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2 July, 2025

Capturing the War of 1812 on Film – Reenactment of the Battle of Longwoods

By David Smith

2 July, 2025

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15 October, 2018

5 Frames with a Canon A-1 – By Ollie Lattin

By Ollie Lattin

I started shooting film last year, and I’ve been pretty obsessed with it since then. After experimenting with a cheap Samsung AF zoom for a month and getting very mediocre resul...

14 October, 2018

Peli 1510 Protector Case review – My Peli Adventure Begins

By Hamish Gill

I’ve recently upgraded a load of my work gear, and in the process of doing so noticed just how knackered the old stuff was starting to look. There’s no getting away from the fac...

13 October, 2018

Pentax MZ-S and 31mm, 43mm, 77mm Limited lens trio review – By Aivaras

By Aivaras

I think that it would be unfair to judge and review Pentax MZ-S separately from the FA Limited line of lenses - it's my opinion that you have to look at them together as one set...

12 October, 2018

5 Frames with a Leica R8 and 28mm f/2.8 – by Dominique Collard

By collardphotography

I've been taking photos for over a decade now, mostly film photography. I have owned numerous cameras in that time from Nikon, to Hasselblad, Minolta, Rollie, FujiFilm and now L...

11 October, 2018

Sony 135/2.8 [T4.5] STF Mini-Review – By Rollin Banderob

By Rollin Banderob

As a photojournalist - in the vein of William Albert Allard, Eugene Richards and Alex Web - I strove to layer content in many parts of my images, and as such find obsession with...

10 October, 2018

5 Frames with a Leica M4 and Voigtlander 35mm f/2.5 – By Dan Smith

By DanSmith74

It was inevitable that I would end up owning a Leica at some point, I've grown to love 35mm as a format and love nothing more than trying 'all the cameras'. I've come close befo...

9 October, 2018

Konica Z-up 100w compact review – by Charles Higham

By Charles Higham

This is a Konica Z-up 100w. Don’t be surprised if you’ve not seen one before; I hadn’t when I bought it for a few pounds. It’s a 35mm film compact with a 28-100mm zoom lens and ...

8 October, 2018

5 Frames With A Fed 4 Russian Rangefinder – By Julian Higgs

By julianhiggs

This Fed 4 Rangefinder camera came into and out of my collection almost silently. My wife and I had travelled to Gloucestershire to visit family and took a walk into the lovely ...

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