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18 September, 2025

Nicéphores window – A One Shot Story

By thorsten

18 September, 2025

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28 June, 2015

The Traveling Yashica (Vácszentlászló, Hungary)

By Anonymous

When I got the Yashica I planned to take it out for a few days shoot it and then send it immediately to the next host. As you could guess this did not happen.

18 June, 2015

First shots with the Leica M Edition 60

By Hamish Gill

I realised something today that made me smile. This Leica M edition 60 with its matching 35mm Summilux is the first digital Leica M I’ve spent any time with. I’ve sn...

17 June, 2015

Contax T3 Review – A regular companion

By Hamish Gill

The Contax T3 is a camera I thought about buying many times before I put my money down. It's the camera I thought about buying after I felt I achieved so much with the Yashica T...

16 June, 2015

First shots with the Leica 90mm f/2.8 Elmarit-M

By Hamish Gill

I’ve recently bought myself a Leica 90mm Elmarit-M. Partly to give me a 90mm focal length with modern glass for my Sony A7s/r at work. But also, I’d started feeling ...

13 June, 2015

Understanding lens terminology – Part 2 – Bokeh

By Hamish Gill

This post is the second part in a series of posts looking at the definitions of various lens terminology. In the first part I talked about three subjects, contrast, sharpness an...

12 June, 2015

Faye and Family – A Family shoot with a difference

By Hamish Gill

These are the last of the first batch of photos I have had back from UK Film Lab. Although they look like conventional family shots, they were actually shot for Faye’s bus...

11 June, 2015

Ma Baker – Behind the scenes at a local bakery

By Hamish Gill

Where appropriate I’ve been subtly introducing a little bit of film photography in to my working day. In this instance the brief was to capture the hustle and bustle of th...

10 June, 2015

First roll from UK Film Lab

By Hamish Gill

Having become a touch disappointed with the inconsistency of colour work I have been getting back from my local D&P, I thought it about time I tried a pro-lab. Having done a...

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Cameron Kilpatrick on 5 Frames with my Canon A1 and a roll of Ilford Pan F
Thanks Bill. I hope you get a chance at a new to you A1, without the squeaky shutter.
Cameron Kilpatrick on 5 Frames with my Canon A1 and a roll of Ilford Pan F
Hi Keith Yes it is. Just outside of La Grange is the now abandoned site of the former "Chicken Ranch",…
Cameron Kilpatrick on 5 Frames with my Canon A1 and a roll of Ilford Pan F
Thanks Jeffery, I'm a Canon guy, but I definitely appreciate Nikon, they have some really nice lenses.

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