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30 April, 2020

Finding the digital bit more difficult – My first steps into Analogue – Part 1 – By Andrea Bevacqua

By Andrea Bevacqua

After some time, I am back into the world of photography. I’ve always been intrigued by analogue photography and especially by the dark room, but I have never attempted it. So, ...

27 April, 2020

Bringing a New M-Mount Sonnar Lens to Market – An Interview with Chris Andreyo, Skyllaney Opto-Mechanics

By Hamish Gill

A couple of weeks ago, you might have heard about the forthcoming launch of a new to market, British designed and built, m-mount 50mm f/2 Sonnar formula lens called the Skyllane...

15 April, 2020

Why I might hate these old negatives – By Gerard Exupery

By Gerard Exupery

Pinball machines; depending on your age, you might know all about them. Once, considered so evil that New York City banned them. Wasted youths (juvenile delinquents) spent days ...

23 March, 2020

CoronaVirus isn’t going to stop me Blogging about Cameras and Photography

By Hamish Gill

I’ve spent this last week or so doing all sorts of alien things. We’ve had to make arrangements to temporarily close The Kiln, the coworking space I run, all of my staff at F8 (...

21 March, 2020

Conversion to Film: The Expected and Unexpected – by Anton Yakovlev

By Anton Yakovlev

A couple of words about myself first. I’m a hobbyist photographer with about a decade of experience. I come from the “digital generation”. My first camera was a Panasonic FZ-som...

19 March, 2020

Enjoying and Learning in the Darkroom – by Michael Scott

By scottfotodotcom

As a film photographer, I’m in the fortunate position of being able to print my own work, both colour and black and white, in a darkroom. For some few years now I’ve been rentin...

5 March, 2020

The Beauty of Basic: Life with One Lens – By Will Mordell

By Will Mordell

Before we jump in, I have a quote to share:Limiting options forces creativity. Fishing for a year with only the Pheasant Tail & Partridge has given me deep knowledge about what ...

1 March, 2020

Deciding on My Favourite 5 Frames From 2019 (And Maybe A couple of Sneaky Extras) – By Gavin Bain

By GavinBain

I dedicated the month of December 2019 to curating a zine I planned to self publish simply titled "two thousand nineteen". My goal for this zine was to compile my absolute favou...

Geoff Chaplin on Liege with a Leica iiig, Elmar 50mm f3.5, FP4, Fomapan 100 in PMK Pyro and an accident
Good luck with not dropping the camera! And many thanks for the comments.
Geoff Chaplin on Liege with a Leica iiig, Elmar 50mm f3.5, FP4, Fomapan 100 in PMK Pyro and an accident
Thanks, maybe I'll ditch that strap. My other Hawkesmill straps are fine, just this one.
Geoff Chaplin on Liege with a Leica iiig, Elmar 50mm f3.5, FP4, Fomapan 100 in PMK Pyro and an accident
Yes Pyro is a compensating developer so lowers high contrast scenes, but I think here the miserable weather is suspect…

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