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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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17 May, 2018

5 frames with my Leica M6 & Zeiss 50mm f1.5 C Sonnar – By Rick Davy

By rd

10 months on from buying my M6, I’m now at the stage that I’m beginning to get used to it. The lens choice for me was simple, either 35mm or 50mm. Both suit my style...

16 May, 2018

5 Frames With A Holga 120FN – by Dev Samaddar

By Dev Samaddar

Some people curse at Holgas for being temperamental. Holga, of course, doesn't give a rat's behind who curses and who doesn't. And that's because Holga, as the name suggests, pr...

15 May, 2018

5 Frames With a Leica M6 and Kodak Portra 800 – By Martin Smith

By photowalkme

A couple of weeks ago I attended a Beers and Cameras meetup and photo walk in Birmingham organised by this site's very own Hamish Gill. I took my Leica M6TTL as usual, this is m...

14 May, 2018

Ricoh GR Digital Review – Shooting a Vintage Digital Camera

By Hamish Gill

The Ricoh GR Digital is by all accounts an elderly digital camera. Released in 2005, it’s been superseded 5 times. This possibly begs the question as to why I’ve just spent £100...

13 May, 2018

Tetenal Colortec C-41 Developing Kit – By Parallax Photographic

By Parallax Photographic

Pretty much every person we meet has been told somewhere that developing black-and-white film at home is reasonable, but that developing colour film is just too tricky. But this...

12 May, 2018

Fuji Natura S Review – Wide and Fast – By Andrew

By Andrew

Like many of you, I have a bad habit of cruising auction sites looking at cameras I shouldn’t be buying. I also have a habit of dropping low-ball bids on cameras under th...

11 May, 2018

Kodachrome Movie Review – it’s Good Even If it is About Family, Not Film – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

Any film photographer who saw an advertisement for Kodachrome likely reacted as I did: “Gee, I really should check out that movie.” If you follow through, you might be disappoin...

10 May, 2018

5 Frames With Refilled Disposable Cameras – By Skyler Adams

By skyleradams

I’ve noticed camera communities excitedly share news about new cameras, lenses and lighting equipment but sometimes it seems these cameras don't even get used. Why? Gear is ch...

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