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Contact sheet of a full roll of Kodak Portra 160, six strips of six frames, fashion shoot on location

23 October, 2026

A film look is one piece of the puzzle – That is why it never quite works

By Christoph Klutsch

23 October, 2026

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22 October, 2026

5 Frames with a Minolta CLE – The Myth of the Straight Line

By Yuan Zhang

We like to tell ourselves that the photographic journey is a logical progression—a straight line from beginner gear to our ultimate aesthetic baseline. If I had known in my earl...

22 October, 2026

Konica Infrared Film – Second Try a Year Later

By Mark Ellerby

Last year I used some Konica Infrared 750mm film that was given to me along with a collection of other 25+ year old fridge-stored films. The film turned out to be perfectly OK f...

21 October, 2026

Fixing my Second Konica Auto S2

By Michael Zwicky-Ross

I first purchased a Konica Auto S2 when I was around 15 years old, probably near to the time they were released in 1965. It was my first ‘proper’ camera following on...

21 October, 2026

Rediscovering what I had never lost

By Nigel Gardner

If the Volkswagen Beetle was the people’s car, then to an extent, all the Pentax models with the Asahi name etched into their pentaprisms could be considered the people’s SLRs. ...

20 October, 2026

Picturing Musicians Part 2

By Jeffery Luhn

As mentioned in the ‘Picturing Musicians Part 1’, photos of live performances isn’t my long suit. There’s nothing about my photos of live gigs that look any different from anyon...

20 October, 2026

Rollei Retro 400S, Light Leaks, and Prague

By Keith A Yeo

I was hoping to share a clean set of photos from a recent trip to Prague. Instead, I am sharing a series plagued with light leaks. Yet I felt it was still worth putting out into...

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Brashtown Czar on A film look is one piece of the puzzle – That is why it never quite works23/10/2026
I agree. Utterly incoherent. A bunch of it smells AI-generated, too. I don't like to be critical, especially of strangers…
Fred Nelson on Giving small negatives the justice they deserve23/10/2026
Great article on 110 format. Love the pictures you took. Im going to look around for a 110 camera first-time…
Michael Zwicky-Ross on Fixing my Second Konica Auto S223/10/2026
That's a damn good idea Richard. I have plenty of regular silicon diodes but hadn't thought of using a Schottky…
RichardH on Fixing my Second Konica Auto S223/10/2026
Thank you for promoting the Auto S2, Michael. I admire your soldering skills. I have refurbished two Auto S2’s, and…
GS on A film look is one piece of the puzzle – That is why it never quite works23/10/2026
My thoughts exactly. Then I opened the website and still had no idea what the app does.

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