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14 August, 2025

5 Frames with a Fuji X-Half

By thorsten

14 August, 2025

/ Fuji X half, /

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19 February, 2025

The Winter of a Lake

By Julian Tanase

It’s always interesting, at least for me, to visit and observe small communities during or around the holidays. This time I happened to be in a small village somewhere in the Bu...

18 February, 2025

A personal view of the CCD versus CMOS debate.

By Tony Warren

There has been quite a bit of discussion recently about the relative merits of CCD and CMOS sensors. I did some further reading and came across this article. The most interestin...

Envelope from Scotland with returned roll of 35mm film

18 February, 2025

Never leave a roll behind…

By Mike Riess

In June of 2023, I set off on a two-week trip to Scotland. For weeks before I left, I agonized over what to bring, as we were trying to travel light. In the end, I decided on my...

a black bakelite box camera and its box.

17 February, 2025

Baby Brownie – A review of a quaint box camera

By Charlotte

Years ago, I was enamoured by the Vest Pocket Kodak. The stories of soldiers carrying it during WW1 – what those cameras might have seen – it made my imagination run...

16 February, 2025

Shooting Leica Ms and a Hasselblad 500 CM in the Canadian Rockies

By Scott Ferguson

It’s still a little unbelievable, but my son was recently gifted an extensive collection of vintage high end still equipment that had been sitting in a friend’s basement for dec...

15 February, 2025

Ilford Delta 3200 – 2016 Expired

By Geoff Chaplin

Brace yourselves, this won’t be pleasant. Stored at the top of the fridge in my London flat I found several rolls of Delta 3200 now eight years past the expiry date. I’m used to...

14 February, 2025

Zeiss Ikon ZM – Why using a Rangefinder doesn’t mean you crave a red dot

By Nigel Gardner

In an earlier article I suggested why I love an unloved camera, the Zeiss Ikon ZM and why after it being stolen in 2018 I very much miss it. From that article a few people on di...

13 February, 2025

5 Frames with a Nikon FM3a, Expired Kodak C200 Developed with AGO Film Processor

By LASousa

This roll of film has been chilling in my freezer for at least five years. It was given to me by my brother-in-law’s ex wife around that time. She handed me a bag of unuse...

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Tony Warren on Zeiss Ikon Contessa S310 with Agfa Photo APX 100 – Developed in Bellinifoto DF2 Duo Step Diafine
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