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Food Van at a food festival

4 November, 2025

5 Frames with Royalty at a Food Festival

By Richard Becker

4 November, 2025

/ Zeiss Ikon Contessa 35 533/24, /

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I took a German/Italian Countess to a food festival the other week thinking it was the sort of outing she might enjoy, local artisan food producers along with some art and craft stalls. While we were there the light was very dull and flat so we fa...

Motorway bridge over the River Exe and Exeter Ship Canal

4 November, 2025

The Motorway Bridge – A One Shot Story

By Ed

4 November, 2025

/ Architectural Photography, /

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This photograph shows the underside of the motorway bridge that crosses the head of the Exe Estuary. I regularly cycle or walk under this bridge. It’s an impressive structure and a testament to our cultural preference for triumphant engineer...

Front view of Samsung L85

4 November, 2025

Samsung Digimax L85 (and How It Replaced a Sigma DP2s)

By Ed

4 November, 2025

/ Compact Digital, Samsung Digimax L85, Samsung Digital, /

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During the summer I bought a Foveon-based camera, the Sigma DP2s. The DP2s was released in 2010, a minor update to the DP2. I’d always wanted to try a Foveon camera and I thought I had a reasonable buy at just over £220. I knew the DP2s ate ...

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10 November, 2019

Olympus XA – Digital Palate Cleansing – By Ed Lara

By Photoedontheweb

As much as I love the immediacy of digital photography, I occasionally get overwhelmed and overloaded by the sheer volume of images I take with my digital cameras or my iPhone. ...

9 November, 2019

5 Frames with the Bronica ETRsi + 500mm f/8 EII – By Wyatt Ryan

By Wyatt Ryan

For a steal on eBay, I acquired a Bronica ETRsi and 5 different lenses, inside a Pelican case, for just under $400. The 500mm f/8 EII lens takes up a quarter of the space in the...

8 November, 2019

Rolleiflex SL35 mini-review- A Gorgeous Under-The-Radar SLR – By Recky Reck.

By Recky

In early 2019, my interest in analogue photography was suddenly rekindled after a hiatus of a mere 35 years – as a teenager I had discovered my grandfather’s 6×6 fold...

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...

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Ed on The Motorway Bridge – A One Shot Story
Hi Gary - the Romans did travel far and wide, but clearly not as far as Troutdale. But I think…
Ed on Samsung Digimax L85 (and How It Replaced a Sigma DP2s)
Hi Gary - batteries can be quite a trouble. I've always had reasonable success with Nikon original batteries, but perhaps…
Richard Becker on 5 Frames with Royalty at a Food Festival
Bad light and my favourite cheese producer not being there dampened my mood somewhat, otherwise I might have been a…

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