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Ricoh 500 ME film camera with 40mm lens next to a roll of Fomapan 100 black-and-white film.

19 May, 2026

5 Frames with the Ricoh 500 ME – What Grain Does.

By Shafiur Rahman

19 May, 2026

/ Foma Film, Fomapan 100, Photography Philosophy, Ricoh 500 ME, /

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I took these photographs at two very different moments. The first were made on the Norfolk coast. I was very unwell at the time. The trip was meant to get me out of the house, to shift the mood, to interrupt the routine of hospitals and waiting. I...

19 May, 2026

Analogue Wonderland Launches the PURE35 Reloadable 35mm Film Camera as a UK exclusive with Kodak Moments

By Hamish Gill

19 May, 2026

/ Analogue Wonderland News, Camera News, PURE35, /

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My mates at Analogue Wonderland have just announced a reloadable 35mm film camera, the PURE35. I haven’t tried the camera myself yet, but reading the press info, the gist is that it’s a very simple, some might say “pure” po...

19 May, 2026

Alfie [BOXX] Mini-Review – A Wonderful and Truly Analogue Experience – Launched Today on Kickstarter!

By Hamish Gill

19 May, 2026

/ Alfie [BOXX], Alfie Cameras News, Camera News, Kickstarter News, /

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The Alfie [BOXX] has just launched on Kickstarter – you can find the campaign here! I had a wonderfully analogue photography experience a week or so back! Dave Faulkner from Alfie Cameras visited me with his [BOXX] camera to give me a demo a...

Latest Posts

18 May, 2026

5 Frames Rediscovered

By Ron Duda

It’s not often that I look back at my catalogue of scanned negatives. Typically I’ll shoot a roll of 120 film in a 90 or so minute walk about or if I’m shooti...

18 May, 2026

Voigtländer Bessa R2A – My thoughts after 6 months of use

By Gallo

Just a quick opening note: This article was originally written in French and then translated into English. As a French speaker, it may seem surprising that I chose to write a re...

17 May, 2026

My Journey into Photographing Performing Musicians

By Alexandre Kreisman

Ever since I was a child, I loved music. I still do. In fact, it is one of my motivators in life, it always boosted me and put me in the right state of mind. The experience of l...

16 May, 2026

One More “Robert Frank in Butte, Montana” Story

By John Bennett

Not long after my wife, Darby, and I returned from last summer’s Portland-to-St. Louis road trip — which included one night at the Finlen Hotel in Butte — I started thinking how...

A man is washing a high performance car next to an information panel with the title Above and Beyond

15 May, 2026

Above and Beyond – One Shot Story

By Nic

For anyone with an interest in cars and, or, people the Salon Privé at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England makes for an enjoyable day out. This is an annual gath...

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Art Meripol on My Journey into Photographing Performing Musicians
This post really took me back Alexandre. In the 70's and 80's I shot a couple hundred concerts in small…
David Pauley on My Journey into Photographing Performing Musicians
Hi Alexandre, I thoroughly enjoyed this piece, and also hearing about your happy obsession with making concert photos. As always…
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