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30 June, 2025

Wanderer Above the Peaks – A One-Shot Story

By Nathan Sherwood

30 June, 2025

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20 February, 2019

Kiev 4 Review – It Bites Back – By James Northcote

By jamesnorthcote

I first got into film photography to pass the time on film sets between scenes. Film sets are amazing places to photograph. Lots of interesting looking people doing weird and wo...

19 February, 2019

The Hawaii Darkroom – A Community Darkroom Launches on Kickstarter

By Hamish Gill

Mike Caputo, a fireman from Hawaii has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to build a community darkroom in Hawaii. Hawaii is about as far away from where I live as is possible...

19 February, 2019

5 Frosty Frames with Vivitar 55mm 2.8 macro

By KL

Finally, I had time to test my macro lens. An old one a Vivitar 55mm, 2.8. The conditions for photographing were perfect. There was hoarfrost all over. So with Robert Capa's quo...

18 February, 2019

A few frames with a Konica Hexar RF, Voigtlander 50mm f/1.2 and Kodak Portra 800

By Hamish Gill

It sometimes feels like a few of the pieces of the puzzle just come together. This might be to do with light, or the subject matter, mood, gear, whatever; it’s a nice feeling! I...

17 February, 2019

1960s New York. Dad’s slides scanned – by Charles Higham

By Charles Higham

My mother presented me with a mixed collection of my late father's transparencies on one of my visits. Mostly good family photos as expected, but also photographs of a few place...

16 February, 2019

5 Frames with a Nikon FM2n and Ilford HP5+ 400 – By Cristian Geelen

By CristianGeelen

Finally. After more than two weeks of nothing but dark and grey skies in the Netherlands this weekend presented me with some light. That also meant a temperature below 0 degrees...

15 February, 2019

Film Photography News and Interesting Reading – 15/2/2019 – By Ray Goodwin

By raygoodwinphotos

We interrupt your weekly film photography post for some breaking (well, broken yesterday) news. Kosmo Foto have announced a 120 format B&W film using the exact same emulsion...

15 February, 2019

Leica M4-2 Review – Leica’s Redheaded Stepchild – by Ryan HK

By RyanHK

Loved to be hated almost as much as the M5, the Leica M4-2 might still be considered the redheaded stepchild of Leica. It was a departure from the “perfect” design and operation...

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