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5 July, 2025

Kentmere and I – Musings on recent film choices

By Paul Quellin

5 July, 2025

/ Kentmere 100, Kentmere Film, /

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31 October, 2024

In a Haunted Antiques Shop – One-Shot Story

By Dave Powell

For several years, Kate and I rented booth space in a New England antiques shop that turned out to be very haunted. A delightful British woman (whom I’ll call “Mrs. P”) had purc...

30 October, 2024

Don’t be afraid to experiment and test before tossing stuff out

By Daniel Keating

I am a denizen of thrift stores here in the USA. I believe the British refer to them as 2nd hand or charity shops across the pond. I was a bit surprised to see old photo chemica...

30 October, 2024

Ilford Advocate Camera – A wonderful street camera

By Dan Cuny

It’s been a year since I first laid eyes on the Ilford Advocate camera, and I’ve been eager to share my experience with it. The journey began in England, where my wi...

29 October, 2024

Padua, a photographer’s goldmine

By Andrea Monti

During a few hours off work, I recently had the chance to wander around Padua, one of the many historical jewels that make up Italy’s immense cultural heritage. What makes...

29 October, 2024

What does a perfect camera need?

By Nicholas Kurita Ikai

During the pandemic, I found a Canon Rebel T7 that my father had won through a miles program and never took it out of the box, and I started photographing to kill time. Naturall...

28 October, 2024

5 Frames with a Minolta XGM at Go Your Own Way

By John Andrews

I have a multitude of cameras and lenses, collected over many years, including some left over from my professional photography days, Sadly I sold my Hasselblad 500CM, but kept ...

28 October, 2024

TLR Challenge: 2 – The Spirit in the Sky (A One Shot Story)

By Geoff Chaplin

This is a bit of an aside from the general theme of the challenge – equipment, method and composition. Something that just appeared and deserves its own entry. We arrived ...

28 October, 2024

Tele Rolleiflex Review – I will not be separated from this camera

By Leon Van Kemenade

It hardly seems possible but I only accepted my Tele Rolleiflex into my life a smidge over one year ago. It feels like much longer. My story is perhaps typical, a digital shoote...

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