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Indoor Training -Helicopter rescue with winch

28 October, 2025

Unique Mountain Rescue Training Hall near Munich – and my Ricoh GR III Impressions

By Jens

28 October, 2025

/ Ricoh GRiii, /

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As both a physician and an enthusiastic amateur photographer, my visit in May 2025 to the training hall of the mountain rescue service in Bad Tölz/Gaißach, about 50 km south of Munich in Germany, was an unforgettable highlight. The continuing medi...

Featured image of Canon AE-1 Program

28 October, 2025

My Introduction to Fillm Photography

By Randy Castillo

28 October, 2025

/ Finding Film Photography, /

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My introduction into photography began many years ago around 2015 or 2016 with a Sony digital a5000. A small compact APS-C camera I purchased from Best Buy for a whopping $400! Around this time, I knew nothing about photography. Absolutely nothing...

28 October, 2025

There’s more to the garden than the BBQ – A tale of four cameras and a deadly ladder.

By Simon Bohrsmann

28 October, 2025

/ Flora Photograpy, /

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Don’t get me wrong, I love my BBQ. In the summer it smokes and sizzles with all kinds of marinated goodies getting a good char. But a garden needs cheer as well, and that comes from the erratically planted plants which can be divided into ed...

Latest Posts

11 August, 2013

Modification of Olympus mju-ii to retain flash settings

By Hamish Gill

I am still writing my review of the olympus mju-ii, but this modification might give some clue to one of my thoughts regarding it. The camera’s inability to retain it̵...

5 August, 2013

The Daughter’s 2nd Birthday – Shot with a mju-ii

By Hamish Gill

I am working toward a review of this camera, admittedly quite slowly, but it is happening. I feel that a camera that seems to generate such divided opinions requires a little mo...

1 August, 2013

Ricoh FF90 Review – The camera that got in a fight with 80’s style, and lost!

By Hamish Gill

The instant you see the Ricoh ff90 you know it was made in the 1980’s. it looks like it got in a fight with 80’s style and lost! Just look at those angles! I am fort...

1 August, 2013

35mm Compact Photographer #5 – Jake Kenny – An “Urban Abstract” Shooter

By Jake Kenny

First, a bit of background? As much or as little as you are comfortable sharing… Name, Where you are from, what you do, What else in life do you enjoy? that sort of thing? My na...

30 July, 2013

35mm Compact Photographer #4 – Troy Holden – A mju-ii man

By Troy Holden

First, a bit of background? As much or as little as you are comfortable sharing… Name, Where you are from, what you do, What else in life do you enjoy? that sort of thing? I’m T...

29 July, 2013

35mm Compact Photographer #3 – Julián Péter – Hi-skill with a Hi-Matic!

By Julián Péter

First, a bit of background? As much or as little as you are comfortable sharing… Name, Where you are from, what you do, What else in life do you enjoy? that sort of thing? Hello...

23 July, 2013

Water fight fun with a Canon Sureshot A1

By Hamish Gill

Not so long ago a pal from over on RPF wrote a review on this camera. I pretty much decided there and then that I wanted a waterproof camera and if I could find one, one of thes...

22 July, 2013

35mm Compact Photographer #2 – Dominik Mrzyk – Student Shooter

By Dominik Mrzyk

First, a bit of background? As much or as little as you are comfortable sharing… Name, Where you are from, what you do, What else in life do you enjoy? that sort of thing? Hello...

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