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17 September, 2025

A Travel Through Time, Stupidity and Power

By Andrea Monti

17 September, 2025

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In a Haunted Antiques Shop – One-Shot Story

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For several years, Kate and I rented booth space in a New England antiques shop that turned out to be very haunted. A delightful British woman (whom I’ll call “Mrs. P”) had purc...

30 October, 2024

Don’t be afraid to experiment and test before tossing stuff out

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I am a denizen of thrift stores here in the USA. I believe the British refer to them as 2nd hand or charity shops across the pond. I was a bit surprised to see old photo chemica...

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It’s been a year since I first laid eyes on the Ilford Advocate camera, and I’ve been eager to share my experience with it. The journey began in England, where my wi...

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Padua, a photographer’s goldmine

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During a few hours off work, I recently had the chance to wander around Padua, one of the many historical jewels that make up Italy’s immense cultural heritage. What makes...

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What does a perfect camera need?

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During the pandemic, I found a Canon Rebel T7 that my father had won through a miles program and never took it out of the box, and I started photographing to kill time. Naturall...

28 October, 2024

5 Frames with a Minolta XGM at Go Your Own Way

By John Andrews

I have a multitude of cameras and lenses, collected over many years, including some left over from my professional photography days, Sadly I sold my Hasselblad 500CM, but kept ...

28 October, 2024

TLR Challenge: 2 – The Spirit in the Sky (A One Shot Story)

By Geoff Chaplin

This is a bit of an aside from the general theme of the challenge – equipment, method and composition. Something that just appeared and deserves its own entry. We arrived ...

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Tele Rolleiflex Review – I will not be separated from this camera

By Leon Van Kemenade

It hardly seems possible but I only accepted my Tele Rolleiflex into my life a smidge over one year ago. It feels like much longer. My story is perhaps typical, a digital shoote...

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Marco C on Battle of the Budgets Continued… Fomapan 200 & Kentmere 200 (35mm)
Very interesting read Simon, thanks for the comparison! I'm now even more curious about kentmere 200. And for foma 200,…
Geoff Chaplin on Battle of the Budgets Continued… Fomapan 200 & Kentmere 200 (35mm)
A very nice comparison and many excellent images as always. I was surprised by the halation on Kentmere - one…
Bob Janes on Battle of the Budgets Continued… Fomapan 200 & Kentmere 200 (35mm)
An interesting read! I've been shooting quite a lot of K200 recently along with K100 and K400 pushed and pulled…

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