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21 September, 2025

Personal Musing On Monochrome Digital Cameras

By Andrea Monti

21 September, 2025

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When Nothingness Stares Back

By Julian Tanase

Half hidden under the southern archway of the Salzburg Cathedral, this statue is a grim representation of a cloaked, well, empty figure. The onlookers are left wondering what or...

Canon EOS Rebel 2000 35mm film SLR camera

25 February, 2025

5 frames in Orlando with the Canon EOS Rebel 2000 SLR and Ilford HP-5 Plus film

By Scott Bassett

I’ve been away from film photography for decades. As a teen in the 1970’s, I carried my Ricoh SLR with me almost everywhere. By the time I reached college, the Ricoh was u...

25 February, 2025

5 frames with a Leica M4-2, 35mm Summilux and Ektachrome

By henry green

Hello, my name is Henry, I am 22 years old, and I live in Bristol. By day I work in a coffee roastery and by night I take photographs. I have been shooting for about 3 years now...

24 February, 2025

To Do or To Own? (or the Photographer’s Dilemma)

By Andrea Monti

To Own or To Do is the photographer’s version of Erich Fromm’s dilemma posed in his famous essay, ‘To Have or to Be’. I don’t have the authority to...

24 February, 2025

Canon 7 and a Industar 26m – Initial thoughts and experiences

By Tony Warren

Canon 7 with Industar 26M. Sample photos.

23 February, 2025

A Final Chapter for Large Format

By Tony Warren

Linhof Super Technika. Komamura Woodman 45. Large format.

22 February, 2025

KMSKA, Antwerp – Leica M3, Fomapan 100 developed in Bergger PMK Pyro

By Geoff Chaplin

Having lived in a cultural wilderness during the COVID period and for a year or so afterwards the temptation to overdose on culture became irresistible. A six week stay in Bruss...

21 February, 2025

BlackBox Holo MF and 135 film digitiser – a Review

By Geoff Chaplin

This is a review of the BlackBox Holo MF and 135 film digitiser. If this looks familiar its because I wrote a review of their 35mm film scanner on 23rd May 2024. I found that sc...

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Bob Janes on Personal Musing On Monochrome Digital Cameras
While it should be acknowledged that an unfiltered sensor is going to read more photons, noise is not a huge…
Simon Casson on Personal Musing On Monochrome Digital Cameras
Thanks for the article. I have my Leica SL set up as a ‘mock Monochrom’. Viewfinder and rear screen set…
Jonathan Leavitt on Personal Musing On Monochrome Digital Cameras
I faced the same question several years ago and came to the opposite conclusion. The difference is at least two…

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