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20 May, 2026

Rolleiflex 3.5B – Thoughts After 3 Rolls

By Gary Smith

20 May, 2026

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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

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, t...

19 May, 2026

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

By Hamish Gill

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 ...

19 May, 2026

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

By Hamish Gill

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 fr...

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...

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David Hume on 5 Frames with the Ricoh 500 ME – What Grain Does.
Great comments you two! I happen to be looking at Post War Japanese photography at the moment; Provoke magazine et…
David Hume on Fujica GW690 with Bulb Setting – Mini Review
Cheers Simon - as well as the camera, I'm interested in your E100 shots. They look nice and saturated, and…
Gary Smith on Rolleiflex 3.5B – Thoughts After 3 Rolls
I haven’t Bob. To be honest, I usually focus based on distance so using the “look through” function would work…

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