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5 March, 2026

5 Frames with a Voigtländer Vito B and Ferrania orto 50

By Martin Siegel

5 March, 2026

/ Ferrania Film, Ferrania Orto, Voigtlander Vito B, /

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4 March, 2026

Harps – Many Stories in One Shot

By Omar Tibi

Given the worn-out shadow of a biohazard logo on the box, I believe it is clear that the red box isn’t being used for disposing of broken musical instruments. Cambridge is one o...

4 March, 2026

Lab-Box – A Developing Story in Which a Photographer Tries to Avoid Loading a Paterson Reel But Ends Up Doing it Anyway

By Richard Becker

It seems like I have always taken photos, starting with a 126 instamatic as soon as I could handle one. Then in the late 1970’s when I wanted to take some proper photographs (wi...

3 March, 2026

5 Frames with the Mamiya 43mm f/4.5

By Adrian Riu

A lot has been written about this wide-angle lens for the Mamiya 7 and 7II medium format (6 x 7) rangefinder cameras, including here at 35mmc. It’s a non-retrofocal (10 el...

3 March, 2026

Out of the Drawer and Into the Light: A Journey of Recovery and Rejuvanation

By Niall Keohane

For one reason or another (and one reason more than any other), I’ve neglected photography for some time, only bothering to grab a camera whilst on holidays or weekends away, an...

2 March, 2026

Fortuitous Fog – Earl Crag

By John Fontana

Earl Crag is a gritstone rock outcrop above the village of Cowling in North Yorkshire bordering West Yorkshire in the UK. It is about 1 km long and 365 metres above sea level an...

2 March, 2026

Pakistan With the Olympus E1 and E3 – Part 2 Overlanding the Karakoram and Hindu Kush by 4×4

By Ibraar Hussain

This is the follow up to Part 1 – 33 Years Exploring Pakistan. There aren’t many flights around the world where the Pilot decides to bank the aircraft around to turn...

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Jens Kotlenga on Lab-Box – A Developing Story in Which a Photographer Tries to Avoid Loading a Paterson Reel But Ends Up Doing it Anyway
Hi there, Richard and Erik, I started off my "career" in B&W lab work as a 12-year-old, using both the…
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At 72, I have still not gotten around to attempting a series of related shots as a project. I just…
Gary Smith on 5 Frames with a Voigtländer Vito B and Ferrania orto 50
I have two bodies with Color-Skopars mounted and a third which I purchased in M-mount. It is a good lens…

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