people to read it, but non...

15 July, 2019

That time I shot homemade red scale in a pinhole-modified Zorki 4 – By Alex Purcell

By Purcell

I guess this all started when James Guerin of RealitySoSubtle posted some photos taken with one of his 0.1mm pinholes, on a digital APSc camera. Until then, despite having tried...

14 July, 2019

5 frames with Kodak Ektar 100 and a Hasselblad 503cx – by Peter Samson

By Peter Samson

I grew up shooting film in the 80's with a Nikon F3HP. My interests evolved to the rangefinder format in 2008 after finding the Leica M3 of my wife's Father collecting dust in ...

13 July, 2019

5 Frames With A Yashica 35 – By Nigel Cliff

By Nigel Cliff

A friend of a friend was clearing out some stuff after her Grandad died and found this Yashica 35 - it was subsequently passed onto me. I was confused at first as I only new abo...

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