Ilford Film Archives

20 April, 2023

5 Frames with an Olympus OM1, a roll of HP5 and a Bridge

By Tim Wainwright

I have a few film cameras that all mean something emotional to me (my Olympus XA2 I won in a photographic competition aged 12, my OM1 was my only camera for about 20 years until...

16 April, 2023

5 Frames with the Kodak Retina 1a & Very Expired Ilford FP4

By Peter Kay

Word is, Folding Kodak Retinas are a lovely piece of kit, provided your winding mechanism isn't broken. I had a beautiful Retina iia with a dodgy winder. F2 Schneider lens, nice...

23 March, 2023

5 Frames at the Gallery with a Nikon FM – By Tony Joslin

By Tony Joslin

To add another dimension to my visit to the 'Air' exhibition at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art, I decided to take my camera along. The gallery environment provided plenty of i...

19 March, 2023

Ilford XP2 – High Street Superhero – Film Review – By Ted Ayre

By Ted Ayre

I like knowing how things work. This is partly why I took up film photography in the first place, because I wanted to understand how pictures could be made. However, I’m not in ...

2 March, 2023

52 x 36 – A Whole Year of Film – Part One – By Jake Yorath

By Jake Yorath

Over the course of 2023, I’ve decided I’m going to shoot a roll of film every week. 52 films sounds both like not very much, and yet also an absolutely enormous number. 52 weeks...

15 February, 2023

Appreciating the Challenges of Photography in 1932 (5 Frames with a Leica II & Elmar 5cm f/3.5 Lens) – By Reed George

By Reed George

Leica rangefinder cameras have defined small format photography from its beginning and persist to the current day. Maybe you know about the digital rangefinders, including the M...

7 February, 2023

5 frames with Ilford Delta 100 and a Red 25 filter – By Gus

By Gus

Early on a sunny autumn Saturday, I went for a walk around the neighbourhood to experiment with Ilford Delta 100, a new lens, and a Red 25 filter. I started my film photography...

26 January, 2023

Development Notes: Ilford HP5+ & FP4+ in Rodinal – By Simon King

By Simon King

It's not too often I'm able to directly compare the technical results of my photography to someone else's, but it can make for an interesting academic analysis when I do. By dir...

David Hume on Fish market – my photo of the year 2025
That reminds me of two things… One was getting a new bellows for my Isolette III from a guy in…
Simon Foale on Fish market – my photo of the year 2025
Thanks for this David. Never been to the Kolkata fish market but it sounds interesting! Where uninterrupted refrigeration (AKA 'cold…
Simon Foale on Fish market – my photo of the year 2025
Possibly sharing a joke about the weirdo with the antique camera photographing fish?

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