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21 November, 2025

8×10 camera for $10 in ten minutes

By Jeffery Luhn

21 November, 2025

/ Alternative Process, DIY Camera, /

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I signed up to teach a photography event to 8-year-olds at a summer activity event. It was scheduled to take place on my college campus in late June, 2025. The ‘class’ was comprised of two 1-hour sessions. My first thought – we could get she...

Life and Death in London

21 November, 2025

Life and Death in London – My photo of the year 2025

By Geoff Chaplin

21 November, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, Street & Urban Photography, /

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This hasn’t been easy and I thank David, Scott and Hamish for setting me the (actually enjoyable) task. It turned out my favourite fell just outside the last 12 months (I’m taking ‘2025’ to mean the previous 12 months up to the date of writing) – ...

21 November, 2025

5 Frames with Svema Foto 100 with an Argus C3

By Brashtown Czar

21 November, 2025

/ Argus C3, Svema Film, svema foto 100, /

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I recently learned about Svema films, and was instantly intrigued by Svema Foto 100. Film from the most important Soviet film factory, still made in Ukraine, with punchy contrast, fine grain, and near-infrared sensitivity up to 750nm? I’m in...

Latest Posts

11 September, 2024

Barnack to Barnack – my Thread Mount Leica Journey so far

By John Greene

On my journey trying out many different film cameras I went through a Leica M phase, spending time with an M4-P, M3, M2 and M7. When using the M3 which was only a year younger t...

Sonia Delaunay's painting "Le Bal Bullier"

10 September, 2024

A Painterly Puzzle – One-Shot Story

By Dave Powell

Art is often a puzzle. But the above piece is especially lively fun. It’s my 1×4-foot ink-jet print of Sonia Delaunay’s 3×11-foot 1913 painting “Le Bal Bullier.” In 2...

Cover of Ektramax manual

10 September, 2024

Kodak Ektramax Fireworks and a Cool 110 Tip

By Dave Powell

The above image is the cover of my Kodak Ektramax 110 camera’s substantial 34-page user manual. It’s more interesting than a straight pic of the camera itself, which Kodak made ...

9 September, 2024

Pentax K100D – The only digital camera that I have any affection for

By Phil Harrison

I’ve never really been enthusiastic about digital cameras, seeing them as an necessary inconvenience, I just use them when I need colour photos these days. I do get restle...

Employment protest at Seoul Station 2

8 September, 2024

Kamera with a K – An ode to a love of Kamera: Shooting Seoul with a long missed Zeiss Ikon ZM

By Nigel Gardner

I love cameras and this is a little bit of a love story. I always have – ever since I picked up my older brothers much used Halina 35X and put a roll of Tudor – a UK...

Holga micro-110

7 September, 2024

Holga Micro-110 – How low(fi) can you go?

By Neal Wellons

I am a camera collector and have cameras in formats from Minox to 5×7 and I have shot most of them. I am also a photography addict and have to get out every week or so and...

My brother Byron admiring mom's flowers

6 September, 2024

Beyond the Frame – One Shot, Six Stories

By Dave Powell

At photo exhibits, I look for images that especially grab me. If I find one and the photographer is around, I’ll ask if the photo holds stories that aren’t immediately obvious. ...

6 September, 2024

Harman Phoenix 120 – My First Few Rolls

By Hamish Gill

Yesterday we posted an article by Alex sharing the news and his first experiences shooting Harman Phoenix in 120 format. As mentioned in that post, having released this film in ...

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