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Ricoh 500 ME film camera with 40mm lens next to a roll of Fomapan 100 black-and-white film.

19 May, 2026

5 Frames with the Ricoh 500 ME – What Grain Does.

By Shafiur Rahman

19 May, 2026

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I took these photographs at two very different moments. The first were made on the Norfolk coast. I was very unwell at the time. The trip was meant to get me out of the house, to shift the mood, to interrupt the routine of hospitals and waiting. I...

19 May, 2026

Analogue Wonderland Launches the PURE35 Reloadable 35mm Film Camera as a UK exclusive with Kodak Moments

By Hamish Gill

19 May, 2026

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My mates at Analogue Wonderland have just announced a reloadable 35mm film camera, the PURE35. I haven’t tried the camera myself yet, but reading the press info, the gist is that it’s a very simple, some might say “pure” po...

19 May, 2026

Alfie [BOXX] Mini-Review – A Wonderful and Truly Analogue Experience – Launched Today on Kickstarter!

By Hamish Gill

19 May, 2026

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The Alfie [BOXX] has just launched on Kickstarter – you can find the campaign here! I had a wonderfully analogue photography experience a week or so back! Dave Faulkner from Alfie Cameras visited me with his [BOXX] camera to give me a demo a...

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19 February, 2025

Adventures with my 50-year-old OM-1 and some new issues with scanning

By Art Meripol

This was going to be about my old original Olympus OM-1 but it really just reflects a journey that might feel familiar to many within the world of film photography today… ...

19 February, 2025

The Winter of a Lake

By Julian Tanase

It’s always interesting, at least for me, to visit and observe small communities during or around the holidays. This time I happened to be in a small village somewhere in the Bu...

18 February, 2025

A personal view of the CCD versus CMOS debate.

By Tony Warren

There has been quite a bit of discussion recently about the relative merits of CCD and CMOS sensors. I did some further reading and came across this article. The most interestin...

Envelope from Scotland with returned roll of 35mm film

18 February, 2025

Never leave a roll behind…

By Mike Riess

In June of 2023, I set off on a two-week trip to Scotland. For weeks before I left, I agonized over what to bring, as we were trying to travel light. In the end, I decided on my...

a black bakelite box camera and its box.

17 February, 2025

Baby Brownie – A review of a quaint box camera

By Charlotte

Years ago, I was enamoured by the Vest Pocket Kodak. The stories of soldiers carrying it during WW1 – what those cameras might have seen – it made my imagination run...

16 February, 2025

Shooting Leica Ms and a Hasselblad 500 CM in the Canadian Rockies

By Scott Ferguson

It’s still a little unbelievable, but my son was recently gifted an extensive collection of vintage high end still equipment that had been sitting in a friend’s basement for dec...

15 February, 2025

Ilford Delta 3200 – 2016 Expired

By Geoff Chaplin

Brace yourselves, this won’t be pleasant. Stored at the top of the fridge in my London flat I found several rolls of Delta 3200 now eight years past the expiry date. I’m used to...

14 February, 2025

Zeiss Ikon ZM – Why using a Rangefinder doesn’t mean you crave a red dot

By Nigel Gardner

In an earlier article I suggested why I love an unloved camera, the Zeiss Ikon ZM and why after it being stolen in 2018 I very much miss it. From that article a few people on di...

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Erik Brammer on 5 Frames Rediscovered
Very nice images indeed, Ron! The first two are particularly interesting in my view with their backgrounds which are somewhat…
Shafiur Rahman on 5 Frames with the Ricoh 500 ME – What Grain Does.
Thanks Charles. I kinda like grain! But you are right, of course. I want to get an old box camera!…
Charles Young on 5 Frames with the Ricoh 500 ME – What Grain Does.
Shafiur: Thanks for sharing your photos. You know how to reduce grain!: use slower film, or a camera with a…

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