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27 January, 2025

Nikon L35AF vs Konica A4 vs Pentax PC35 AF-M vs Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

By Stelios Themelakis

My foray into film photography began in an unusual way during the Covid lockdown. While many start small, I dove straight into the deep end with a medium format Bronica SQ-B. To...

21 January, 2025

Heads or Tails? My Camera Choice for 2025

By David Pauley

Having sketched out the reasons for my decision to commit to just one camera for the New Year in a previous post, I’ll now walk through the various contenders and reveal m...

17 January, 2025

A Film Grain Comparison

By Tony Warren

Comparison of film grain.

1 January, 2025

TLR under Grey Skies – A response to Geoff’s TLR challenge

By Paul Quellin

For months after I got a Mamiya C220, I struggled with focusing. There were all sorts of possible explanations and I even visited an optician to discuss the issue in detail. Fin...

29 December, 2024

A Complicated Relationship With Colour Film

By David Smith

“Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.” — Raine...

3 December, 2024

Can You Get Mojo From TLR Cameras?

By Jeffery Luhn

Tony Warren’s recent post entitled, “My TLRs Over the Years”, got me thinking about the who, what, where, and how my experiences with TLR’s made phot...

1 December, 2024

DSLR Scanning on a Budget: Unlock Stunning Results with an Affordable Enlarger Lens

By Markus Hofstätter

You can fall in quite a huge rabbit hole if you read about scanning negatives with your mirrorless or DSLR camera, lots of people recommend different lenses. You easily can spen...

24 November, 2024

Converting Colour and B&W Film Negs – an Evolution

By Marco Andrés

Today there are many options for converting colour and b&w negatives to positives that combine hardware and software. In contrast to now, when I embarked on this journey, th...

Ian Gamester on Calm Down – How Slow Photography Eased My Pre-Match Anfield Anxiety
Thanks. I was transported back to childhood as soon as I started constructing the Lego. It was quite amazing how…
Ian Gamester on Calm Down – How Slow Photography Eased My Pre-Match Anfield Anxiety
Good luck to Arsenal, it could be your year.
Russ Rosener on Calm Down – How Slow Photography Eased My Pre-Match Anfield Anxiety
Truly this is one of the best posts about photography, and WHY we do photography that I have seen in…

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