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9 August, 2018

5 Frames with a Nikon FE2 and a roll of Fuji Reala 500D – by Tim Dobbs

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I had a Nikon FE for years, I loved shooting but about 18 months ago it gave up the ghost. Soon after, I found pretty well loved FE2 on Ebay and decided to give it a punt.

8 August, 2018

5 frames with an Olympus Infinity Stylus Zoom 140 DLX – by Kyle McMurphy

By Kyle

Like in most family households in the U.S., finding an old film camera socked away in a drawer or closet is pretty easy. I think this one belonged to my mother-in-law. My wife h...

7 August, 2018

5 Frames With a Pentax Spotmatic F – By Ray Goodwin

By raygoodwinphotos

The Pentax Spotmatic is a camera I had wanted for a very long time. I had owned various M42 bodies over the years such as Zenits and Prakticas; these were built like tanks but I...

6 August, 2018

(A few more than) 5 frames with a Zeiss Ikonta B 522/24 – by Sergio Palazzi

By Sergio

The first camera I remember was my Dad’s Zeiss Ikon Contina Ic. It was so cool in late-50’s chrome, the no-bellow look, the extra-wide viewer, fully manual. It's still good now:...

5 August, 2018

Canon 50mm f/2.2 Leica thread mount lens review

By Hamish Gill

I’ve had this little Canon 50mm f/2.2 for a while now - I bought it attached to a Canon P. Both camera and lens were items I’d eyed up on eBay a few times, so when I saw the com...

4 August, 2018

Zenit E Review – My Father’s old camera – Johann Wahlmüller

By theframecounter

This post is about the unlikely camera that accidentally got me into film photography – my dad’s old Zenit E. My father bought his Zenit E in the early 70s and mostly used it o...

3 August, 2018

Canon AF35M Review – Making Mere Adequacy Intriguing – by Torsten Kathke

By Torsten Kathke

Canon is the one photography brand that has continually had the distinction of inspiring me the least. There's nothing wrong with Canon. Canon makes great cameras that make grea...

2 August, 2018

Kodak Portra 400 – My First Roll – by Simon King

By Simon King

Until recently my film photography had more or less been exclusively shot on either AGFA Vista 400 for colour, or XP2 for black and white. I've played around with Fujifilm and o...

RichardH on A Journey into Darkness and Light – In Search of a “Go To” Black & White film stock
Hello Scott. I am pleased to see the encouragement you've received to develop your own film. When I returned to…
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