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16 February, 2025

Shooting Leica Ms and a Hasselblad 500 CM in the Canadian Rockies

By Scott Ferguson

It’s still a little unbelievable, but my son was recently gifted an extensive collection of vintage high end still equipment that had been sitting in a friend’s basement for dec...

15 February, 2025

Ilford Delta 3200 – 2016 Expired

By Geoff Chaplin

Brace yourselves, this won’t be pleasant. Stored at the top of the fridge in my London flat I found several rolls of Delta 3200 now eight years past the expiry date. I’m used to...

14 February, 2025

Zeiss Ikon ZM – Why using a Rangefinder doesn’t mean you crave a red dot

By Nigel Gardner

In an earlier article I suggested why I love an unloved camera, the Zeiss Ikon ZM and why after it being stolen in 2018 I very much miss it. From that article a few people on di...

13 February, 2025

5 Frames with a Nikon FM3a, Expired Kodak C200 Developed with AGO Film Processor

By LASousa

This roll of film has been chilling in my freezer for at least five years. It was given to me by my brother-in-law’s ex wife around that time. She handed me a bag of unuse...

13 February, 2025

TLR Challenge: 5 – Hamburg

By Geoff Chaplin

I hate buying presents for birthdays. Generally if I buy something it’s not quite what the recipient wanted. I know my wife likes going to new places particularly in Europe so I...

Mobile device with an app open next to film developers

12 February, 2025

How to save money and get better results in your home lab with Chem Log

By Dmitri Tcherbadji

Film chemicals exhaust and expire. Reusable developers lose potency with each roll; bleach and fixers have a limited life. Though freshly mixed stuff will produce the best image...

Paper Negatives before they are scanned and inverted

11 February, 2025

What I Love About Paper Negatives

By Ian Gamester

For the past few years, I’ve been exploring large-format paper negatives which has been a transformative journey that has reshaped both my creativity and my sense of wellbeing. ...

11 February, 2025

5 Frames from a Braun Paxina 29 – a mid 1950s “compact” camera.

By Alan Gauld

I acquired this Braun Paxina 29 camera as part of my late father-in-law’s estate and was curious to see how it performed. A little bit of research revealed it to be German...

Keith Shearon on My (Brief) Life as a Documentary Photographer
Well done Jeremy. Great travels and great story. I’d say you have the knack. Good instincts. Hope to see more…
Scott Ferguson on Pushing Pan F Plus: first stop, Santa Monica, second stop, Manhattan
That's great! I think I want to get a little more experience at shooting before getting into processing, but have…
Gary Smith on Pushing Pan F Plus: first stop, Santa Monica, second stop, Manhattan
I've been developing my film for the last two years (after having my own darkroom 50 years ago). As I…

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