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28 August, 2024

Burning the midnight oil with Ilford HP5 at 1600 ASA

By Julian Tanase

Last time I have attended a night concert was back in August 2000, Bon Jovi playing at the old Wembley Arena. Great times, really great; but as with all good times, that concert...

27 August, 2024

Folk Art on Wheels — One-Shot Story

By Dave Powell

Anyone fond of later-20th- and early-21st-century automobiles will enjoy Jim Grey’s “Old Cars Parked” columns and his posts on the “Curbside Classic” site. In them he shoots and...

27 August, 2024

A Collector’s Journey From Microscopes to Cancer to Cameras

By David Smith

My passion for film photography began with a different sort of vintage lens, the kind you mount to an aged brass microscope. I’m a biologist and have always been fascinated with...

26 August, 2024

Light Lens Lab Eight Element 35mm f/2 review

By vincentbihler

Light Lens Lab is one of the newest Chinese lens manufacturers that started making replicas of legendary lenses in 2019. Their first lens, and best selling so far, is the Light ...

25 August, 2024

The Whole Test Roll – Hasselblad 503CX and Ilford XP2 Super

By John Greene

Well spotted if you noticed that the header picture is not a 503CX, why will become clear shortly. For almost 50 years I yearned for a V series Hasselblad but they were always w...

24 August, 2024

5 Frames with a Leica M6 and Slide Film

By Lasse Andersen

To be frank, E6 isn’t EZ. If you’ve read anything about slide film (E6 or reversal film) online it is that to unleash the real potential of it’s magnificent deep colour palette,...

23 August, 2024

The Accidental Double Exposure: A Virtual Architectural Vision – a One Shot Story

By Jens

As an avid hobbyist photographer, my journey through the world of analog photography has been marked by moments of surprise and serendipity. One such moment occurred recently wh...

23 August, 2024

Maximizing Garage Sale And Thrift Store Finds

By Azriel Knight

Marcus Gunaratnam on Why its important wander aimlessly with your film camera
Half frame cameras are best for wandering aimlessly especially the olympus pen FT ,You get double the number of 'shots'and…
Fred Rosenberg on Why its important wander aimlessly with your film camera
Well done. Could be an introduction to a longer essay. Yes?
Aniello Del Sorbo on Introducing Analog Photography Assistant – a full featured film photographers app
love the app, well done. a note on the Notes. Would be great to be able to save it but…

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