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6 October, 2025
5 Frames with a Trichroming Minolta AF-S Talkman
If you read my earlier piece about the Minolta AF-S V&D, also known as “The Talker”, then you’ll know it checks a lot of boxes for what I want from a compact point-and...
6 October, 2025
Papershoot – A “Real” Photographer’s Review
As a “real” photographer – a pro even; certainly an expert – I feel like the Papershoot is not really targeted at me. It’s a microscopically small sensor, point and ...
5 October, 2025
Make Sense (or: Meaning is in the Eye of the Beholder)
I am a big fan of Jim Hall. A god of the Jazz Olympus, he was an amazing guitar player and played (i.e. lived) according to a simple but effective maxim: make musical sense. He ...
5 October, 2025
A Phone camera vs 15 year old point-and-shoot
I am really enjoying getting back into film photography, and contributing, in a small way, to this site. But I also enjoy digital, for me the two are complimentary. This summer ...
4 October, 2025
JOBO SilverBase – A brief look at the compact rotary processor – Shake it or stir it?
As far as film processing is concerned, recently switching to JOBO’s SilverBase rotary processor means I have come full circle on my pilgrimage on the path of film developing. I...
4 October, 2025
The Kiwanis Jam Skateboarding Competition on Film
“The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.” — Tony Hawk In 1988, when I was in grade 3, my father bought me a copy of Thrasher Magazine. It became my chil...
I am a huge fan of Zeiss lenses, and I have made sure to own at least one of them for each camera system I have used over the years. To be honest, my only regret when switching ...
3 October, 2025
“Half Framing” Practically Any Film Camera (Part 1 of 2)
I love creativity of all kinds. But it has taken me down some strange rabbit holes (like here, here, here and here). This article is another. I hope you find it interesting and ...
