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24 September, 2022

Some Rolling-Shutter Fun… From a Moving Bus – By Dave Powell

By Dave Powell

The proverb “Necessity is the mother of invention” is credited to philosophers going back to Plato. But a modern paraphrase claims that boredom is another mother of invention. I...

21 September, 2022

Foveon Color and Infrared Black & White Back to Back Comparison w/ SIGMA dp2 Quattro and sd Quattro – By Eric L. Woods

By Eric

When not shooting film I really enjoy using SIGMA's Quattro cameras. Have had and still have other more conventional digital solutions, but I really like these oddball offerings...

15 September, 2022

Give Memories a Chance – By Ash Scott-Lockyer

By Ash Scott-Lockyer

For a photographer there is probably very little worse than permanently losing a body of your work. Your images are your expression of your place in the world, and to have thous...

1 September, 2022

K.I.S.S Photography – By Ash Scott-Lockyer

By Ash Scott-Lockyer

No, not how to photograph legendary glam rock bands, but the old mnemonic that my dad taught me when I was a kid just picking up a camera for the first time ‘Keep It Simple Stup...

22 August, 2022

AE-1 vs. OM4 – A Viable Alternative to Usual Recommendations – By Michael Allan-Wood

By Michael Allan-Wood

It’s no secret that film has had a significant revival throughout the chaos that was, and still is, COVID-19. Isolation, forced or otherwise, has caused many to take to new hobb...

13 August, 2022

The Lost Art of Film Street Photography – By Armando Cabellero

By Armando Caballero

I know that the title of this article might sound a bit surprising. Specially because nowadays, film photography is experiencing an unprecedented resurgence and also because the...

4 August, 2022

Truth and Beauty in Film – By John-Paul Menez

By John-Paul Menez

It was my first time in West Texas. Georgia O’Keeffe once said she, “couldn’t believe Texas was real…the same big wonderful thing that oceans and the highest mountains are.” Spe...

3 August, 2022

5 Largely Unknown Digital-Infrared Gems – By Dave Powell

By Dave Powell

For nearly a quarter century, I've tested every digital camera that crossed my path to see how well it handled infrared photography. Some didn't pass muster, like my beloved Min...

Jeffery Luhn on Finding the Best 126 Cartridge Camera – Part I
Chris, Absolute classic shot of you with the giant Instamatic! The entire Kodak contribution of making photography available to everyone…
Jeffery Luhn on Imago Absentia – A Portrait of the Absent
Yes, previous generations lived and struggled in a very different world than we have today. Thanks for your comments!
Huss on Rollei 35AF – My Love/Hate Relationship – Problems Encountered and Lessons Learned
Well at least get some solace that you didn’t spend $6000 on a new Leica M6 and then found out…

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