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18 July, 2025

Analogue Photography: A Personal Journey – part 1 – Black & White, The Dictates of the Time

By Martin H

18 July, 2025

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18 September, 2018

Kodak Ektachrome E100 – A few Double Exposures – By Michael Turek

By Michael Turek

Left – Bisbee, AZ street scene / Right – A private security contractor patrolling an area of the border fence under construction in New Mexico. I recently shot two rolls of Ekta...

17 September, 2018

5 Frames with a Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 50mm f/2.8 Lens – By Cheyenne Morrison

By CheyenneMorrison

This is an article about one of my favourite vintage lenses, there is a whole story about how I found this lens, but the article will deal with why it’s unique. In pantheon of ...

17 September, 2018

5 Frames with a Konica Big Mini F – By Kamburger

By kamburger

Hi! I'm Kam, but you can call me Kamburger (because I love hamburgers). I have recently moved from Hong Kong to London for work. Hong Kong is such a busy and crowded city but I ...

16 September, 2018

Sharpness? A creative goal, but still not a prerequisite for a good photo, or: why I’m enjoying my Makina 67

By Hamish Gill

I recently wrote a post about sharpness being overrated where I ended up alluding to the question (somewhat rhetorically) of why we as photographers obsess to the degree we do o...

15 September, 2018

Kodak Ektar 100 – Shooting Fashion In The Dark – By Aukje

By Aukje

I have been a fan of Kodak Ektar for some time, specifically for shooting in low-light conditions such as a forest. It wasn't love at first sight though. My first experiences wi...

14 September, 2018

A Tour of my Darkroom and some notes for setting up yours – By Dan Castelli

By Dan Castelli

For more than 40 years, taking photographs has been more than a hobby for me. It’s how I react to the things I see around me as I go about my day. I can’t explain why I react to...

13 September, 2018

Minolta AF 35R QD Review – A Brief Encounter – by Taylor Ervin

By tervin1121

Earlier this year I decided to start taking analog photography more seriously. I work in Television (for money), and independently, I produce documentaries and short films. I wa...

12 September, 2018

5 Frames with a Ricoh GR1s – by Steven Bleistein

By Steven Bleistein

I live in Tsukuba, Japan—home to Japan’s foremost science university as well as most of the government’s R&D institutes. I love living in Tsukuba because of its easy access to T...

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David Hume on 10 Frames – A Whole Pack of Polaroid SX70 – Venice 1995 #FullRollFriday by David Hume
Cheers Ibraar, yes, I'm very glad to have these things digitised, which of course was not a thing back in…
Geoff Chaplin on Analogue Photography: A Personal Journey – part 1 – Black & White, The Dictates of the Time
I need to go to photography school after seeing many of those images. Interesting read, albeit depressing - where did…
David Hume on 10 Frames – A Whole Pack of Polaroid SX70 – Venice 1995 #FullRollFriday by David Hume
Cheers Gary - great questions. The colours were very good, unchanged as far as my memory goes. (The yellow one…

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