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18 June, 2025

Fields filled with ruins, cows, trees and boredom

By Julian Tanase

18 June, 2025

/ Ilford Film, ilford HP5+, Nikon F2, /

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No pretence of art. No photographs of high definition, and certainly not the type of photos to put into your portfolio. No great artistic feelings here, and no “nobody understands my work” type of crap. Just some photographs taken during my last t...

18 June, 2025

Spam Attack – Fixed, but a quick warning

By Hamish Gill

18 June, 2025

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Just a quick note to some contributors that would have been sent spam comments today… We have just swapped to a new antispam system as I was getting bombarded by spam signups on the website and the old system just wasn’t working any mo...

18 June, 2025

Magnolia – Spring flowers with a Hasselblad and two Leicas

By Scott Ferguson

18 June, 2025

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There are certain subjects I find myself shooting over and over again, usually because they are a point of interest in some daily or frequent ritual activity. When I’m in Brooklyn, I have many photos of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, b...

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15 February, 2018

5 frames with a the Olympus mju-II – by Francisco Varone

By panchovarone

After several years using Canon digital cameras, in 2008 I bought an Olympus XA on eBay. I felt in love immediately with this compact and beautiful camera. Returning to film pho...

14 February, 2018

5 Frames with a Leica Mini – By David Felix

By David Felix

It's no surprise that people who have used a Leica would want more of it. The Germans really put a lot of effort into the camera and seeing a lot of them alive and well (and rel...

13 February, 2018

5 frames with a the Minolta Dynax 3000i & Minolta AF Zoom 35-80mm f/4-5.6 – by Charles Higham

By Charles Higham

In the 1980s Minolta must have identified a market for a user-friendly point-and-shoot autofocus SLR. The shiny plastic Dynax 3000i body requires a 2CR5 battery and is compact b...

11 February, 2018

Fat Lama – could your camera collection earn its keep?

By Hamish Gill

...Fat Lama is a platform that allows people to list their gear, not for sale, but instead for rental to people who live near enough to them to collect it a delivery it back. As...

10 February, 2018

Leica IIIC Review – A family member back in operation – by Andrew Morang

By Kodachromeguy

Since childhood, this little Leica IIIC was a member of the household. My dad bought it in 1949 when he worked for the US Navy on Guam. It came with a 5cm f/2.0 Summitar lens. H...

9 February, 2018

Chroma 5×4 Technical Field Camera Launches on Kickstarter

By Hamish Gill

Chroma – a new 5×4 field camera has just launched on Kickstarter, and I’m really bloody excited about it! There’s a whole load of reasons that I’m excited about...

9 February, 2018

It’s Not the Camera – by Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

Deep Springs College, a photo by me of the same place as photographed by professional Sam Contis As a teacher (my day job), I have tried to avoid ever saying that any question f...

8 February, 2018

5 frames with a Bessaflex and CZJ Flektogon 2.4/35mm – by Son Pham

By Son Pham

When I say I use a Flektogon about 95% of the time, many people raise their eye-brows especially here in London. The QC standard for these lenses was inconsistent, and good copi...

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