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17 September, 2025

A Travel Through Time, Stupidity and Power

By Andrea Monti

17 September, 2025

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6 July, 2024

5 frames with Nikon FM2 and Kodak Gold 200

By Jens

What could be better than taking a light, mechanically precise and legendary camera on a beautiful autumn hike in the Bavarian mountains? Driving in a cabriolet in the sunshine ...

Black and white photograph of a Certo Dollina camera.

6 July, 2024

Certo Dollina 2 – Otherwise Unwanted Cameras № 5

By Richard Becker

I bought this on Ebay having never heard of a Certo Dollina before, but a 1930’s 35mm camera with a Zeiss Tessar lens seemed interesting. As it turned out nobody else could mana...

5 July, 2024

5 Frames with the Ilford Sporti

By Trevor king

I am not sure where or when I had acquired the Ilford Sporti but I discovered it in a box of old photographic equipment that I had amassed over the years. Still encased in its o...

5 July, 2024

Pentax Auto 110 – My First Experiences

By Tony Warren

This subminGAS is a dangerous thing! I was recently tempted by a Pentax Auto 110, being sold locally for not much more than ‘spares or repair” money and described as ‘collectibl...

4 July, 2024

5 Frames with Rollei Superpan 200 and a Minolta 460Tx 110

By Tony Warren

I really enjoy using 16mm film and I now have three cameras taking this stock, one 16mm and two 110 of Minolta and Pentax manufacture. My favourite film so far is Rollei’s Super...

4 July, 2024

5 Frames with a Leica M3, TTArtisan 50/1.4 and Tri-X

By Gary Smith

Following my discovery that you can actually acquire Leica cameras without taking out a second mortgage on your home, I returned to my local film camera super-store (Blue Moon C...

3 July, 2024

How to Shoot Stand-up Paddle Competitions

By Andrea Monti

Shooting Stand-Up paddle is complicated because, like in motor sports, things go on largely even until, all of a sudden action erupts. In other words, boredom is the first and f...

3 July, 2024

Holga Tips from a Holga Nut

By Neal Wellons

If you have never shot a Holga, please don’t let this article make you think that Holgas have lots of problems and are complicated to shoot. My first Holga roll ever had lots o...

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