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9 November, 2026

Minolta Dynax 700si review – On the button

By Bob Janes

9 November, 2026

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8 November, 2026

Triumph motorcycle – Photo of the Year 2026

By David Rusling

When I bought this 1933 Summar 50mm f2.0 I shot some test photographs on my Leica M240 and got pretty good results so long as I avoided pointing anywhere near the sun. I had hig...

Featured Image of Fuji X-T1 camera with its DIY rotating half-frame lens cap attached

8 November, 2026

“Half Framing” Practically Any Camera (Part 2 of 2)

By Dave Powell

Just over a year ago, I proposed this oddball idea. The article simulated a potential technique for shooting half-frame images with almost any camera and without modifications. ...

7 November, 2026

Amongst the ruins of Greyfriars in haunted Dunwich – My Favourite Photo of 2026

By Ibraar Hussain

Having seen Hamish’s and David’s posts, in for a penny, in for a pound I thought and decided I’d submit a ‘favourite picture’. To be honest, I don&...

7 November, 2026

5 (-ish) Frames of CCD Magic with an Olympus X-250

By Martin Siegel

Sometime in 2025 we decided to go to the UK for our summer vacations. Plans were hatched and discarded again, countless flight options were checked and finally we decided to go ...

Wild sunflowers growing in a gravel patch, with an out-of-focus stop sign in the background.

6 November, 2026

Back in the Game: Week One, Flowers

By Andrew Bridges

At the end of 2022, I joined a weekly photo game run by Kenneth Wajda. Each week there was a prompt, and the rules were simple: shoot, develop, scan, and submit a photograph mat...

6 November, 2026

My favourite photo of 2026 – isn’t even about photography

By Geoff Chaplin

I just went to watch the sunset from the local viewpoint, grabbing my bag (with camera) as a matter of course. It was a beautiful calm evening, cooling after the heat of the day...

Australasian gannets gathered closely together.

6 November, 2026

ISO100 — Why Another Photography Portfolio Service?

By Elbert Alias

I wanted a website for my photography, but I did not particularly want a website project. Social media gave me somewhere to post individual photographs, though not the way I wan...

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Bill Thoo on Minolta Dynax 700si review – On the button09/11/2026
Lovely review, Bob! This was my camera through most of the 90s and early 2000s. I could remember wondering why…
Martin on 5 (-ish) Frames of CCD Magic with an Olympus X-25009/11/2026
Thank you Gary for taking the time to comment. I'm also not sure if the CCD look exists but I…
Martin on Minolta Dynax 700si review – On the button09/11/2026
Great review, Bob and such great pics to go with it. Thank you for this excellent article!
Ibraar Hussain on Amongst the ruins of Greyfriars in haunted Dunwich – My Favourite Photo of 202609/11/2026
Just for the benefit of readers, the ID11 or rather D76 I use comes in 1 bottle, pre-mixed - just…
Ibraar Hussain on Once upon a Spring – Black and White with a Contax RTS II, M42 lenses and Rollei Retro 80s.09/11/2026
Luckily, my ID11 was from the same company as Bellini Duo Step and comes in liquid form - in one…

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