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9 October, 2023

Nikon FM and How it Became my “Do Anything” Camera

By Noah von Hatten

I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of getting to understand one camera so well that it becomes an extension of oneself. Thus, some years ago, I set out to find this m...

5 October, 2023

5 Frames with the Zeiss Ikon Contaflex II and Kodak Portra 400

By Eric

These images took longer to happen than I had planned. I will tell you about this in the order of the camera, then light meter, and then the film. First then, the camera. The Ze...

5 October, 2023

5 Frames with a Pentax MX and AristaEDU

By Simon Cygielski

I got a 35mm f/2 lens off Ebay for my long-dormant Pentax MX last week, and decided to take it out for a bit of a leg-stretch. The test was crucial not only because the lens was...

4 October, 2023

My First 5 Frames on Large Format – And How it Took Me 9 Months to Get Here

By Charlie Bierwirth

This post is intended to focus more on my slow journey into large format photography and hopefully give some insight to those who are “large format curious” like I...

3 October, 2023

Ago Film Processor by Vintage Visual – Product Review

By DaveTheWalker

Full disclosure – I have been lent a pre-production prototype of the Ago Film Processor to test and review. After the review period I will have the option to purchase the ...

2 October, 2023

Konica zUp 140 Super Review – Gratis Gratification

By James Hynes

The Konica zUp 140 Super is an all-plastic analog camera, circa 1996. I found this camera for free here in Calgary on Kijiji, Canada’s Craiglist. Researching the camera, I...

29 September, 2023

The Legends of Jazz and 5 Photography Masters

By Eric Charles Jones

Photography and Jazz music are two sources of inspiration in my life. They are my muses. In Jazz music, there is an emphasis on improvisation. Musicians often create impromptu s...

28 September, 2023

FOMA 100 Classic, and a Small Town in the Middle of Nowhere

By Geoff Chaplin

Unless there is a manufacturing problem films do not have “faults”, they have “features”. So in the review below I shall mention some of the features...

RichardH on Liege with a Leica iiig, Elmar 50mm f3.5, FP4, Fomapan 100 in PMK Pyro and an accident
This is interesting, Geoff. Is the PMK Pyro development a factor in the low contrast? Or, was the low contrast…
Daniel Castelli on The Southwestern Ontario Winter on Film – Don’t be a Fair-Weather Photographer
David, Thank you for taking one for the team, weatherwise. I. Hate.Snow. One of my photo heros, David Douglas Duncan,…
Wim HH van Heugten on Liege with a Leica iiig, Elmar 50mm f3.5, FP4, Fomapan 100 in PMK Pyro and an accident
Very nice photo's! One remark: DB stand for Deutsche Bahn, not Deutsche Bank.

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